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A hard ceiling on modern human dispersal

Neandertal DNA in some of the oldest modern human genomes establishes a short timeline of 50,000 years for the out-of-Africa founder event.

Silhouette cutout of Neandertal with trees and landscape visible through the cutout
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Top 10 discoveries about ancient people from DNA in 2023

This year's highlights include ways of finding ancient relatives, how some phenotypes evolved in ancient people, and trace evidence from artifacts.

DNA molecular models on a cloudy background
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Recounting the repatriation of aboriginal remains from Lake Mungo

Reacting to a feature article from Smithsonian magazine that followed the reburial of a 42,000-year-old human skeleton.

Landscape in Mungo National Park, New South Wales, Australia