Tag Archives: paleodemography

A Tale of Two Maps: Ancient DNA and Ancient Hominins

A while back Chris Stringer linked to a wonderful interactive map on twitter. Still being updated, a great resource by ⁦@nickyrozenblatt⁩ mapping published ancient genomes + sources https://t.co/WFCZRNOw8O — Chris Stringer (@ChrisStringer65) December 12, 2018 The map, put together by … Continue reading

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Human longevity in prehistory

A new article in PNAS, authored by Oskar Burger, Annette Baudisch and James Vaupel, is gathering some attention to the issue of the evolutionary history of human demography and longevity. The article itself covers a lot of old ground (excuse … Continue reading

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