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Stone age population collapse revealed by DNA study in France
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A revolutionary study based on the analysis of 59 Neanderthal genomes shows that all the genetic diversity of Neanderthalians in Europe collapsed 65,000 years ago, concentrated in a single region: southwestern France. This demographic bottleneck, resulting from extreme climatic conditions, reduced these human cousins to a single genetic line, making them vulnerable to final extinction. More
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Archaeology & ArtsStone age population collapse revealed by DNA study in France
University of Copenhagen—The research, published* in Nature Ecology & Evolution, is based on genetic analyses of 132 individuals buried in a large megalithic tomb near Bury, about 50 kilometers north of Paris. The site was used during two distinct periods separated by a population decline around 3000 BC. Researchers found that the two groups buried... Read more »
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