Saturday, 6 February 2016

The 'unknown chapter of human history' in Europe 15,000 years ago

New analysis of remains of ancient Europeans, from as far back as 35,000 years ago, suggests a major ‘turnover’ in the genetic makeup of people in the region at the same time as a major climatic change. It is so unprecedented, researchers have called it an ‘unknown chapter of human history’. Pictured are the ancient remains of a European found at the Dolnte Vestonice burial site in the Czech RepublicAlmost 15,000 years ago, the population of Europe shifted and changed in ways that researchers have never identified before.
Analysis of DNA taken from ancient teeth and bones uncovered evidence of a major ‘turnover’ in the genetic makeup of people in the region at the same time as a major climatic change.
It is so unprecedented, researchers have called it an ‘unknown chapter of human history’ in which hunter-gatherer groups were replaced with a mystery population


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3432060/An-unknown-chapter-human-history-took-place-Europe-15-000-years-ago-DNA-shows-hunter-gatherers-replaced-mystery-group-people-Ice-Age.html#ixzz3zOWkIDwd
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