DNA Spotlights · Ancient and Historical Cultures
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Explore the places, time periods, and published research behind ancient DNA samples and the cultures associated with them.
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From 8,500 BCE hunters to c.2400 BP shell-mound builders — archaeology meets aDNA on Brazil’s coasts
A cinematic synthesis of archaeology and DNA from the high Andes
Archaeology and DNA from Tierra del Fuego to the Strait of Magellan
A glimpse of early Holocene life on the Argentine Pampas through stones and genomes
Coastal foragers of Tierra del Fuego, seen through middens and mitochondrial lineages
Wind-swept mariners of Tierra del Fuego, glimpsed through shells, bones, and DNA
Fragmentary voices of Ceramic-period Bahamians revealed by archaeology and ancient DNA
Ceramic-period communities of Eleuthera (500–1500 CE), seen through archaeology and DNA
A shoreline culture preserved in blue holes and DNA
Two early Holocene individuals link ancient Belize archaeology with Indigenous genetic lineages
A cinematic glimpse into Akapana (Bolivia) tying monumental stones to ancient genomes
Two Middle Horizon souls from 765–965 CE illuminate highland life and ancestry
