Mystery Of The East Asian Lineages In Europe 45,000 Years Ago Solved – Population Hub Out Of Africa Holds The Clues

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The ancient human remains unearthed in the Bacho Kiro cave (in present-day Bulgaria) and recently genetically described were surprisingly reported to be more closely related to contemporary East Asians than contemporary Europeans. Several scenarios were proposed to account for the finding, but this puzzling result so far raised more questions than answers […]

Milk Enabled Mᴀssive Steppe Migration

Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – The long-distance migrations of early Bronze Age pastoralists in the Eurasian steppe have captured widespread interest. But the factors behind their remarkable spread have been heavily debated by archaeologists. Now, a new study in Nature provides clues regarding a critical component of the herders’ lifestyle that was likely instrumental to their success: […]