Ancient DNA reveals family ties, ancestry, sex, and bone disease in degraded Song Dynasty remains
Zhangliu: A Song Dynasty Burial Ground in the Huai River World In the river-shaped landscapes of eastern China, the Zhangliu site opens a vivid window into the Song Dynasty world. Located in Huai'an, Jiangsu Province, this burial ground sits in the great meeting zone between north and south
Ancient DNA reveals diverse origins at a 7th-century Madrid burial site
El Rebollar: A Mountain Church Full of Surprises High in Spain's Sierra de Guadarrama, a seventh-century church at El Boalo served as both house of worship and house of the dead. At first glance it seems a remote, isolated place — yet the burials inside tell a far more
Roman Hispania’s Lasting Genetic Legacy
Roman Hispania: A Mediterranean Crossroads Before Rome, the Iberian Peninsula was a patchwork of local communities. Then came one of western Europe’s great turning points. Iberia became a central province in a vast system stretching from the Atlantic to Syria, transformed not just by conquest but by movement. SoldiersLatest Articles
Haplogroup I2a1b1a2b1a2a1a1a1a1a3
In medieval Holbaek on Zealand, one man now known only by the laboratory code CGG101842 carries a surprisingly long Y-chromosome label into the present: I2a1b1a2b1a2a1a1a1a1a3. He lived around AD 1400, in late medieval Denmark, at a time when towns, churches, trade routes, and parish graveyards had thoroughly reshaped older Scandinavian
Haplogroup D1
At the Rokutsu shell midden in ancient Japan, one male individual dated to around 1250 BC, sample I6341, gives us a particularly sharp glimpse of haplogroup D1. Shell middens are wonderful archaeological places precisely because they are not grand monuments. They are the accumulated remains of ordinary life: food waste,
Haplogroup R1b1a1b1a1a1d1
At Ahlgade in Holbaek on Zealand, one medieval male dated to around AD 1325, sample CGG101838, carries the Y-DNA haplogroup R1b1a1b1a1a1d1. That is already enough to make him interesting, not because one skeleton can stand in for medieval Denmark, but because he gives this very specific paternal line a firmly
Haplogroup E1b1b1a1b1a1
At Poznan-Srodka in Greater Poland, one medieval male labelled PCA0255 has become unexpectedly important for the story of Y-DNA haplogroup E1b1b1a1b1a1. Dated to around AD 1100 and associated with the Piast dynastic milieu, he places this paternal line in the political heartland of early medieval Poland rather than on some
Haplogroup I1a1a1
One of the clearest glimpses of Y-DNA haplogroup I1a1a1 in the historical record comes from a violent moment in early 11th-century England: sample VK167, identified among the dead of the St. Brice's Day massacre in Oxford and dated to around 1002 AD. This is not a vague prehistoric
Haplogroup I1a1b1a1
At Gdansk in Pomerania, an individual dated to around AD 200 and labeled PCA0480 places haplogroup I1a1b1a1 in a part of the Baltic world that was anything but isolated. This was the era of the Wielbark culture, a famous archaeological horizon of the southern Baltic coast, often discussed because it
Haplogroup E1b1b1b2a1a1a1a1f1a
At Arslantepe in eastern Anatolia, one excavated individual dated to around 3262 BC, sample ART015, offers a useful anchor for thinking about the Y-DNA haplogroup E1b1b1b2a1a1a1a1f1a. Arslantepe is no minor village in prehistory. It is one of those places archaeologists return to again and again because it sits right on
Haplogroup I1a2a1a1d2b
At Maslomecz in eastern Poland, archaeologists uncovered a cemetery tied to the Wielbark cultural horizon, a setting long discussed in connection with Gothic-era communities on the Roman world's northeastern edge. One individual from that landscape, sample PL065, dated here to around AD 250, is associated in MyTrueAncestry'Civilizations
Belgae Discussion
Dedicated for all DNA, Analysis Results, History, Research topics related to: Belgae The ethnic name Belgae comes from the Proto-Celtic word Bolgi which means "The People who Swell with anger or battle fury". These Celtic people lived north of the Gauls and Aquitani and differed by language, customs
Visigoths Discussion
Dedicated for all DNA, Analysis Results, History, Research topics related to: Visigoths The Visigoths emerged from earlier Germanic Gothic groups (possibly the Thervingi) who had invaded the Roman Empire beginning in 376 and had defeated the Romans at the Battle of Adrianople in 378. Relations between the Romans and the
Scythians Discussion
Dedicated for all DNA, Analysis Results, History, Research topics related to: Scythians Scythians had a reputation as the epitome of savagery and barbarism - they were among the earliest peoples to master mounted warfare. They lived in tent-covered wagons and fought with composite bows shot from horseback. With great mobility,
Ostrogoths Discussion
Dedicated for all DNA, Analysis Results, History, Research topics related to: Ostrogoths Originating from Scandinavia, the Goths of Eastern Europe were shattered when Attila and the Huns blasted onto the scene. The Gothic kingdom was split - those who crossed the Danube to enter the Roman Empire became the Visigoths.Haplogroups and Noble Lines
Haplogroup I2a1b1a2b1a2a1a1a1a1a3
In medieval Holbaek on Zealand, one man now known only by the laboratory code CGG101842 carries a surprisingly long Y-chromosome label into the present: I2a1b1a2b1a2a1a1a1a1a3. He lived around AD 1400, in late medieval Denmark, at a time when towns, churches, trade routes, and parish graveyards had thoroughly reshaped older Scandinavian
Haplogroup D1
At the Rokutsu shell midden in ancient Japan, one male individual dated to around 1250 BC, sample I6341, gives us a particularly sharp glimpse of haplogroup D1. Shell middens are wonderful archaeological places precisely because they are not grand monuments. They are the accumulated remains of ordinary life: food waste,
Haplogroup R1b1a1b1a1a1d1
At Ahlgade in Holbaek on Zealand, one medieval male dated to around AD 1325, sample CGG101838, carries the Y-DNA haplogroup R1b1a1b1a1a1d1. That is already enough to make him interesting, not because one skeleton can stand in for medieval Denmark, but because he gives this very specific paternal line a firmly
Haplogroup E1b1b1a1b1a1
At Poznan-Srodka in Greater Poland, one medieval male labelled PCA0255 has become unexpectedly important for the story of Y-DNA haplogroup E1b1b1a1b1a1. Dated to around AD 1100 and associated with the Piast dynastic milieu, he places this paternal line in the political heartland of early medieval Poland rather than on someLatest Articles
Haplogroup I2a1b1a2b1a2a1a1a1a1a3
In medieval Holbaek on Zealand, one man now known only by the laboratory code CGG101842 carries a surprisingly long Y-chromosome label into the present: I2a1b1a2b1a2a1a1a1a1a3. He lived around AD 1400, in late medieval Denmark, at a time when towns, churches, trade routes, and parish graveyards had thoroughly reshaped older Scandinavian
Haplogroup D1
At the Rokutsu shell midden in ancient Japan, one male individual dated to around 1250 BC, sample I6341, gives us a particularly sharp glimpse of haplogroup D1. Shell middens are wonderful archaeological places precisely because they are not grand monuments. They are the accumulated remains of ordinary life: food waste,
Haplogroup R1b1a1b1a1a1d1
At Ahlgade in Holbaek on Zealand, one medieval male dated to around AD 1325, sample CGG101838, carries the Y-DNA haplogroup R1b1a1b1a1a1d1. That is already enough to make him interesting, not because one skeleton can stand in for medieval Denmark, but because he gives this very specific paternal line a firmly
Haplogroup E1b1b1a1b1a1
At Poznan-Srodka in Greater Poland, one medieval male labelled PCA0255 has become unexpectedly important for the story of Y-DNA haplogroup E1b1b1a1b1a1. Dated to around AD 1100 and associated with the Piast dynastic milieu, he places this paternal line in the political heartland of early medieval Poland rather than on some
Haplogroup I1a1a1
One of the clearest glimpses of Y-DNA haplogroup I1a1a1 in the historical record comes from a violent moment in early 11th-century England: sample VK167, identified among the dead of the St. Brice's Day massacre in Oxford and dated to around 1002 AD. This is not a vague prehistoric
Haplogroup I1a1b1a1
At Gdansk in Pomerania, an individual dated to around AD 200 and labeled PCA0480 places haplogroup I1a1b1a1 in a part of the Baltic world that was anything but isolated. This was the era of the Wielbark culture, a famous archaeological horizon of the southern Baltic coast, often discussed because it
Haplogroup E1b1b1b2a1a1a1a1f1a
At Arslantepe in eastern Anatolia, one excavated individual dated to around 3262 BC, sample ART015, offers a useful anchor for thinking about the Y-DNA haplogroup E1b1b1b2a1a1a1a1f1a. Arslantepe is no minor village in prehistory. It is one of those places archaeologists return to again and again because it sits right on
