When modern Eurasia was born
Wednesday, June 10, 2015 - 12:00
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Modern Eurasian peoples are genetically speaking not more than a couple of thousand years old. It was during the Bronze Age that the last major chapters were written in the story of the genetic past of Europe and central Asia. In a new study scientists have generated the largest ancient genomic study to date, and in doing so established how the foundation for modern Eurasia was laid. Their results are published in Nature.