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DNA of Ancient skeletons reveals history of Europe





Adelaide's Australian Center University Scientists research on skeletons said that the DNA extracted from the Ancient skeletons in central Germany yields the first detailed genetic history of modern Europe which was before 7500 years.  They said that Ancient DNA extracted from prehistoric human skeletons is used to discover maternal genetic lineages now carried by up to 45 percent of Europeans

Major migrations from both Western Europe and Eurasia took place and signs of an unexplained genetic turnover about 4,000-5,000 years ago found by the research.



4,000 years of prehistory, from the earliest farmers through the early Bronze Age to modern times can be followed by this.

A researcher Wolfgang Haak said that this is the first high-resolution genetic record of these lineages through time, and it is fascinating that we can directly observe both human DNA evolving in 'real-time', and the dramatic population changes that have taken place in Europe.

Later there was an unexpected change in genetic lineages some three millennia.

According to the new research generated through DNA Europeans are much older people than we think now. As they migrated to different regions this cannot be found still.

This finding is based on sequencing the immensely repetitive DNA in the human genome's 1 million nucleotide-long immunoglobulin heavy (IGH)-chain locus -- long known as the most prolific producer of the 50-plus varied and diverse antibody-encoding genes that cells use to fight off infections and diseases said by the researchers.