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Karin Bojs

@KarinBojs

Författare och vetenskapsjournalist. Augustprisvinnare. Hedersdoktor. Author of My European Family the first 54 000 years. Honorary Doctor, Science Journalist

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Migrations facilitated the cultural diffusion of megaliths in Neolithic Europe

Migrations facilitated the cultural diffusion of megaliths in Neolithic Europe

Around 6700 BP (years before present), Neolithic Europe saw the emergence of megalithic monuments in northern France, followed by a rapid spread to the rest of the continent[1][1]. However, whether...

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Ancient DNA reveals matrilineal organisation and recurrent unions between dominant matrilines in Iron Age Britain biorxiv.org/content/10.64898…
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Wow, the selection studies just keep coming! This new preprint out of @pontus_skoglund's group also reports and analyzes > 900 (🤯) new imputable shotgun sequenced samples from the UK, allowing for both population history and selection analyses. Here are some interesting figs
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@DanTabinApr 28
So many wonderful selection papers in such short order. This one from @mathiesoniain also does some nice benchmarking of various local ancestry inference tools
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Exploring matrilocality in history: insights from ancient DNA cambridge.org/core/journals/…
Exploring matrilocality in history: insights from ancient DNA | Evolutionary Human Sciences |...

Exploring matrilocality in history: insights from ancient DNA | Evolutionary Human Sciences |...

Exploring matrilocality in history: insights from ancient DNA - Volume 8

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"Dietary inequality marker reveals 10,000 years of gender and cultural disparity in Europe" academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/a…
Dietary inequality marker reveals 10,000 years of gender and cultural disparity in Europe

Dietary inequality marker reveals 10,000 years of gender and cultural disparity in Europe

Abstract. Diet is a key to evaluating social and health inequalities over time, as it reflects disparities in access to resources often linked to socioecon

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@NatureMar 25
Nature research paper: Genomic history of early dogs in Europe go.nature.com/4uSIm3T
Genomic history of early dogs in Europe

Genomic history of early dogs in Europe

Nature - Genome-wide analysis shows European dogs existed by 14,200 years ago, were already genetically distinct, received less Neolithic Southwest Asian admixture than humans did and contributed...

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@nrken1916 Dec 2025
133 ancient genomes were sequenced. "Plague and the European Neolithic Decline: Population Discontinuity and Shifts in Societal Structure" ebi.ac.uk/ena/browser/view/P…
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Headless bodies hint at why Europe’s first farmers vanished | Science | AAAS science.org/content/article/…
Headless bodies hint at why Europe’s first farmers vanished

Headless bodies hint at why Europe’s first farmers vanished

Wave of mass brutality accompanied the collapse of the first pan-European culture

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Nelson@Heruli_Thug5 Jan 2025
Correction: I accidentally wrote Icelandic instead of Elfdalian under the East Scandinavian category. That's why you shoudln't post on X when sleep-deprived.
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The rise of rideable horses | Science science.org/doi/10.1126/scie…
The rise of rideable horses

The rise of rideable horses

Early horse riders selected a rare mutation in a single gene to enhance rideability

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It's out! 😀 THE MAP: EXPANSION OF FARMING IN WESTERN EURASIA, 9600-4000 BCE 2025.1 Regional updates, particularly 🇺🇦. Colour and greyscale resolutions, and much asked for colour code and legend. zenodo.org/records/16881455
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Dags för sjunde och näst sista avsnittet av vår serie "Genvägar med Karin Bojs i Sveriges Radio P1. Richard Tellström Mathistoriker förklarar varför somliga har hästkött på menyn, och andra inte. Bäste Arvid Bergman berättar om hästens roll hos resande, belagd sedan 1600-talet.
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Borde vi äta upp våra hästar? (7/8) | Genvägar med Karin Bojs | Sveriges Radio

Borde vi äta upp våra hästar? (7/8) | Genvägar med Karin Bojs | Sveriges Radio

Många känner motstånd mot att äta hästkött, och så har det varit sedan tidig kristendom. De gamla indoeuropéerna verkar ha sett annorlunda på saken

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I dag sänder Sveriges Radio P1 sjätte avsnittet av vår radioserie "Genvägar med Karin Bojs". Vi tittar på hällristningar i Bohuslän med bronsåldersryttare och intervjuar arkeologen som har hittat världens äldsta sadel.sverigesradio.se/avsnitt/var…
Världens äldsta sadel (6/8) | Genvägar med Karin Bojs | Sveriges Radio

Världens äldsta sadel (6/8) | Genvägar med Karin Bojs | Sveriges Radio

Efter de hästdragna vagnarna kom stigbygeln och sadeln – uppfinningar från stäppen som ändrade både ridkonsten och maktbalansen i stora delar av världen.

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Gaza is starving, and yes - Israel is responsible haaretz.com/opinion/editoria…
Editorial | Israel is starving Gaza

Editorial | Israel is starving Gaza

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I dag söndag klockan 14.30 börjar årets omgång av radioserien "Genvägar med Karin Bojs" i Sveriges Radio P1. Nu handlar det om hästar. I första delen reser vi till södra Frankrike och tittar på hästbilder som är 18 000 år gamla. sverigesradio.se/genvagar-me…
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@physorg_com28 May 2025
#A 5,000-year-old Bronze Age #Bread unearthed in central Turkey has been recreated using ancient grains, sparking renewed interest in drought-resistant crops and culinary heritage. phys.org/news/2025-05-ancien…
Ancient bread rises again as Turkey recreates 5,000-year-old loaf

Ancient bread rises again as Turkey recreates 5,000-year-old loaf

In the early Bronze Age, a piece of bread was buried beneath the threshold of a newly built house in what is today central Turkey.

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Min senaste DN-krönika. Om hur de första indoeuropéerna var en folkblandning, tvärt emot nazisternas uppfattning om "arier". dn.se/varlden/karin-bojs-vid…
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Läs @malenarydell s reportage om hur Göteborg har blivit fäste för svensk #freud sekterism. dn.se/sverige/jag-ser-inget-…

”Jag ser inget gott i att till varje pris undvika psykiskt lidande”

Per Magnus Johansson är Sveriges mest kända psykoanalytiker. För vissa är han en guru – andra ser honom som en demonproducent av nya freudianer.

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Ok, jag börjar på den blåa fjärilen nu, heter som jag gör, KarinBojs
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