'Fourth strand' of European ancestry originated with hunter-gatherers isolated by Ice Age
Thursday, November 19, 2015 - 05:07
in Paleontology & Archaeology
DNA was extracted from the molar teeth of this skeleton, dating from almost 10,000 years ago and found in the Kotias Klde rockshelter in Western Georgia. The first sequencing of ancient genomes extracted from human remains that date back to the Late Upper Palaeolithic period over 13,000 years ago has revealed a previously unknown "fourth strand" of ancient European ancestry.