DNA Spotlights · Ancient and Historical Cultures
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Explore the places, time periods, and published research behind ancient DNA samples and the cultures associated with them.
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A single Upper Paleolithic individual from Troisième caverne, connecting stone-age life to deep Eurasian DNA
Post-glacial communities in Wallonia revealed by caves, river-systems and ancient DNA
Single U2-bearing individual from Troisième caverne, Goyet — a frozen strand of deep European prehistory.
A lone 26,440–25,823 BCE individual from Troisième caverne ties cave life to ancient genomes
Single Upper Paleolithic genome from Goyet cave illuminates life in Belgium ~24.8–24.0k BCE
A lone Late Pleistocene individual from Mayahak Cab Pek hints at early Central American lifeways
Two ancient individuals from coastal Belize offer a glimpse into life and ancestry circa 2200–1800 BCE.
A single Magdalenian individual from Troisième caverne, Goyet — archaeology and DNA in conversation
A solitary ancient DNA sample from Mayahak Cab Pek opens a cautious window into Late Archaic Belize
Single ancient individual from Belize linking archaeological context and mtDNA evidence
Early Belizean coastal foragers seen through bones and genomes
A lone Archaic-period individual from Mayahak Cab Pek links Belize's deep past to regional genetic threads
