Genetics

Archeology, Genetics

New aDNA Study Reveals Distinct Ancient North African Lineage

A study came out recently which identifies a previously unknown lineage of humans from North Africa which was present during the last wet Saharan period. This lineage is most closely related to North African foragers from the genetically distinctive Iberomaurisian culture, although it differed from them in some ways. It is more closely related to […]

Ecology, Genetics, Geography, Paleoecology

The Ice Age In The Land of The Tiger

See the forests in the pictures above? They are located in the Sikhote-Alin mountains in the Russian Far East. While undoubtedly scenic, a person not familiar with biodiversity in this part of the world may not understand what is so special about them. After all, they more or less just resemble forests in much of

Archeology, Ecology, Extinction, Genetics, Geography, Paleoecology

Death Down Under: A Deep Look At Australia’s Megafaunal Mystery

There are few places on the planet as distinctive as Australia. With its isolated geographical location and iconic landscapes, it captures the imagination of people the world over. Picturesque red deserts, glistening beaches, and Eucalyptus woodlands may provide its most characteristic scenery, but arcane rainforests, snow-covered mountains, and much more can be found on the

Genetics, Paleoecology

Late Pleistocene Phylogeny of Black and Short-Faced Bears

Genetic analysis can provide incredible and often counterintuitive discoveries about the relationships between and within species and their unique ancestral histories. A study was published 3 years ago which explored the genomes of three Pleistocene black bear genomes found in eDNA in central Mexico and compared them to genomes of black bears in the eastern,

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