DNA Study of ‘Penang Woman’ Sheds Light on Prehistoric Malaysia
The 'Penang Woman' discovery in Malaysia provides new prehistoric insights through advanced DNA and radiocarbon analysis, led by Universiti Sains ...
Tag: DNA
Deoxyribonucleic acid is a molecule found in almost all organisms which holds a unique genetic code that contains the instructions develop and reproduce. DNA is usually found in the cell nucleus or in the mitochondria.
[Paper] Ancient genomes reveal over two thousand years of dingo population structure
Ancient DNA reveals 2,000 years of dingo population history in Australia, showing minimal modern dog mixing and ties to New ...
The ‘Hobbit’ Human: A 20-Year Journey from Discovery to DNA
via Kompas, 09 October 2023: Twenty years after its discovery on Flores Island, Indonesia, the Homo floresiensis, colloquially known as ...
[Paper] A Late Pleistocene human genome from Southwest China
via Current Biology, 14 July 2022: DNA sequences of a Pleistocene woman in Yunnan show close relations to populations in ...
DNA evidence definitively links modern CHamorus to eastern Indonesia
via Kuam News, 07 June 2022: New DNA analysis of the CHamoru indicate a likely origin from Sulawesi in Indonesia.
[Paper] Genome of a middle Holocene hunter-gatherer from Wallacea
via Nature, 25 August 2021: A new paper in Nature presents the genome from a 7,000 female skeleton associated with ...
Ancient DNA provides more detail of CHamoru migration to Marianas
via Pacific Daily News, 02 March 2021: Understanding how the CHamoru people moved to the Marianas from DNA evidence.
[Paper] Ancient DNA from Guam and the peopling of the Pacific
via Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, 5 January 2021: DNA from 2,200-year-old skeletons in Guam are closely linked ...
[Paper] Scientists believe homo sapiens migrated to southern China 11,000 years ago
via Global Times, 13 July 2020: Research from China suggests DNA evidence of migration from Southern China to Southeast Asia ...
The origins of Indonesians: New study suggests none are truly ‘pribumi’
via Jakarta Post, 17 October 2019: An exhibition at the National Museum in Jakarta explores the question of nativeness through ...
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