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Genetics of infertility and “assisted fertilization” in the Bible: The case of Abraham and his family

Andrology, EarlyView.
Abstract Couple infertility is a very ancient medical condition. One of the first descriptions of familial infertility/subfertility is contained in the first book of the Bible, Genesis, written in the 10th century BC and reporting tales from the oral tradition even occurred about 800 years earlier.
Manuela Simoni, Frank Tüttelmann, Livio Casarini   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ancient DNA connects large-scale migration with the spread of Slavs. [PDF]

Nature
Gretzinger J, Biermann F, Mager H, King B, Zlámalová D, Traverso L, Gnecchi Ruscone GA, Peltola S, Salmela E, Neumann GU, Radzeviciute R, Ingrová P, Liwoch R, Wronka I, Jurić R, Hyrchała A, Niezabitowska-Wiśniewska B, Bartecki B, Borowska B, Dzieńkowski T, Wołoszyn M, Wojenka M, Wilczyński J, Kot M, Müller E, Orschiedt J, Zariņa G, Onkamo P, Daim F, Muhl A, Schwarz R, Majer M, McCormick M, Květina J, Vida T, Geary PJ, Macháček J, Šlaus M, Meller H, Pohl W, Hofmanová Z, Krause J.   +41 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Evidence of ascariasis in a Celtic newborn from northern Italy. [PDF]

Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz
López-Gijón R, Teegen WR, Laffranchi Z, Vitali D, Zink A, Milella M.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The exploitation of silver deposits in early medieval Europe: some documentary, economic and social problems

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
Abstract Focusing on Southern Europe, this article sheds light on the mining landscape of the early Middle Ages. Based on the current state of historical and archaeological knowledge, the article raises a number of questions that can be extended to other European regions.
Nicolas Minvielle Larousse
wiley   +1 more source

The multifaceted nature of Egyptian mummification: Paleoradiological insights into child mummies. [PDF]

PLoS One
Zesch S, Panzer S, Paladin A, Sutherland ML, Lindauer S, Friedrich R, Pommerening T, Zink A, Rosendahl W.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

What can lithics tell us about hominin technology's ‘primordial soup’? An origin of stone knapping via the emulation of Mother Nature

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
Abstract The use of stone hammers to produce sharp stone flakes—knapping—is thought to represent a significant stage in hominin technological evolution because it facilitated the exploitation of novel resources, including meat obtained from medium‐to‐large‐sized vertebrates. The invention of knapping may have occurred via an additive (i.e., cumulative)
Metin I. Eren, Stephen J. Lycett, Michelle R. Bebber, Alastair Key, Briggs Buchanan, Emma Finestone, Joseph Benson, Rebecca Biermann Gürbüz, Adela Cebeiro, Roman Garba, Anne Grunow, C. Owen Lovejoy, Danielle MacDonald, Erica Maletic, G. Logan Miller, Joseph D. Ortiz, Jonathan Paige, Justin Pargeter, Tomos Proffitt, Mary Ann Raghanti, Teal Riley, Jeffrey I. Rose, David M. Singer, Robert S. Walker   +23 more
wiley   +1 more source

Most males in modern Poland carry Y-chromosomal lineages from clades that have recently expanded over Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe. [PDF]

Hum Genet
Milewski M, Dawidziuk M.
europepmc   +1 more source

Quality from Kent: Preliminary results from the analysis of fifth‐ to seventh‐century silver alloys

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper explores early results from the chemical and lead isotope analysis of 30 silver‐alloy objects from southeast England dating between the fifth and seventh centuries CE, presenting limited aspects of the three main analyses that were conducted. First, a comparison of the results gained from surface x‐ray fluorescence (pXRF) values and
Toby F. Martin, Matthew J. Ponting
wiley   +1 more source

Genome-wide variation reveal that goats were introduced into Asia via multiple migrations. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Yonezawa T, Wu J, Masuko R, Iso K, Nomura Y, Tabata R, Masaoka M, Ayin, Kawaguchi F, Sasazaki S, Arakawa A, Nomura K, Takahashi Y, Kobayashi E, Shah MK, Faruque MO, Masangkay JS, Bakhtin M, Kazymbet P, Dorji T, Dagong MIA, Bugiwati SRA, Lenstra JA, Mannen H.   +23 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Ancient genomes reveal trans-Eurasian connections between the European Huns and the Xiongnu Empire. [PDF]

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Gnecchi-Ruscone GA, Rácz Z, Liccardo S, Lee J, Huang Y, Traverso L, Radzevičiūtė R, Hajnal Z, Szécsényi-Nagy A, Gyuris B, Mateovics-László O, Bernert Z, Szeniczey T, Hajdu T, Mészáros B, Bálint M, Mende BG, Miller B, Samashev Z, Childebayeva A, Djansugurova L, Geary P, Ringbauer H, Vida T, Jeong C, Pohl W, Krause J, Hofmanová Z.   +27 more
europepmc   +1 more source