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Pompeii's New DNA Analysis Challenges Centuries-Old Assumptions About Victims' Lives

A recent DNA study has upended long-held theories about the people who died in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii, revealing unexpected details about the demographics and connections among the victims.

International Business Times

We’ve Been Wrong About the Pompeii Victims All Along

A paper on 14 victims from Pompeii describes how DNA analysis shows a different story behind the relationships of the individuals than what historians thought.

Inverse

Pompeii victims aren't who we thought they were, DNA analysis reveals

An ancient-DNA analysis of victims in Pompeii who died in Mount Vesuvius' eruption reveals some unusual relations between the people who died together.

LiveScience

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Kevin McCarthy faces battle with hard-right Republicans as shutdown looms

Far-right wing insists it will not back speaker to avert government shutdown without concessions like Biden impeachment

The Guardian - US

What's the origin of the long-ago Swahili civilization? Genes offer a revealing answer

Genetic analyses back up what Swahili oral tradition has long held about ancestry of people from eastern Africa — that their ancestors are from Africa and abroad.

WEKU

Medieval Swahilis and Persians paired up 1,000 years ago in East Africa, ancient DNA reveals

A new ancient DNA study help confirm, but also "contradict and complicate" the historical narrative that Swahilis paired up with Persians 1,000 years ago in East Africa.

LiveScience

Ancient DNA is restoring the origin story of the Swahili people of the East African coast

The legacy of the medieval Swahili civilization is a source of extraordinary pride in East Africa, as reflected in its language being the official tongue of Kenya, Tanzania and even inland countries like Uganda and Rwanda, far from the Indian Ocean shore where the culture developed nearly two millennia ago.

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No, your "Celtic" tattoo isn't Celtic

The real and complicated story of Ireland's past is a lot more interesting than Irish Americans make it out to be

Salon

Tech counties boomed in pandemic, new data shows

The pandemic was an economic boon for the nation’s tech centers last year, but the tide already has turned as consumers’ demand for remote work software, delivered food and streaming entertainment subsides.

Tribune News Service

Neanderthal DNA lives on in us

An evolutionary biology professor explains the growing understanding and innovation regarding Neanderthal DNA

Salon

Our *Homo sapiens* ancestors shared the world with Neanderthals, Denisovans and other types of humans whose DNA lives on in our genes

When the first modern humans arose in East Africa sometime between 200,000 and 300,000 years ago, the world was very different compared to today. Perhaps the biggest difference was that we – meaning people of our species, Homo sapiens – were only one of several types of humans (or hominins)…

The Conversation

Earliest Pacific seafarers were matrilocal society, study suggests

DNA analysis of 164 individuals from 2,800 to 300 years ago shows men would move to be with their wives

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