Ideas, Inventions And Innovations : Ancient DNA Reveals Origin of First Bronze Age Civilizations in Europe
Ideas, Inventions And Innovations Ancient DNA Reveals Origin of First Bronze Age Civilizations in Europe Skeleton of one of the two individuals who lived in the middle of the Bronze Age and whose complete genome was reconstructed and sequenced by the Lausanne team. It comes from the archaeological site of Elati-Logkas, in northern Greece. Credit: Ephorate of Antiquities of Kozani, Hellenic Ministry of Culture, Greece. Courtesy of Dr Georgia Karamitrou-Mentessidi. The first civilisations to build monumental palaces and urban centres in Europe are more genetically homogenous than expected,...
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