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Over the past half-decade, ancient DNA research has revealed some surprising aspects to our evolutionary history during the past 50,000 years.

The former principal dancers of the Children's Ballet of San Antonio are reflecting on their past experiences dancing in the Nutcracker.

The Oxus Civilisation (or Bactrio-Margian Archaeological Complex BMAC) was the main archaeological culture of the Bronze Age in Southern Central Asia. Paleogenetic analyses were previously conducted mainly on samples from the eastern part of BMAC. The population associated with BMAC descends from local Chalcolithic populations, with some outliers of steppe or South-Asian descent. Here, we present new genome-wide data for one individual from Ulug-depe (Turkmenistan), one of the main BMAC sites, located at the southwestern edge of the BMAC. We demonstrate that this individual genetically belongs...

One outside expert says the report reflects China’s efforts to rewrite ethnic history.

The grand strategic convergence between Russia and Pakistan in Central Asia will immensely strengthen the SCO’s ca