Shifting Sands: Population Dynamics during the Muslim-Christian Transition in 11th-13th Century Algarve Caterina November 14, 2025 – 3 min read Share this post Papers Early Horse Riding Before Full Domestication: Insights from Ancient DNA and Archaeology Riders Before Domestication: Early Horse Taming on the Eurasian Steppe Riders Before Domestication: Early Horse Taming on the Eurasian Steppe This comprehensive examination sweeps readers back to a time when humans first dared to climb onto the backs of wild horses, long before the fully domesticated animals known from later By Caterina • 5 min read Papers Bronze Age Calabria DNA Reveals Inbred Community and a Rare Father–Daughter Incest Case Bronze Age People on the Edge of Italy: Demography and Mobility in Calabria The article plunges the reader into the rugged mountains of northern Calabria during the Middle Bronze Age (around 1780–1380 BCE), using ancient DNA to put flesh – quite literally – back on the scattered bones from one extraordinary By Caterina • 7 min read Papers Kinship and Violence in a Rare Viking-Age Multiple Burial from Semigallia, Latvia Viking Age Semigallian Burial Customs and a Rare Multiple Grave Viking Age Semigallian Burial Customs and a Rare Multiple Grave The article opens in the river valleys of southern Latvia, in the lands once held by the Semigallians – a Baltic people who lived along the Lielupe river system during the By Sara V • 6 min read Papers Early Horse Riding Before Full Domestication: Insights from Ancient DNA and Archaeology Riders Before Domestication: Early Horse Taming on the Eurasian Steppe Riders Before Domestication: Early Horse Taming on the Eurasian Steppe This comprehensive examination sweeps readers back to a time when humans first dared to climb onto the backs of wild horses, long before the fully domesticated animals known from later By Caterina • 5 min read Papers Bronze Age Calabria DNA Reveals Inbred Community and a Rare Father–Daughter Incest Case Bronze Age People on the Edge of Italy: Demography and Mobility in Calabria The article plunges the reader into the rugged mountains of northern Calabria during the Middle Bronze Age (around 1780–1380 BCE), using ancient DNA to put flesh – quite literally – back on the scattered bones from one extraordinary By Caterina • 7 min read Papers Kinship and Violence in a Rare Viking-Age Multiple Burial from Semigallia, Latvia Viking Age Semigallian Burial Customs and a Rare Multiple Grave Viking Age Semigallian Burial Customs and a Rare Multiple Grave The article opens in the river valleys of southern Latvia, in the lands once held by the Semigallians – a Baltic people who lived along the Lielupe river system during the By Sara V • 6 min read Papers Genomic History and Natural Selection in Roman and Early Medieval Britain Ancient Britain: DNA, Burials, and the Story of Population Change Ancient Britain: DNA, Burials, and the Story of Population Change Iron Age Kinship, Matrilineal Burials, and the Shock of the Roman Conquest The genetic analysis of over a thousand ancient British individuals reveals a striking pattern in Iron Age Britain: By Jamie L • 9 min read Papers Life on the Edge By Jamie L • 8 min read Papers Ancient DNA Reveals Long‑Term Maternal Continuity and Shifting Paternal Lineages in Croatia Croatia at the Genetic Crossroads of Continents Croatia at the Genetic Crossroads of Continents: A Comprehensive Analysis of Ancient DNA from the Eastern Adriatic This comprehensive study takes readers deep into the stone and soil of coastal Croatia to reveal how a narrow strip of the eastern Adriatic has served By Sven • 9 min read
Papers Early Horse Riding Before Full Domestication: Insights from Ancient DNA and Archaeology Riders Before Domestication: Early Horse Taming on the Eurasian Steppe Riders Before Domestication: Early Horse Taming on the Eurasian Steppe This comprehensive examination sweeps readers back to a time when humans first dared to climb onto the backs of wild horses, long before the fully domesticated animals known from later By Caterina • 5 min read
Papers Bronze Age Calabria DNA Reveals Inbred Community and a Rare Father–Daughter Incest Case Bronze Age People on the Edge of Italy: Demography and Mobility in Calabria The article plunges the reader into the rugged mountains of northern Calabria during the Middle Bronze Age (around 1780–1380 BCE), using ancient DNA to put flesh – quite literally – back on the scattered bones from one extraordinary By Caterina • 7 min read
Papers Kinship and Violence in a Rare Viking-Age Multiple Burial from Semigallia, Latvia Viking Age Semigallian Burial Customs and a Rare Multiple Grave Viking Age Semigallian Burial Customs and a Rare Multiple Grave The article opens in the river valleys of southern Latvia, in the lands once held by the Semigallians – a Baltic people who lived along the Lielupe river system during the By Sara V • 6 min read
Papers Early Horse Riding Before Full Domestication: Insights from Ancient DNA and Archaeology Riders Before Domestication: Early Horse Taming on the Eurasian Steppe Riders Before Domestication: Early Horse Taming on the Eurasian Steppe This comprehensive examination sweeps readers back to a time when humans first dared to climb onto the backs of wild horses, long before the fully domesticated animals known from later By Caterina • 5 min read
Papers Bronze Age Calabria DNA Reveals Inbred Community and a Rare Father–Daughter Incest Case Bronze Age People on the Edge of Italy: Demography and Mobility in Calabria The article plunges the reader into the rugged mountains of northern Calabria during the Middle Bronze Age (around 1780–1380 BCE), using ancient DNA to put flesh – quite literally – back on the scattered bones from one extraordinary By Caterina • 7 min read
Papers Kinship and Violence in a Rare Viking-Age Multiple Burial from Semigallia, Latvia Viking Age Semigallian Burial Customs and a Rare Multiple Grave Viking Age Semigallian Burial Customs and a Rare Multiple Grave The article opens in the river valleys of southern Latvia, in the lands once held by the Semigallians – a Baltic people who lived along the Lielupe river system during the By Sara V • 6 min read
Papers Genomic History and Natural Selection in Roman and Early Medieval Britain Ancient Britain: DNA, Burials, and the Story of Population Change Ancient Britain: DNA, Burials, and the Story of Population Change Iron Age Kinship, Matrilineal Burials, and the Shock of the Roman Conquest The genetic analysis of over a thousand ancient British individuals reveals a striking pattern in Iron Age Britain: By Jamie L • 9 min read
Papers Ancient DNA Reveals Long‑Term Maternal Continuity and Shifting Paternal Lineages in Croatia Croatia at the Genetic Crossroads of Continents Croatia at the Genetic Crossroads of Continents: A Comprehensive Analysis of Ancient DNA from the Eastern Adriatic This comprehensive study takes readers deep into the stone and soil of coastal Croatia to reveal how a narrow strip of the eastern Adriatic has served By Sven • 9 min read
