Ricardo Martins
@r-martins.bsky.social
The human past and everything else
Historic Genomes Uncover Demographic Shifts and Kinship Structures in Post-Roman Central Europe
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December 1, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Historic Genomes Uncover Demographic Shifts and Kinship Structures in Post-Roman Central Europe
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The relative frequency of my mtDNA (H5a2).
November 15, 2025 at 7:25 PM
The relative frequency of my mtDNA (H5a2).
Unveiling the origins and genetic makeup of the “forgotten people”: A study of the Sarmatian-period population in the Carpathian Basin: Cell www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Unveiling the origins and genetic makeup of the “forgotten people”: A study of the Sarmatian-period population in the Carpathian Basin
Analysis of ancient genomes reveals that the Sarmatians in the Carpathian Basin had
mainly European genomic composition, with minor Asian ancestry setting them apart
from the locals. Apart from this, ...
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October 30, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Unveiling the origins and genetic makeup of the “forgotten people”: A study of the Sarmatian-period population in the Carpathian Basin: Cell www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
New Perspective on the Arrival of the Eastern Mediterranean Genetic Influx in Central Italy Before the Onset of the Roman Empire url: academic.oup.com/gbe/article/...
A New Perspective on the Arrival of the Eastern Mediterranean Genetic Influx in Central Italy Before the Onset of the Roman Empire
Abstract. Italian genetic history was profoundly shaped by the Romans. While the Iron Age Central Italian gene pool was comparable to that of other coeval
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August 22, 2025 at 11:33 AM
New Perspective on the Arrival of the Eastern Mediterranean Genetic Influx in Central Italy Before the Onset of the Roman Empire url: academic.oup.com/gbe/article/...
Inference of human pigmentation from ancient DNA by genotype likelihoods | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Inference of human pigmentation from ancient DNA by genotype likelihoods | PNAS
Light eyes, hair, and skins probably evolved several times as Homo sapiens dispersed
from Africa. In areas with lower UV radiation, light pigmentat...
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July 19, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Inference of human pigmentation from ancient DNA by genotype likelihoods | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Two useful new reviews on ancestry inference in population genetics:
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genomebiology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
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genomebiology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
July 17, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Two useful new reviews on ancestry inference in population genetics:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
genomebiology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
genomebiology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
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New DNA Evidence Reveals Origins of Finnish, Estonian and Hungarian Languages cns.utexas.edu/news/researc...
New DNA Evidence Reveals Origins of Finnish, Estonian and Hungarian Languages
The study identifies an ancestral population in Central Siberia linked to the origin of Uralic languages.
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July 12, 2025 at 10:37 AM
New DNA Evidence Reveals Origins of Finnish, Estonian and Hungarian Languages cns.utexas.edu/news/researc...
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Genomic diversity and structure of prehistoric alpine individuals from the Tyrolean Iceman’s territory www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Genomic diversity and structure of prehistoric alpine individuals from the Tyrolean Iceman’s territory - Nature Communications
Here, the authors perform genomic analysis of prehistoric individuals from the Italian Alps, to reveal a genetic shift from the Mesolithic to the Neolithic and genetic continuity from the Neolithic to...
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July 16, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Genomic diversity and structure of prehistoric alpine individuals from the Tyrolean Iceman’s territory www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Perhaps the oldest known human portrait, carved in mammoth ivory, from Dolní Věstonice, Czechia. Gravettian ~27,000 years old
December 3, 2024 at 8:55 AM
Perhaps the oldest known human portrait, carved in mammoth ivory, from Dolní Věstonice, Czechia. Gravettian ~27,000 years old
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Nature research paper: Punic people were genetically diverse with almost no Levantine ancestors
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Punic people were genetically diverse with almost no Levantine ancestors - Nature
Levantine Phoenicians made little genetic contribution to Punic settlements in the central and western Mediterranean between the sixth and second centuries bce; instead, the Punic people derived most of their ancestry from a genetic profile similar to that of Sicily and the Aegean, with notable contributions from North Africa as well.
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April 24, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Nature research paper: Punic people were genetically diverse with almost no Levantine ancestors
https://go.nature.com/4ip6sM5
https://go.nature.com/4ip6sM5
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Nature research paper: High temporal variability not trend dominates Mediterranean precipitation
https://go.nature.com/43KtKIH
https://go.nature.com/43KtKIH
High temporal variability not trend dominates Mediterranean precipitation - Nature
Our assessment of a 27-country weather station dataset in the Mediterranean region revealed long-term stability in precipitation over 150 years, along with substantial short-term variability on annual to decadal scales driven by atmospheric circulation; these findings align with the precipitation trends seen in CMIP6 models.
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March 12, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Nature research paper: High temporal variability not trend dominates Mediterranean precipitation
https://go.nature.com/43KtKIH
https://go.nature.com/43KtKIH