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Ancient DNA shows European wipe-out of early Americans

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    The first largescale study of ancient DNA from early American people has confirmed the devastating impact of European colonisation on the Indigenous American populations of the time.   Led by the University of Adelaide’s Australian Centre for Ancient DNA (ACAD), the researchers have reconstructed a genetic history of Indigenous American populations by looking […]

Indonesian ‘Hobbits’ may have died out sooner than thought

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  An ancient species of pint-sized humans discovered in the tropics of Indonesia may have met their demise earlier than once believed, according to an international team of scientists who re-investigated the original finding.   Published in the journal Nature this week, the group challenges reports that these inhabitants of remote Flores island co-existed with […]