The aim of this study was to determine the sex by means of modern molecular genetic methods of children and immature individuals from the 4000 years old Eneolithic burial site “Hoštice 1 za Hanou” of the Bell-Beaker people, in central Moravia (Czech Republic). While the anthropological approach was in this case limited either by the state of preservation of the skeletal remains or simply by abs...

High quality Altai Neanderthal and Denisovan genomes are revealing which regions of archaic hominin DNA have persisted in the modern human genome. A number of these regions are associated with response to infection and immunity, with a suggestion that derived Neanderthal alleles found in modern Europeans and East Asians may be associated with autoimmunity. As such Neanderthal genomes are an ind...

Assessing the relative role of evolutionary processes on genetic diversity is critical for understanding species response to climatic change. However, many processes, independent of climate, can lead to the same genetic pattern. Because effective population size and gene flow are affected directly by abundance and dispersal, population ecology has the potential to profoundly influence patterns ...

Ancient human mobility at the individual level is conventionally studied by the diverse application of suitable techniques (e.g. aDNA, radiogenic strontium isotopes, as well as oxygen and lead isotopes) to either hard and/or soft tissues. However, the limited preservation of coexisting hard and soft human tissues hampers the possibilities of investigating high-resolution diachronic mobility per...

With this paper I propose a reflection on the way interdisciplinarity is framed in reference to study of archaeological human remains. It often taken for granted that valuable archaeology – but why should it be? By taking case ancient genomics research rewriting ‘Neolithic Revolution’ narratives show how use scientific methodologies in- fluences and biases kind work gets done questions are asked.

Abstract This article reassesses the social significance of Early Neolithic chambered tombs. It critically evaluates inferences about organization drawn from tomb architecture and interpretations kinship based on aDNA analyses human remains Adopting perspective that is a multifaceted ongoing field practice, it argues arrangement chambers was related to negotiation kinship. Drawing together biol...

The burial of multiple individuals within a single funerary monument invites speculation about the relationships between deceased: were they chosen on basis status, gender or relatedness, for example? Here, authors present results aDNA and isotope analyses conducted seven from an Early Iron Age barrow at Dolge njive, south-eastern Slovenia. All are close biological relatives. While group compos...

A mesterséges intelligencia (MI) kutatásával kapcsolatos egyik legfontosabb kérdés, hogy a gépek elveszik-e munkánkat. cikk ezzel kérdéssel kapcsolatban fűz fel egyetlen gondolatsorra fontos gazdasági és társadalmi jelenségeket. Kiindulópontja termelékenység foglalkoztatottság szétválása, az MI hatása munkára néhány szakma érintettségének bemutatása. tanulmány vizsgálja továbbá, mi történne vel...