Beyond broad strokes: sociocultural insights from the study of ancient genomes
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DOI: 10.1038/s41576-020-0218-z
Abstract: In the field of human history, ancient DNA has provided answers to long-standing debates about major movements of people and has begun to inform on other important facets of the human experience. The field is… read more here.
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Reconstructing human history from ancient genomes: an interview with Nobel laureate Svante Pääbo
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DOI: 10.1093/nsr/nwae120
Abstract: ABSTRACT Professor Svante Pääbo, Director of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2022 for his discoveries in ancient hominine genomes and human evolution. His pioneering… read more here.
Keywords: ancient genomes; interview; history; human history ... See more keywords
A human history of machinesThe Body Digital Vanessa Chang Melville House, 2025. 256 pp.
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DOI: 10.1126/science.aec4179
Abstract: Our lived experiences inform technology and are, in turn, transformed by it. read more here.
Keywords: body digital; history; human history; history machinesthe ... See more keywords
A Glimpse into the Past: What Ancient Viral Genomes Reveal About Human History.
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DOI: 10.1146/annurev-virology-111821-123859
Abstract: Humans have battled viruses for millennia. However, directly linking the symptomatology of disease outbreaks to specific viral pathogens was not possible until the twentieth century. With the advent of the genomic era and the development… read more here.
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Palaeo-landscapes and hydrology in the South African interior: Implications for human history
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DOI: 10.17159/sajs.2024/17569
Abstract: Recent research reveals that the arid western interior of South Africa has experienced substantially more humid conditions on several occasions during the last 70 000 years. These findings, likely regional in scope, speak to changes… read more here.
Keywords: history; human history; hydrology; landscapes hydrology ... See more keywords