Pre-Pottery Neolithic Central Anatolia and the effects of a Late Neolithic bottleneck in sheep
21. März 2024
From the Stone Age to today: Genetic analyses reveal history of domesticated sheep. Through the statistical analysis of hundreds of DNA samples from Stone Age and modern sheep, an international research team with the participation of the ÖAI has reconstructed [...]
Rose Cottage Cave
16. Juli 2024
Time for essential changes The Middle Stone Age (MSA) in South Africa during Marine Isotope Stage (MIS) 5 marks a crucial phase in human cultural evolution. Using a broad methodological repertoire, the sites Bushman Rock Shelter, Rose Cottage Cave and [...]
Ancient DNA from Rapa Nui (Easter Island) refutes best-selling population collapse theory and reveals pre-European contact with Indigenous Americans
11. September 2024
Rapa Nui (Easter Island) with its gigantic statues and treeless landscape has fascinated researchers for centuries. A new genetic study published in this week’s Nature disproves the popular theory that the Rapanui population collapsed as a result of an „ecocide“—a [...]