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The Leicester car park where Richard III's remains were found [Credit: Independent] |
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The lion statue unearthed at the necropolis of Banditaccia in Cerveteri [Credit: Italy Mag] |
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Two of the skeletons unearthed from the grave of a medieval knoght discovered under a car park in Edinburgh [Credit: Scotsman] |
The genetic lineage of Europe mysteriously transformed about 4,500 years ago, new research suggests.
The findings, detailed today (April 23) in the journal Nature Communications, were drawn from several skeletons unearthed in central Europe that were up to 7,500 years old.
"What is intriguing is that the genetic markers of this first pan-European culture, which was clearly very successful, were then suddenly replaced around 4,500 years ago, and we don't know why," said study co-author Alan Cooper, of the University of Adelaide Australian Center for Ancient DNA, in a statement. "Something major happened, and the hunt is now on to find out what that was."
Archaeologists have documented over 100 sites dating from the Upper Palaeolithic to the present day in the Sabor valley [Credit: Portugal News] |
Excavations at Kingsmead Quarry [Credit: Wessex Archaeology] |
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