An international team analyzed ancient DNA from 230 individuals in Georgia and Armenia, revealing a largely stable local gene pool from the Bronze Age to 500 CE, with some migration from Anatolia and the Eurasian steppe. The study also found that cranial deformation, initially introduced by migrants, became a local tradition.
- Researchers from Washington University in St. Louis and Sichuan University in China have traced the roots of cultural interactions across the Tibetan Plateau to prehistoric times, as early as the Bronze Age.
- The study found that ancient mobility and subsistence strategies of farmers and herders influenced the settlement pattern and the transfer of ceramic styles among distant prehistoric communities.
- The researchers used advanced geospatial modeling to compare environmental and archaeological evidence connecting ancient mobility and subsistence strategies to cultural connections forged among farmers and herders in the Bronze and Iron Ages.
- The study found that ancient mobility and subsistence strategies of farmers and herders influenced the settlement pattern and the transfer of ceramic styles among distant prehistoric communities.
- The researchers used advanced geospatial modeling to compare environmental and archaeological evidence connecting ancient mobility and subsistence strategies to cultural connections forged among farmers and herders in the Bronze and Iron Ages.
