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General Category => Science, Technology and Knowledge => History => Topic started by: Elderberry on April 16, 2019, 03:47:32 pm

Title: Ancient genomes indicate population replacement in Early Neolithic Britain
Post by: Elderberry on April 16, 2019, 03:47:32 pm

Nature Ecology & Evolution

A big new ancient DNA paper has been published in Nature Ecology and Evolution. You can access a read-only version via ReadCube using this link provided by the publisher:

 rdcu.be/bxauP (https://rdcu.be/bxauP)

An earlier version of this paper was previously available as a pre-print on BioRxiv.

Here’s a blog post about the paper written by one of the authors Tom Booth:

 natureecoevocommunity.nature.com/channels/521-behind-the-paper/posts/47837-ancient-genomes-indicate-population-replacement-in-early-neolithic-britain (https://natureecoevocommunity.nature.com/channels/521-behind-the-paper/posts/47837-ancient-genomes-indicate-population-replacement-in-early-neolithic-britain)
 

Here’s an article about the research from the BBC:

 [url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-47938188]www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-47938188 (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-47938188)[/url]
 
This paper includes the DNA of Cheddar Man. There’s an interesting half-hour video from the Natural History museum about Cheddar Man which includes interviews with two of the researchers, Tom Booth and Chris Stringer:

 youtu.be/TQ8dc0XhUMM (https://youtu.be/TQ8dc0XhUMM)
 

If you want to find out more, come along to Family Tree Live on 27th April where Tom Booth will be talking about Cheddar Man and the Origins of the British:

 [url=http://www.family-tree.co.uk/ftre/show/family-tree-live/lecture-programme]www.family-tree.co.uk/ftre/show/family-tree-live/lecture-programme (https://www.family-tree.co.uk/ftre/show/family-tree-live/lecture-programme)[/url]