#Martin Sikora

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NUOVO STUDIO SULLE POSSIBILI CAUSE DI ESTINZIONE DELL'UOMO DI NEANDERTHAL

NUOVO STUDIO SULLE POSSIBILI CAUSE DI ESTINZIONE DELL'UOMO DI NEANDERTHAL Dai risultati di un nuovo studio, i resti di Neanderthal scoperti di recente in una grotta in Francia corroborano la nota teoria sulle cause della loro estinzione dei Neanderthals: negli ultimi anni, i ricercatori hanno proposto diverse spiegazioni sui motivi della sopravvivenza dei Sapiens rispetto ai Neanderthal, che si estinsero circa...

Dai risultati di un nuovo studio, i resti di Neanderthal scoperti di recente in una grotta in Francia corroborano la nota teoria sulle cause dell’estinzione dei Neanderthals: negli ultimi anni, i ricercatori hanno proposto diverse spiegazioni sui motivi della sopravvivenza dei Sapiens rispetto ai Neanderthal, che si estinsero circa 40.000 anni fa. Un nuovo studio, pubblicato su Cell Genomics,…

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A devastating population collapse that decimated stone age farming communities across northern Europe 5,000 years ago may have been driven by an outbreak of the plague, according to research.

The cause of the calamity, known as the Neolithic collapse, has long been a matter of debate.

Studies based on DNA from human bones and teeth excavated from ancient burial tombs in Scandinavia – seven from an area in Sweden called Falbygden, one from coastal Sweden close to Gothenburg and one from Denmark – now suggest that disease played a central role.

The remains of 108 people – 62 males, 45 females and one undetermined – were studied. Eighteen of them, or 17%, were infected with plague at the time of death.

The researchers were able to chart the family tree of 38 people from Falbygden across six generations, spanning about 120 years. Twelve of them, or 32%, were infected with plague. Genomic findings indicated that their community experienced three distinct waves of an early form of plague.

The researchers reconstructed full genomes of the different strains of the plague-causing bacterium Yersinia pestis responsible for these waves. They determined that the last one may have been more virulent than the others, and they identified traits indicating the disease could have spread from person to person to cause an epidemic.

“We learned that the Neolithic plague is an ancestor to all later plague forms,” said Frederik Seersholm, a geneticist at the University of Copenhagen and lead author of the research, published in the journal Science.

A later form of this same pathogen caused the Justinian Plague of the sixth century AD and the 14th-century Black Death that ravaged Europe, north Africa and the Middle East. Because the strains circulating during the Neolithic decline were much earlier versions, the plague may have produced different symptoms than those in the epidemics millennia later.

The study demonstrated that the plague was abundant and widespread in the area examined.

Martin Sikora, who is also a geneticist at the University of Copenhagen and a co-author of the report, said: “This high prevalence of plague indicates that plague epidemics played a substantial role in the Neolithic decline in this region.

“Indeed, it seems plausible that the decline seen in other parts of Europe was also in some way affected by plague. We do already have evidence for plague in other megalithic sites in different parts of northern Europe. And seeing how prevalent it was in Scandinavia, I would expect a similar picture to emerge once we study these other megaliths with the same resolution.”

The Neolithic or new stone age involved the adoption of farming and animal domestication in place of a roving hunter-gatherer lifestyle. The Neolithic population crash in northern Europe occurred from about 3300BC to 2900BC. By that time, cities and sophisticated civilisations had already arisen in places such as Egypt and Mesopotamia.

The populations of Scandinavia and north-western Europe ultimately disappeared entirely, replaced by people known as the Yamnaya who migrated from a steppe region spanning parts of present-day Ukraine. They are the ancestors of modern northern Europeans.

“Up until now, multiple scenarios have been suggested that might explain the Neolithic decline: war or simple competition with steppe-related populations who became prevalent after the Neolithic decline; an agricultural crisis leading to widespread famine; and various diseases, including plague,” Seersholm said. “The challenge was that only a single plague genome had been identified before, and it was not known whether the disease was able to spread within a population of humans.“

The DNA evidence also offered insight into the social dynamics of these communities, showing that men often had children with multiple women and that the women were brought in from neighbouring communities. The women appeared to be monogamous.

“Multiple reproductive partners could mean several wives. It could also mean men were allowed to find a new partner if they became widowers or they had mistresses,” Seersholm said. {read}

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2024 Oscar Predictions

Best Picture

American Fiction

Anatomy of a Fall

Barbie

The Holdovers

Killers of the Flower Moon

Maestro

Oppenheimer

Past Lives

Poor Things

The Zone of Interest

Best Director

Jonathan Glazer- The Zone of Interest

Yorgos Lanthimos- Poor Things

Christopher Nolan- Oppenheimer

Alexander Payne- The Holdovers

Martin Scorsese- Killers of the Flower Moon

Best Actress

Lily Gladstone- Killers of the Flower Moon

Sandra Hüller- Anatomy of a Fall

Greta Lee- Past Lives

Margot Robbie- Barbie

Emma Stone- Poor Things

Best Actor

Bradley Cooper- Maestro

Leonardo DiCaprio- Killers of the Flower Moon

Paul Giamatti- The Holdovers

Cillian Murphy- Oppenheimer

Jeffrey Wright- American Fiction

Best Supporting Actor

Robert De Niro- Killers of the Flower Moon

Robert Downey Jr.- Oppenheimer

Ryan Gosling- Barbie

Charles Melton- May December

Dominic Sessa- The Holdovers

Best Supporting Actress

Emily Blunt- Oppenheimer

Danielle Brooks- The Color Purple

Penelope Cruz- Ferrari

Sandra Huller- The Zone of Interest

Da'Vine Joy Randolph- The Holdovers

Best Original Screenplay

Anatomy of a Fall- Justine Triet and Arthur Harari

The Holdovers- David Hemingson

Maestro- Bradley Cooper and Josh Singer

May December-  Samy Burch and Alex Mechanik

Past Lives- Celine Song

Best Adapted Screenplay

American Fiction- Cord Jefferson

Barbie- Noah Baumbach & Greta Gerwig

Killers of the Flower Moon- Eric Roth and Martin Scorsese

Oppenheimer- Christopher Nolan

Poor Things- Tony McNamara

Best Animated Feature

The Boy and the Heron

Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget

Elemental

Nimona

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Best Documentary Feature

20 Days in Mariupol

American Symphony

Beyond Utopia

Bobi Wine: The People's President

The Eternal Memory

Best Foreign Language Film

20 Days in Mariupol (Ukraine)

Fallen Leaves (Finland)

Society of the Snow (Spain)

The Teacher's Lounge (Germany)

The Zone of Interest (United Kingdom)

Best Original Score

Jerskin Fendrix- Poor Things

Ludwig Göransson- Oppenheimer

Mica Levi- The Zone of Interest

Robbie Robertson- Killers of the Flower Moon

John Williams- Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

Best Original Song

“Dance the Night” from Barbie

“The Fire Inside” from Flamin' Hot

“I'm Just Ken” from Barbie

“It Never Went Away” from American Symphony

“What Was I Made For” from Barbie

Best Cinematography

Hoyte Van Hoytema- Oppenheimer

Matthew Libatique- Maestro

Rodrigo Prieto- Killers of the Flower Moon

Robbie Ryan- Poor Things

Łukasz Żal- The Zone of Interest

Best Film Editing

Jennifer Lame- Oppenheimer

Yorgos Mavropsaridis- Poor Things

Thelma Schoonmaker- Killers of the Flower Moon

Laurent Sénéchal - Anatomy of a Fall

Kevin Tent- The Holdovers

Best Costume Design

Barbie- Jacqueline Durran

Killers of the Flower Moon- Jacqueline West

Napoleon- David Crossman and Janty Yates

Oppenheimer- Ellen Mirojnick

Poor Things- Holly Waddington

Best Production Design

Barbie- Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer

Killers of the Flower Moon- Jack Fisk and Adam Willis

Oppenheimer- Ruth De Jong and Claire Kaufman

Poor Things- James Price, Shona Heath, and Zsuzsa Mihalek

The Zone of Interest- Chris Oddy, Joanna Maria Kuś and Katarzyna Sikora

Best Sound

Barbie

Ferrari

Maestro

Oppenheimer

The Zone of Interest

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Golda

Maestro

Napoleon

Oppenheimer

Poor Things

Best Visual Effects

The Creator

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

Poor Things

Society of the Snow

Overall

Oppenheimer: 13

Killers of the Flower Moon: 11

Poor Things: 11

Barbie: 10

The Holdovers: 7

The Zone of Interest: 7

Maestro: 6

Anatomy of a Fall: 4

American Fiction: 3

Past Lives: 3

20 Days in Mariupol: 2

American Symphony: 2

Ferrari: 2

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny: 2

May December: 2

Society of the Snow: 2

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El análisis genómico de un individuo de esta especie, apodado ‘Thorin’ y descubierto en las cuevas del valle del Ródano en Francia, sugiere que su población, aunque coexistió y vivió a unos diez días de camino de otras, se ignoraban. El arqueólogo y antropólogo Slimak Ludovic, descubridor de Thorin. / Universidad Toulouse III  Por Eva Rodríguez Hasta ahora los estudios científicos sobre los neandertales apuntaban a que, en el momento de la extinción de la especie, solo existiría una población genéticamente homogénea. Sin embargo, un nuevo estudio publicado hoy en la revista Cell Genomics, apunta que habría al menos dos poblaciones presentes en ese momento. Lo han descubierto a partir del análisis del genoma de ‘Thorin’, un neandertal fosilizado hallado en un sistema de cuevas en el valle del Ródano (Francia). Este individuo representa un linaje antiguo y no descrito previamente que divergió de otros neandertales conocidos actualmente hace unos 100.000 años y permaneció genéticamente aislado durante más de 50.000 años. “En la época de ‘Thorin’ nos encontramos con un clima glacial en inmensas estepas herbáceas, y un vasto corredor migratorio en el continente europeo. Estos 50 milenios de aislamiento entre poblaciones son fascinantes y no se parecen a nada de lo que conocemos por la historia, la arqueología o la antropología cultural en las poblaciones de sapiens. Probablemente estamos tocando aquí las particularidades etológicas del neandertal, unas maneras increíblemente diferentes de ser humano y de pensar el mundo”, dice a SINC el arqueólogo y antropólogo Slimak Ludovic, coautor del trabajo, descubridor de Thorin e investigador en Centro Nacional para la Investigación Científica de la Universidad Toulouse III (Francia).   El análisis genómico indica que este individuo vivió hace entre 42.000 y 50.000 años en una comunidad pequeña y aislada, sin intercambiar genes con otras poblaciones neandertales. Por lo tanto, dos poblaciones de neandertales, que viven a unos diez días de camino la una de la otra, coexistieron mientras se ignoraban por completo. “Esto sería inimaginable para un sapiens y revela que los neandertales deben haber concebido biológicamente nuestro mundo de manera muy diferente a nosotros”, asegura el científico. Los restos fosilizados de ‘Thorin’ se descubrieron en 2015 en la Grotte Mandrin, un sistema de cuevas que también albergó a los primeros Homo sapiens, aunque no al mismo tiempo. Ludovic ha sido director del proyecto Grotte Mandrin y ha dirigido durante 30 años misiones arqueológicas desde el círculo polar ártico hasta el cuerno de África. “Es muy posible que hubiera otras poblaciones estrechamente relacionadas con Thorin durante parte de ese periodo de tiempo de las que hoy no tenemos datos”, declara a SINC el coautor Martin Sikora, investigador de la Universidad de Copenhague (Dinamarca). Para el científico, la zona más interesante para estudiar y resolver estas cuestiones estaría en el suroeste de Europa, es decir, el sur de Francia y la península ibérica. “Sería fascinante comprobar si la población de ‘Thorin’ formaba parte de una metapoblación más amplia de otros neandertales de supervivencia tardía en esa región”, apunta Sikora. Restos fósiles analizados. / Ludovik Slimak Un neandertal tardío con un genoma muy particular Debido a la ubicación de ‘Thorin’ dentro del sedimento de la cueva, los arqueólogos del equipo sospecharon que vivió hace unos 40 a 45.000 años, lo que lo convierte en un neandertal tardío. Para determinar su edad y sus relaciones con otros neandertales, extrajeron ADN de sus dientes y mandíbula y compararon la secuencia completa de su genoma con el de otros neandertales secuenciados anteriormente. Sorprendentemente, el de este neandertal era mucho más antiguo que la estimación de edad arqueológica y muy distinto del de otros tardíos. De hecho, se parecía mucho más a los genomas de aquellos que vivieron hace más de 100.000 años...

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Fwd: Workshop: SwissAlps.ancientDNAanalyses.Sep1-5

Begin forwarded message: > From: evoldir@evol.biology.mcmaster.ca > Subject: Workshop: SwissAlps.ancientDNAanalyses.Sep1-5 > Date: 15 June 2024 at 05:45:21 BST > To: rdmpage@gmail.com > > > > Dear all, > > sorry for any cross-posting. > > With Daniel Wegmann, we are organizing a workshop on Ancient > DNA Analyses from Sept 1 to Sept 5 2024 at the Gemmi pass > (https://ift.tt/PdKARxo) above Leukerbad in the Swiss > Alps. > > We have a great list of invited speakers : >     Prof. Joachim Burger, University of Mainz (DE) >     Dr. Christine Grossen, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and > Landscape Research (CH) >     Dr. Janet Kelso, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology > (DE) >     Prof. Eline Lorenzen, Natural History Museum of Denmark (DK) >     Prof. John Novembre, University of Chigaco (USA) >     Prof. Martin Sikora, University of Copenhagen (DK) > > The first day will be organized in the form of a practicals to introduce > students to ancient DNA genotyping and demographic inferences with ATLAS > and fastsimcoal2, respectively. > > The next two days will be devoted to talks and break out sessions and a > hike will follow a synthesis on the final day > > Registrations are open until July 15th on > https://ift.tt/JIK5ZGv. > Note that there is a limit of 35 students for the workshop, which will > contribute to the promotion of interactions with the speaker ans > organizers. > > Hope to see you up there in this beautiful setting > > > Laurent Excoffier > > Computational and Molecular Population Genetics (CMPG) > Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Bern > 6, Baltzerstrasse, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland > Tel: +41 31 684 30 31 > Email: laurent.excoffier@unibe.ch > https://ift.tt/McTbL8g > > Computational Population Genetics > Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics (SIB) > https://ift.tt/UN63Fjy > > > Laurent Excoffier

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Jack Reacher (2012)

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A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder - Broadway - November 24, 2013 (Lanelle's master) FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Jefferson Mays (The D'Ysquith Family), Bryce Pinkham (Monty Navarro), Lisa O'Hare (Sibella Hallward), Lauren Worsham (Phoebe D'Ysquith), Jane Carr (Miss Marietta Shingle), Joanna Glushak (Lady Eugenia D'Ysquith and others), Eddie Korbich (Magistrate/Actor/Mr. Gorby), Jeff Kready (Tom Copley/Newsboy/Actor/Guard), Jennifer Smith (Tour Guide/Newsboy), Catherine Walker (Miss Evangeline Barley and others), Price Waldman (Barber / Detective) A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder - Broadway - January 18, 2015 (Matinee) FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Jefferson Mays (The D'Ysquith Family), Bryce Pinkham (Monty Navarro), Lisa O'Hare (Sibella Hallward), Catherine Walker (Phoebe D'Ysquith), Barbara Marineau (Miss Marietta Shingle), Joanna Glushak (Lady Eugenia D'Ysquith and others), Eddie Korbich (Magistrate/Actor/Mr. Gorby), Jeff Kready (Tom Copley/Newsboy/Actor/Guard), Jennifer Smith (Tour Guide/Newsboy), Price Waldman (Chief Inspector Pinckney/Newsboy/Actor) NOTES: Bryce's last show before his return in July. A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder - First National Tour - September 29, 2015 (Preview) (SunsetBlvd79's master) FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: John Rapson (The D'Ysquith Family), Kevin Massey (Monty Navarro), Kristen Beth Williams (Sibella Hallward), Adrienne Eller (Phoebe D'Ysquith), Mary VanArsdel (Miss Marietta Shingle), Kristen Mengelkoch (Lady Eugenia D'Ysquith and others), Christopher Behmke (Magistrate/Actor/Mr. Gorby), Matt Leisy (Tom Copley/Newsboy/Actor/Guard), Megan Loomis (Tour Guide/Newsboy), Ben Roseberry (Chief Inspector Pinckney/Newsboy/Actor), Lesley McKinnell (Miss Evangeline Barley and others) NOTES: Beautiful capture of the tour which launched in Chicago. There's tiny bits of washout when the camera is in wideshot due to the spotlights of the stage. Terrific cast and a wonderful tour of this production! A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder - First National Tour - April 24, 2016 (SJ Bernly's master) FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: John Rapson (The D'Ysquith Family), Kevin Massey (Monty Navarro), Kristen Beth Williams (Sibella Hallward), Adrienne Eller (Phoebe D'Ysquith), Mary VanArsdel (Miss Marietta Shingle), Megan Loomis (u/s Lady Eugenia D'Ysquith and others), Christopher Behmke (Magistrate/Actor/Mr. Gorby), Matt Leisy (Tom Copley/Newsboy/Actor/Guard), Ben Roseberry (Chief Inspector Pinckney/Newsboy/Actor), Lesley McKinnell (Miss Evangeline Barley and others) NOTES: A great capture of the tour. The cast is solid, and the audience is energetic. There are no blackouts, no obstruction, and no washout. It’s filmed in 16:9, with a mix of wides, mediums, and close-ups. The sound is excellent. Includes curtain call, John and Kevin’s BC/EFA speech, and playbill scans. A+ Gentlemen Prefer Blondes - Encores! - May 12, 2012 FORMAT:  MP4 (HD) CAST: Megan Hilty (Lorelei Lee), Rachel York (Dorothy Shaw), Aaron Lazar (Henry Spofford), Steven Boyer (Pierre/Louis Lemanteur), Brennan Brown (Steward/Mr. Robert Lemanteur/Gus Esmond Sr.), Stephen Buntrock (Josephus Gage), Simon Jones (Sir Francis Beekman), Deborah Rush (Mrs. Ella Spofford), Sandra Shipley (Lady Phyllis Beekman), Megan Sikora (Gloria Stark), Clarke Thorell (Gus Esmond Jr.) NOTES: Filmed from the back of the balcony. Many heads appear in the frame to start, then when the filmer gets his bearings, the video improves greatly. There are a few times (mostly at the beginning) when the filmer replaces some poor video moments with still shots. These still shots are less than 2 or 3 minutes of the entire show. Overall, a great video, and Megan Hilty is amazing Ghost: The Musical - Berlin - June, 2018 (Rumpel's master) FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Nikolas Heiber (u/s Sam Wheat), Willemijn Verkaik (Molly Jensen), Marion Campbell (Oda Mae Brown), Andreas Bongard (Carl Bruner), Mischa Kiek (Willie Lopez), Nicolas Christahl (Subway Ghost), Klaus Seiffert (Hospital Ghost), Chasity Crisp (Clara), Denise Lucie Aquino (Louise) NOTES: Very Limited trades 3:1 Ghost: The Musical - Broadway - July 28, 2012 (SunsetBlvd79's master) FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Richard Fleeshman (Sam Wheat), Caissie Levy (Molly Jensen), Da'Vine Joy Randolph (Oda Mae Brown), Bryce Pinkham (Carl Bruner), Michael Bladerrama (Willie Lopez), Tyler McGee (Subway Ghost) NOTES: Great HD capture of the show toward the end of the run. This is a great capture compared the previous one from March, with the changes that were made from the previews and with the original Oda Mae Brown. Despite what the reviews said, this is one show I thoroughly enjoyed and wish it had a better life on Broadway as it deserved! A- Recording with mostly zooms and a few wide shots. Great views of the effects. A Google Drive link is floating around that contains the wrong VOBs for Act 1-3 and Act 2-2; make sure you get everything! Ghost: The Musical - Hamburg - January 13, 2019 (Closing Night) FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Riccardo Greco (Sam Wheat), Roberta Valentini (Molly Jensen), Marion Campbell (Oda Mae Brown), John Vooijs (Carl Bruner), Mischa Kiek (Willie Lopez), Marius Bingel (Subway Ghost), Alex Bellinkx (Hospital Ghost), Enny de Alba (Clara), Tamara Wörner (Louise) NOTES: Poor picture Quality, no zoom but captures all action and great sound Ghost: The Musical - Hamburg - January, 2019 FORMAT:  MP4 (HD) CAST: Riccardo Greco (Sam Wheat), Roberta Valentini (Molly Jensen), Marion Campbell (Oda Mae Brown), John Vooijs (Carl Bruner), Mischa Kiek (Willie Lopez), Marius Bingel (Subway Ghost), Alex Bellinkx (Hospital Ghost), Enny de Alba (Clara), Tamara Wörner (Louise) NOTES: Filmed from first row. Great capture of the full show. Ghost: The Musical - London Workshop - February 13, 2010 FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Oliver Tompsett (Sam Wheat), Natalie Mendoza (Molly Jensen), Sharon D Clarke (Oda Mae Brown) NOTES: Proshot, stand and sing performance. Ghost: The Musical - US First National Tour - January 12, 2014 (SunsetBlvd79's master) FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Steven Grant Douglas (Sam Wheat), Katie Postotnik (Molly Jensen), Carla R Stewart (Oda Mae Brown), Robby Haltiwanger (Carl Bruner) Ghost: The Musical - West End - October 4, 2012 FORMAT:  MP4 (HD) CAST: Mark Evans (Sam Wheat), Siobhan Dillon (Molly Jensen), Sharon D Clarke (Oda Mae Brown), Andrew Langtree (Carl Bruner), Ivan de Freitas (Willie Lopez), Scott Maurice (Subway Ghost) Der Glöckner von Notre Dame - Berlin - 1999 FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Drew Sarich (Quasimodo), Ruby Rosales (Esmeralda), Norbert Lamla (Frollo), André Bauer (Phoebus), Chris Murray (Clopin), Andreas Gergen (The Archdeacon) Der Glöckner von Notre Dame - Berlin - August 14, 1999 FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Drew Sarich (Quasimodo), Ruby Rosales (u/s Esmeralda), Norbert Lamla (Frollo), André Bauer (u/s Phoebus), Chris Murray (Clopin) Godspell - Brazilian CEFTEM Production - September 4, 2015 (Papa Rose 2015's master) FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Bruno Fraga (Jesus), Oscar Fabião (John/Judas), Bernardo Dugin, Carol Botelho, Gabi Porto, Giovana Rangel, João Telles, Laura Zennet, Lyv Ziese, Vinícius Teixeira NOTES: Excellent video of this marvelous production. Some heads at the bottom of the screen when it isn't zoomed in, but they only block the actors' feet. Gone With The Wind (Martin) - Palais Des Sports De Paris - 2003 FORMAT:  MKV (HD) CAST: Laura Presgurvic, Vincent Niclo, Sandra Léane, Dominique Magloire, Cyril Niccolaï NOTES: ProShot Grease - 8th UK Tour - October, 2019 (hitmewithyourbethshot's master) FORMAT:  MTS CAST: Will Haswell (u/s Danny Zuko), Martha Kirby (Sandy Dumbrowski), Louis Grant (Kenickie), Rhianne-Louise Mccaulsky (Betty Rizzo), Darren Bennett (Vince Fontaine), Peter Andre (Teen Angel), Jordan Abey (Doody), Ryan Anderson (Roger), Damian Buhagiar (Sonny Latierri), Eloise Davies (Frenchy), Natalie Woods (Jan), Tara Sweeting (Marty), Kevin O'Dwyer (u/s Johnny Casino) NOTES: Shot from the right mezzanine. Has some great closeups, mediums and wide shots. Some heads can obstruct at times, bu don't take away from the action. Audience is really loud and kinda badly behaved. Grease - Grease: Live (FOX Special) - January 31, 2016 (Pro-Shot's master) FORMAT:  MP4 (SD) CAST: Aaron Tveit (Danny Zuko), Julianne Hough (Sandy Dumbrowski), Carlos PenaVega (Kenickie), Vanessa Hudgens (Betty Rizzo), Jordan Fisher (Doody), Carly Rae Jepsen (Frenchy), Kether Donohue (Jan), Noah Robbins (Eugene Florczyk), Elle McLemore (Patty Simcox) NOTES: TV Special aired on FOX on Jan 31 2016 Grease - Manila, Philippines - August 15, 1995 FORMAT:  VOB (no smalls) (SD) CAST: Lea Salonga (Sandy Dumbrowski) NOTES: Quality loss Grease - Second Broadway Revival - July 28, 2007 (Preview) FORMAT:  VOB (no smalls) (SD) CAST: Max Crumm (Danny Zuko), Laura Osnes (Sandy Dumbrowski), Matthew Saldivar (Kenickie), Jenny Powers (Betty Rizzo), Stephen Buntrock (Teen Angel), Ryan Patrick Binder (Doody), Daniel Everidge (Roger), Jose Restrepo (Sonny Latierri), Kirsten Wyatt (Frenchy), Lindsay Mendez (Jan), Robyn Hurder (Marty), Allison Fischer (Patty Simcox) NOTES: Good picture and great sound with nice closeups throughout with a head in the way only once or twice for a few moments. Grey Gardens - Off-Broadway - April 30, 2006 (Closing Night) FORMAT:  MKV (SD) CAST: Christine Ebersole ("Little" Edie Beale / Young Edith Bouvier Beale), Mary Louise Wilson (Edith Bouvier Beale), Sara Gettelfinger (Young "Little" Edie Beale), Matt Cavenaugh (Joseph Patrick Kennedy Jr. / Jerry), John McMartin (J.V. Major Bouvier/Norman Vincent Beale), Bob Stillman (George Gould Strong), Michael Potts (Brooks Sr. / Brooks Jr.), Sarah Hyland (Jacqueline Bouvier), Audrey Twitchell (Young Lee Bouvier) The Grinning Man - West End - March 12, 2018 (Highlights) FORMAT:  MP4 (HD) CAST: Louis Maskell (Grinpayne), Julian Bleach (Barkilphedro), Sean Kingsley (Ursus), Sanne Den Besten (Dea), Amanda Wilkin (Josiana), Ewan Black (Trelaw/Osric), Mark Anderson (Dirry-Moir), James Alexander-Taylor (Mojo), Julie Atherton (Queen Angelica), Sophia Mackay (Mother/Quake), Jim Kitson (King Clarence) NOTES: 1920x1080 YouTube rip. Highlights, filmed at an angle from the second row with some obstructions throughout. Highlights consist of: Act 1, Labyrinth, A World Of Feeling, Only A Clown, Curtain Call. Groundhog Day - Broadway - March 16, 2017 (Preview) (NYCG8R's master) FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Andy Karl (Phil Connors), Barrett Doss (Rita Hanson), Rebecca Faulkenberry (Nancy), John Sanders (Ned Ryerson), Raymond J Lee (Ralph), Andrew Call (Gus), Josh Lamon (Buster), Gerard Canonico (Fred), Heather Ayers (Mrs. Lancaster), William Parry (Jenson), Michael Fatica (Chubby Man), Travis Waldschmidt (Jeff), Joseph Medeiros (Deputy), Taylor Iman Jones (Lady Storm Chaser), Rheaume Crenshaw (Doris), Sean Montgomery (Sheriff), Jenna Rubaii (Joelle), Tari Kelly (Piano Teacher), Vishal Vaidya (Larry), Katy Geraghty (Debbie) NOTES: This is the first preview where the set broke down after about 15 minutes and the rest of the show was performed "concert style". All announcements (both over the speakers and onstage with the director/cast) are included in the video. In Act 2 Overture, The music stops for a second and then restarts. During the mid finale scene which is before when Phil runs around town doing “errands”, Matthew Warchus comes out and informs everyone that they will skip scenes due to the tech issue and just go to the scene of the song where Phil and Rita have their dance and from there.  

Groundhog Day - Broadway - March 20, 2017 (Preview) (NYCG8R's master) FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Andy Karl (Phil Connors), Barrett Doss (Rita Hanson), Rebecca Faulkenberry (Nancy), John Sanders (Ned Ryerson), Raymond J Lee (Ralph), Andrew Call (Gus), Josh Lamon (Buster), Gerard Canonico (Fred), Heather Ayers (Mrs. Lancaster), William Parry (Jenson), Michael Fatica (Chubby Man), Travis Waldschmidt (Jeff), Joseph Medeiros (Deputy), Taylor Iman Jones (Lady Storm Chaser), Rheaume Crenshaw (Doris), Sean Montgomery (Sheriff), Jenna Rubaii (Joelle), Tari Kelly (Piano Teacher), Vishal Vaidya (Larry), Katy Geraghty (Debbie) NOTES: Better capture of the fully working performance than from the first preview vid. Nicely filmed in HD with clear picture and sound; complete show; great video

 Groundhog Day - Broadway - April 1, 2017 (Preview) (SunsetBlvd79's master) FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Andy Karl (Phil Connors), Barrett Doss (Rita Hanson), Rebecca Faulkenberry (Nancy), John Sanders (Ned Ryerson), Raymond J Lee (Ralph), Andrew Call (Gus), Josh Lamon (Buster), Gerard Canonico (Fred), Heather Ayers (Mrs. Lancaster), William Parry (Jenson), Michael Fatica (Chubby Man), Travis Waldschmidt (Jeff), Joseph Medeiros (Deputy), Taylor Iman Jones (Lady Storm Chaser), Rheaume Crenshaw (Doris), Sean Montgomery (Sheriff), Jenna Rubaii (Joelle), Tari Kelly (Piano Teacher), Vishal Vaidya (Larry), Katy Geraghty (Debbie) NOTES: Excellent HD capture of the new musical based on the movie. Such an amazing set and Andy gives a terrific performance. The set malfunctioned once and they had to pause and restart the song. Guys and Dolls - Fourth Broadway Revival - March 18, 1992 FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (SD) CAST: Nathan Lane (Nathan Detroit), Faith Prince (Miss Adelaide), Peter Gallagher (Sky Masterson), Josie de Guzman (Sarah Brown) Guys and Dolls - North Shore Music Theatre - October-November, 2012 (Pro-Shot's master) FORMAT:  MP4 (HD) CAST: Jonathan Hammond (Nathan Detroit), Mylinda Hull (Miss Adelaide), Kevin Vortmann (Sky Masterson), Kelly McCormick (Sarah Brown), Wayne W Pretlow (Nicely-Nicely Johnson), Jamie Ross (Arvide Abernathy), Ben Roseberry (Benny Southstreet), Jessica Sheridan (General Matilda B. Cartwright) Gypsy - West End Revival - 2015 (Pro-Shot's master) FORMAT:  MP4 (HD) CAST: Imelda Staunton (Rose), Peter Davison (Herbie), Lara Pulver (Louise), Gemma Sutton (June), Dan Burton (Tulsa), Julie Legrand (Electra), Anita Louise Combe (Tessie Tura), Louise Gold (Mazeppa), Billy Hartman (Uncle Jocko), Scarlet Roche (Baby June), Lara Wollington (Baby Louise), Patrick Romer (Pop) NOTES: Note from Blvd-on-Sunset: Two versions exist. One is broadcast by the BBC, has the logo watermark at the top left corner and is being traded at 540p. The other is released by Universal Studios in 1080p on BluRay and can be found on Amazon Prime Video (UK only) Check with traders which version they own.

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Another fan cast you this time for the hbo max Green Lantern series.

Am I bitter this isn’t a John Stewart/Kyle Rayner buddy space cop movie...... OF COURSE

But you can’t change things so

Fahad Alburtairi as Simon Baz

Karrie Martin as Jessica Cruz

Joseph Sikora as Guy Gardner

Robert Grant as Alan Scott

Honorable Mention

Matthew Wilkas as Alan Scott

[sciencenewsforstudents]

New findings offer a clearer picture of the ancestors of modern Siberians — and Native Americans. They come from groups that lived long ago in Asia. Some of their members mixed and then later spread into North America.

Three distinct groups of people migrated to Siberia. During the later Ice Age, some of them migrated into North America.That’s the finding of a new study. Clues to those migrations can be seen today in the genes of Siberians and Native Americans.

Scientists Say: Genealogy

The story of these peoples is complex. Each incoming group largely replaced people already living in an area. But some mating between the newcomers and old-timers also took place, notes study leader Martin Sikora. An evolutionary geneticist, he works at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark.

His team’s findings appeared online June 5, 2019 in Nature.

Sikora’s group analyzed DNA from 34 people. All had been buried between 31,600 and 600 years ago in Siberia, in East Asia or in Finland. Sikora’s group compared their DNA with DNA collected earlier from very ancient and modern people who had lived across Europe, Asia and North America.

Explainer: How a fossil forms

DNA from two 31,600-year-old teeth (two views of each tooth shown) in Russia helped identify a group of Siberians who trekked into North America

CREDIT: RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES

Two teeth proved important. They had been dug up at a Russian site. Known as Yana Rhinoceros Horn. This site was some 31,600 years old. The teeth there came from an unknown group of people. The researchers named this population the Ancient North Siberians. Around 38,000 years ago, these people migrated to Siberia from Europe and Asia. They adapted quickly to the region’s frigid Ice Age conditions, the team reports.

Some 30,000 years ago, ancient North Siberians traveled onto a land bridge. It linked Asia and North America. There, these people mated with East Asians who also had moved to the land bridge. Their mixing created another genetically distinct group. The researchers named them the Ancient Palaeo-Siberians.

Over the next 10,000 years the climate warmed. It also became less harsh. At this point, some of the Ancient Palaeo-Siberians returned to Siberia. There, they slowly replaced the Yana people.

Other Ancient Palaeo-Siberians trekked from the land bridge into North America. Over time, rising waters swamped the land bridge. Later, between 11,000 and 4,000 years ago, some of their relatives returned to Siberia by sea. They became the ancestors to many of today’s Siberians.

A nearly 10,000-year-old Siberian man held the key to linking all these groups. His DNA helped identify genetic similarities between Ancient Palaeo-Siberians and modern peoples.

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Indigenous Americans, who include Alaska Natives, Canadian First Nations, and Native Americans, descend from humans who crossed an ancient land bridge connecting Siberia in Russia to Alaska tens of thousands of years ago. But scientists are unclear when and where these early migrants moved from place to place. Two new studies shed light on this mystery and uncover the most closely related Native American ancestor outside North America.

In the first study, researchers led by Eske Willerslev, a geneticist at the University of Copenhagen, sequenced the whole genomes of 34 individuals who lived in Siberia, the land bridge Beringia, and Alaska from 600 to nearly 32,000 years ago. The oldest individuals in the sample—two men who lived in far northern Siberia—represent the earliest known humans from that part of the world. There are no direct genetic traces of these men in any of the other groups the team surveyed, suggesting their culture likely died out about 23,000 years ago when the region became too cold to be inhabitable.

Elsewhere on the Eurasian continent, however, a group arose that would eventually move into Siberia, splinter, and cross Beringia into North America, the DNA analysis reveals. A woman known as Kolyma1, who lived in northeastern Siberia about 10,000 years ago, shares about two-thirds of her genome with living Native Americans. “It’s the closest we have ever gotten to a Native American ancestor outside the Americas,” Willerslev says. Still, notes Ben Potter, an archaeologist at the University of Alaska in Fairbanks who was not involved with the work, the relation is nevertheless distant.

Based on the time it would have taken for key mutations to pop up, the ancestors of today’s Native Americans splintered off from these ancient Siberians about 24,000 years ago, roughly matching up with previous archaeological and genetic evidence for when the peopling of the Americasoccurred, the team reports today in Nature.

Additional DNA evidence suggests a third wave of migrants, the Neo-Siberians, moved into northeastern Siberia from the south sometime after 10,000 years ago. These migrants mixed with the ancient Siberians, planting the genetic roots of many of the area’s present-day populations.

Different groups have mixed and migrated throughout Siberia in Russia and into North America over the past 40,000 years. MARTIN SIKORA

The results are exciting, if a bit unsurprising, says Connie Mulligan, an anthropologist at the University of Florida in Gainesville. “To me, it makes total sense that there were a lot of populations migrating through the region and replacing each other, with some of them moving into the Americas.”

In the second study, led by biologist Pavel Flegontov at the University of Ostrava in the Czech Republic and also appearing today in Nature, Potter and colleagues attempt to uncover the roots of a genetic family known to scientists as Paleo-Eskimos (although this term is disputed by Indigenous groups themselves). Archaeological records suggest the ancestors of these individuals moved into modern-day Alaska and the Canadian Arctic about 5000 years ago, but how they relate to modern groups remains a mystery.

The scientists analyzed the genomes of 48 ancient individuals from sites in the North American Arctic and Siberia dating from between about 7000 to 300 years ago. They then compared their DNA to those of other modern and ancient Indigenous people across northern North America and looked for patterns in shared ancestry and language families.

Paleo-Eskimos originating in Siberia crossed Beringia about 5000 years ago, mixing with indigenous Americans from a previous wave of Siberian migrants, as well as a much later lineage called Neo-Eskimos, the team concludes. This tangled family tree underpins the ancestry of modern speakers of indigenous Na-Dene and Eskimo-Aleut languages.

Based on the DNA analysis, the group that gave rise to Kolyma1 identified by Willerslev’s team may be the ancestors, or very close relations, of the Paleo-Eskimos. “[They are] in the right spot to be ancestors, or related in some way, to the Paleo-Eskimos that expanded into North America around 5000 years ago,” Potter says. “It fits together really nicely.”

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Coronavirus: Health experts join global anti-lockdown movement

Thousands of scientists and health experts have joined a global movement warning of "grave concerns" about Covid-19 lockdown policies.

Nearly 6,000 experts, including dozens from the UK, say the approach is having a devastating impact on physical and mental health as well as society.

They are calling for protection to be focused on the vulnerable, while healthy people get on with their lives.

Signers

Dr. Martin Kulldorff, professor of medicine at Harvard University, a biostatistician, and epidemiologist with expertise in detecting and monitoring of infectious disease outbreaks and vaccine safety evaluations.

Dr. Sunetra Gupta, professor at Oxford University, an epidemiologist with expertise in immunology, vaccine development, and mathematical modeling of infectious diseases.

Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, professor at Stanford University Medical School, a physician, epidemiologist, health economist, and public health policy expert focusing on infectious diseases and vulnerable populations.

Co-signers

Medical and Public Health Scientists and Medical Practitioners

Dr. Sucharit Bhakdi, physician and professor emeritus of medical microbiology, University of Mainz, Germany

Dr. Rajiv Bhatia, physician, epidemiologist and public policy expert at the Veterans Administration, USA

Dr. Stephen Bremner,professor of medical statistics, University of Sussex, England

Dr. Anthony J Brookes, professor of genetics, University of Leicester, England

Dr. Helen Colhoun, ,professor of medical informatics and epidemiology, and public health physician, University of Edinburgh, Scotland

Dr. Angus Dalgleish, oncologist, infectious disease expert and professor, St. George’s Hospital Medical School, University of London, England

Dr. Sylvia Fogel, autism expert and psychiatrist at Massachusetts General Hospital and instructor at Harvard Medical School, USA

Dr. Eitan Friedman, professor of medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Israel

Dr. Uri Gavish, biomedical consultant, Israel

Dr. Motti Gerlic, professor of clinical microbiology and immunology, Tel Aviv University, Israel

Dr. Gabriela Gomes, mathematician studying infectious disease epidemiology, professor, University of Strathclyde, Scotland

Dr. Mike Hulme, professor of human geography, University of Cambridge, England

Dr. Michael Jackson, research fellow, School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, New Zealand

Dr. Annie Janvier, professor of pediatrics and clinical ethics, Université de Montréal and Sainte-Justine University Medical Centre, Canada

Dr. David Katz, physician and president, True Health Initiative, and founder of the Yale University Prevention Research Center, USA

Dr. Andrius Kavaliunas, epidemiologist and assistant professor at Karolinska Institute, Sweden

Dr. Laura Lazzeroni, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences and of biomedical data science, Stanford University Medical School, USA

Dr. Michael Levitt, biophysicist and professor of structural biology, Stanford University, USA. Recipient of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

Dr. David Livermore, microbiologist, infectious disease epidemiologist and professor, University of East Anglia, England

Dr. Jonas Ludvigsson, pediatrician, epidemiologist and professor at Karolinska Institute and senior physician at Örebro University Hospital, Sweden

Dr. Paul McKeigue, physician, disease modeler and professor of epidemiology and public health, University of Edinburgh, Scotland

Dr. Cody Meissner, professor of pediatrics, expert on vaccine development, efficacy, and safety. Tufts University School of Medicine, USA

Dr. Ariel Munitz, professor of clinical microbiology and immunology, Tel Aviv University, Israel

Dr. Yaz Gulnur Muradoglu, professor of finance, director of the Behavioural Finance Working Group, Queen Mary University of London, England

Dr. Partha P. Majumder, professor and founder of the National Institute of Biomedical Genomics, Kalyani, India

Dr. Udi Qimron, professor of clinical microbiology and immunology, Tel Aviv University, Israel

Dr. Matthew Ratcliffe, professor of philosophy, specializing in philosophy of mental health, University of York, England

Dr. Mario Recker, malaria researcher and associate professor, University of Exeter, England

Dr. Eyal Shahar, physician, epidemiologist and professor (emeritus) of public health, University of Arizona, USA

Dr. Karol Sikora MA, physician, oncologist, and professor of medicine at the University of Buckingham, England

Dr. Matthew Strauss, critical care physician and assistant professor of medicine, Queen’s University, Canada

Dr. Rodney Sturdivant, infectious disease scientist and associate professor of biostatistics, Baylor University, USA

Dr. Simon Thornley, epidemiologist and biostatistician, University of Auckland, New Zealand

Dr. Ellen Townsend, professor of psychology, head of the Self-Harm Research Group, University of Nottingham, England

Dr. Lisa White, professor of modelling and epidemiology, Oxford University, England

Dr. Simon Wood, biostatistician and professor, University of Edinburgh, Scotland

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Fwd: Graduate position: UBern.GenomeDiversity

Begin forwarded message: > From: evoldir@evol.biology.mcmaster.ca > Subject: Graduate position: UBern.GenomeDiversity > Date: 2 October 2019 at 08:44:42 BST > To: rdmpage@gmail.com > > > > PhD position on the "effect of genetic surfing on the neutral and > functional genomic diversity of modern and ancient genomes" > > A 4 years PhD position is available from January 15th 2020 at the > University of Berne to study the effect of past range expansions on > whole genome diversity. The student will use existing programs to > precisely define how the genetic surfing of particular neutral or > functional alleles affects surrounding genomic diversity during and > after range expansions . He/she will use machine learning approaches to > distinguish between the effects of genetic surfing and selection on > whole genome diversity. These results will be used to infer the > processes that have affected the genomes of ancient and archaic > individuals, using existing human genomic databases as well as ancient > human genomes specifically generated in our lab in collaboration with > Joachim Burger from the University of Mainz. This project will also > benefit from collaborations with Dr. Mathias Currat (University of > Geneva, for software development) and Profs. Eske Willerslev and Martin > Sikora(Univ. of Copenhagen, for aDNA). > > We are looking for a highly motivated and PhD candidate to join our very > international lab. The ideal candidate will have a MSc in computational > biology, bioinformatics, population genetics or statistics and good > knowledge of R scripting. Some experience in C/C++ programming would be > a plus. > > The successful candidate is also expected to be involved in light > teaching (TA). Gross salary is in the range of 40K CHF per year and > follows the Swiss NSF scale. The CMPG lab > (https://www.cmpg.iee.unibe.ch/)  offers a very stimulating research > environment with access to high performance computation facilities and > close connections with the Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics. Berne is > ideally located in the middle of Switzerland and Europe, and provides > rich cultural and outdoor activities. > > Please send before October 31st 2019, an application letter, CV and > contact information of two references to laurent.excoffier@iee.unibe.ch. > Further information can be requested at the same email address > > > > -- > Laurent Excoffier > > Computational and Molecular Population Genetics (CMPG) > Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Bern > 6, Baltzerstrasse, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland > Tel: +41 31 631 30 31 > Email: laurent.excoffier@iee.unibe.ch > https://ift.tt/2oqdPO7 > > Computational Population Genetics > Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics (SIB) > https://ift.tt/2nIEJ3P > > > Laurent Excoffier > via IFTTT

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Men's relay:

1. Emilien Claude

2. Tomasz Sikora

3. Emil Hegle Svendsen

4. Martin Fourcade

Women's relay:

1. Marie Dorin-Habert

2. Monika Hojnisz-Staręga

3. Elvira Oeberg

4. Tiril Eckhoff

I could choose Emilien J. and Sturla, but I have two 'grandpas' (3 in fact), and a junior instead 😂

build your own relay team

first leg: someone with the same birth month as you

second leg: someone from your country

third leg: someone whose name starts with the same letter as yours

fourth leg: your favorite (or one of your favorites, if you're like me)

my men's relay

johannes thingnes bø

erik lesser

lukas hofer

tarjei bø

my women's relay

tiril eckhoff

franzi preuß

lisa-theresa hauser

dorothea wierer

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6 hours of techno classics

{ forgot rulez } Keywords : Dj Pierre "Raving Lunatics" / Mentalblox "This is the bass" / Pansonic "..." / F.U.S.E. "Xntrik" / Dj Pete "Latifah" / Continuous Mode "Tribalizer" / Riou "Biske" / Continuous Mode "Direct Out" / Basic Channel "Phylyps Track ll" / Dbx "Electric Shock" / Guillaume la Tortue "Salinas" / Riou "Ekamo" / Mike Ink "Gas" / Gary Martin "Ritual Fire Dance" & "Black Forest" / Shawn Rudiman "Space we need" / Octave One "Redemption", "Black Water" & "Unknown Force" / Dj Valium "Desoichness" / Sikora "Drei ecken..." / Mole People "..." / Basic Channel "The Climax - basic reshape" / DHR "Decoder" / Warlocks feat. Simpleton "Walk with your Friend" / Sote "Electric Deaf" / Shy Fx "Bambaata" / Dredbass "New Destiny" / Jonny L. feat. Silvah Bullet "20 Degrees" / Monolake "Static" ...

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Unknown Group of Ancient Humans Once Lived in Siberia, New Evidence Reveals

A set of kids’s teeth that were lost 31,000 years ago in Siberia led researchers to the discovery of a formerly unknown population of ancient humans.

These individuals occupied northeastern Siberia throughout the Glacial Epoch and were genetically unique from other groups in the area, scientists reported in a new research study.

The researchers evaluated hereditary information drawn out from the teeth, together with DNA from ancient remains discovered at other websites in Siberia and main Russia. In doing so, they rebuilded 34 ancient genomes dating to in between 31,000 and 600 years earlier, piecing together the puzzle of how Paleolithic humans spread out throughout Siberia, and after that crossed over the Bering Land Bridge into the Americas. [Photos: Newfound Ancient Human Relative Discovered in Philippines]

The small teeth came from 2 unassociated male kids and were discovered at the Yana Rhinoceros Horn Website (RHS) on Siberia’s Yana River, an area that was very first found in 2001. Though Yana RHS included thousands of artifacts — amongst them stone tools, ivory things and animal bones — these teeth are the website’s just recognized human remains.

Together, the teeth and the artifacts are the earliest evidence of human profession in the area; the teeth likewise represent the earliest Pleistocene human remains discovered at such high latitudes, the researchers reported.

Remarkably, despite the fact that the Yana River website is in the northeastern part of Siberia, DNA from the teeth revealed researchers that these “Ancient North Siberians” were distantly associated to ancient hunter-gatherers from western Eurasia, and most likely gotten here in Siberia soon after Asians diverged from Europeans.

By contrast, other Siberian populations that showed up later on in the area — consisting of those from whom modern Siberians are come down — trace their starts to eastern Asia, according to the research study.

Networks of hunter-gatherers

Humans are believed to have actually occupied the high Arctic as early as 45,000 years earlier, based upon evidence such as cut marks on butchered massive bones. The authors of the new research study approximated that individuals in Yana diversified from other Eurasian individuals about 40,000 years earlier, stated lead research study author Martin Sikora, an associate teacher of GeoGenetics at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark.

Distinctions in between ancient Siberian populations are tracked not just genetically, however likewise through variations in maintained product culture, which are “consistent with the changes we observe in genetic ancestry over time,” Sikora informed Live Science in an e-mail.

2 31,000-year-old milk teeth discovered at the Yana Rhinoceros Horn Website in Russia resulted in the discovery of a new group of ancient Siberians.

Credit: Russian Academy of Sciences

Ancient DNA can likewise expose interesting peeks of how the Ancient North Siberians might have lived, as patterns of hereditary variety can use ideas about population size and social company, Sikora discussed. The scientists’ findings recommended that individuals at Yana might have lived in a group of as lots of as 500 people which there were no indications of inbreeding in the kids’s genomes.

“This is despite the very remote location, suggesting they were organized in larger networks with other hunter-gatherer groups,” Sikora stated.

3 migration waves

Based upon the hereditary information, the scientists figured out that humans inhabited Siberia in a minimum of 3 significant migratory waves. The now-extinct Ancient North Siberians showed up initially, from the west; they were followed by 2 migratory waves from eastern Asia. The 3rd of those waves was a group called Neo-Siberians, to which lots of modern Siberians can trace their origins.

Around 18,000 to 20,000 years earlier, descendants of the Ancient North Siberians intermingled with individuals from the 2 eastern Asian groups. A partial skull discovered at a website near Siberia’s Kolyma River dates to about 10,000 years earlier and reveals hereditary resemblance to Ancient North Siberians and to the eastern Asian group that ended up being forefathers to Native Americans, according to the research study.

This suggests that the formerly unknown Siberian group got involved in the interbreeding that ultimately resulted in humans who moved to The United States and Canada, stated research study co-author Eske Willerslev, an evolutionary geneticist and director of The Lundbeck Structure Centre for GeoGenetics at the University of Copenhagen.

“This individual is the missing link of Native American ancestry,” Willerslev stated in a declaration.

According to the authors, while the Ancient North Siberians were not the direct forefathers of Native Americans or modern Siberians, “traces of their genetic legacy can be observed in ancient and modern genomes across America and northern Eurasia,” exposing that the human history of occupying ancient Siberia — and the New World — is a much more complicated tale than today hereditary record would recommend, the scientists composed.

The findings were released online June 5 in the journal Nature.

Initially released on Live Science.

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