Silicon Republic August 26, 2022
By examining newly sequenced ancient DNA from across the Southern Arc, researchers revealed a complex population history from the earliest farming cultures to post-medieval times.
Researchers have used ancient DNA to create a detailed genomic history of the “cradle of Western civilisation”.
They focused on the area known as the ‘Southern Arc’, which spans across south-eastern Europe and western Asia.
The researchers said the ancient history of this region has been told through archaeological data, along with thousands of years of historical accounts and text. But innovations in sequencing ancient DNA have provided a new source of historical information.
In three separate studies, published in Science, researchers used the ancient DNA from the remains of 777 humans to build a...
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