A genome of a human from the Ice Age refuge located in southern Spain. A team of researchers from around the world has studied ancient human DNA obtained from various archaeological sites in Andalucía in southern Spain. The findings of the study include the oldest genome discovered to date from Cue
Overview of Cueva de Malalmuerzo. Credit: Pedro CantalejoA team of researchers from around the world has studied ancient humanobtained from various archaeological sites in Andalucía in southern Spain. The findings of the study include the oldest genome discovered to date from Cueva del Malalmuerzo in southern Spain, as well as the genomes of early farmers from other prominent sites, such as Cueva de Ardales, that are dated between 7,000 and 5,000 years old.
In Andalucía, in the south of present-day Spain, climatic conditions are similar to those in North Africa – however, DNA has successfully been recovered from 14,000-year-old human individuals from a cave site in Morocco. The new study fills crucial temporal and spatial gaps. It also confirms the important role of the Iberian Peninsula as a refuge for human populations during the last Ice Age. From there, humans migrated northwards and eastwards once the ice sheets had retreated.
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