Human-DNA und archäologische Kulturen

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Human-DNA und archäologische Kulturen

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Ancient DNA recovered from a series of skeletons in central Germany up to 7500 years old has been used to reconstruct the first detailed genetic history of modern Europe.

Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2013-04-ancient-dn ... c.html#jCp
Professor Kurt Alt (University of Mainz) says: "What is intriguing is that the genetic signals can be directly compared with the changes in material culture seen in the archaeological record. It is fascinating to see genetic changes when certain cultures expanded vastly, clearly revealing interactions across very large distances." These included migrations from both Western and Eastern Europe towards the end of the Stone Age, through expanding cultures such as the Bell Beaker and the Corded Ware (named after their pots).

Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2013-10-ancient-dn ... c.html#jCp
"Stone tools are not fossil bones, but as it were, fossil thoughts, forever reminding me of the mind that shaped them." Henry David Thoreau
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