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New study reveals the influx of south-to-north migration on the origin of ancient Maya people and the spread of maize horticulture.

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New study reveals the influx of south-to-north migration on the origin of ancient Maya people and the spread of maize horticulture.

South-to-north migration preceded the advent of intensive farming in the Maya region – Nature Communications

The genetic prehistory of central America has not been well explored. Here, the authors find evidence from ancient DNA from twenty individuals who lived in Belize 9,600 to 3,700 years ago of a migration from the south that coincided with the first evidence for forest clearing and the spread of maize…

A new paleoclimatic study reveals that the abandonment of Norse settlements in southern Greenland (15th century AD) was mostly linked to the increasingly dry conditions of the area instead of an abrupt temperature change.

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A new paleoclimatic study reveals that the abandonment of Norse settlements in southern Greenland (15^th century AD) was mostly linked to the increasingly dry conditions of the area instead of an abrupt temperature change.

Prolonged drying trend coincident with the demise of Norse settlement in southern Greenland

Drier climate, rather than declining temperatures, contributed to the abandonment of Norse settlements in southern Greenland.

New genomic data about the Gauls population from France reveal an absence of discontinuity between Bronze Age and Iron Age groups in France, and support a cultural and progressive transition rather than a massive influx of external groups.

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New genomic data about the Gauls population from France reveal an absence of discontinuity between Bronze Age and Iron Age groups in France, and support a cultural and progressive transition rather than a massive influx of external groups.

Origin and mobility of Iron Age Gaulish groups in present-day France revealed through archaeogenomics

Biological sciences; Evolutionary biology; Genetics; Genomics; Paleobiology; Paleogenetics