Posted on 05/03/2021 2:23:44 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
A study that appeared today on Current Biology sheds new light on the continental migrations which shaped the genetic background of all present Europeans.
The research generates new ancient DNA evidence and direct dating from a fragmentary fossil mandible belonging to an individual who lived ~17,000 years ago in northeastern Italy (Riparo Tagliente, Verona). The results backdate by about 3,000 years the diffusion in Southern Europe of a genetic component linked to Eastern Europe/Western Asia previously believed to have spread westwards during later major warming shifts...
This individual, whose half-mandible had been found at Riparo Tagliente in 1963, shares genetic affinities with an Iberian individual who lived up to 19,000 years ago, and maternal and paternal genetic affinities with southern Italian and European individuals who lived around 14,000 years ago, suggesting that population movements may have spread these genetic variants in Southern Europe even before the occupation of Riparo Tagliente, and may have been intermittent but persisting during colder phases. “Direct dating of human fossils is once again critical to disentangle and interpret complex archaeological contexts”, adds Sahra Talamo, coauthor of the study.
The analysis of the mandible also allowed the authors to unveil some details concerning this particular settler of Riparo Tagliente: “The fragment belongs to a young male affected by cementoma, a quite rare anomaly in the development of dental tissue” adds Gregorio Oxilia, co-first author of the study, “and might shed light on the distribution of such conditions in pre-Neolithic societies”.
(Excerpt) Read more at heritagedaily.com ...
Recolonization is so racist. I hope the Europeans demand reparations.
I wonder if Ancestry is going to contact me about a new DNA discovery.
Maybe, but we do know that Facebook will suddenly be asking us if we'd like to friend them.
I demand reparations from all Cro-Magnons on behalf of my Neandertal ancestors.
Just how the heck do you know how old a bone is???
You can’t, it’s Fake Science....
If you find a chicken bone in the ground, how do you know how old it is????
You can’t date a bone and say it’s thousands of years old.
It’s not something you can know....
This article is such idiocy. The glaciers went South and man retreated South. As they melted we went North again. Man was both Neanderthal and Modern Man and a mixture of both of which we are today, mostly modern man but we are Neanderthal also.
No, you’re just a troll and a liar.
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