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Guido Valverde
@guido-valverde.bsky.social
Ancient DNA (unemployed) researcher. 🧬 Fiction writer in the Grant proposal genre. 📜 That's funny because it's true! 🤭
Digital archiving of pre-Columbian human remains from the National Museum of Archaeology (MUNARQ) in La Paz, Bolivia #MUNARQ #Bolivia #Momias #Museo polipapers.upv.es/index.php/va...
Bolivia's tilcayo tiger cat becomes first new wildcat species in 100 years phys.org/news/2026-09...
Bolivia's tilcayo tiger cat becomes first new wildcat species in 100 years
Scientists have discovered a new species of wild cat for the first time in more than a century, a Bolivian researcher told AFP on Thursday.
phys.org
Biodeterioro microbiano en cuerpos momificados en Museos de Bolivia: Aplicación de aceites esenciales para la preservación del patrimonio cultural explore.openaire.eu/search/resul...
Ice Age cold left a genetic legacy still found in Japan today: www.earth.com/science/jomo...
Ice Age cold left a genetic legacy still found in Japan today
Ancient DNA suggests Jomon people evolved several genetic adaptations for surviving the extreme cold of the Ice Age.
earth.com
📕🚨Prof Peter Mitchell (@sthughscollege.bsky.social)'s latest book tells the story of the very special place dogs have held in our lives through time 🐾🐕🦺 #bestfriends 'First Dogs - Hunter-Gatherers & Their Canine Companions' #dogsofBluesky #domestication #rockart #prehistory #dogs #genetics #ecology
Scarlet fever was in the Americas before Columbus, proven by a single tooth from a mummy: www.earth.com/science/scar...
Scarlet fever was in the Americas before Columbus, proven by a single tooth from a mummy
A bacterium found in the tooth of a 700-year-old Bolivian mummy shows scarlet fever was circulating in the Americas long before Europeans arrived.
earth.com
Ancient Jomon DNA reveals a hidden Ice Age survival genetic toolkit phys.org/news/2026-08...
Ancient Jomon DNA reveals a hidden Ice Age survival genetic toolkit
Between 29,000 and 19,000 years ago, the planet experienced some of its coldest temperatures and drastic landscape changes at the peak of the Ice Age, during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM), the period...
phys.org
Emphasizing the Humanity of the Dead sunypress.edu/Blog/2026/Em...
Emphasizing the Humanity of the Dead
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Ancient Humans May Have Evolved a Remarkable Trick to Survive The Last Ice Age www.sciencealert.com/ancient-huma...
Ancient Humans May Have Evolved a Remarkable Trick to Survive The Last Ice Age
When you think about it, it seems remarkable that humanity is still here.
sciencealert.com
Scientific project will help restore identity to the mummies | Proyecto científico contribuirá a restituir identidad de las momias bolivianthoughts.com/2025/05/27/s...
Scientific project will help restore identity to the mummies | Proyecto científico contribuirá a restituir identidad de las momias
By Edwin Conde Villarreal, El Diario: National Museum of Archaeology The facial reconstruction of mummies will restore the identity of pre-Hispanic inhabitants of the Bolivian highlands, according …
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Bolivian archaeologists search for ancient DNA in mummies english.cctv.com/program/cult... www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAZh...
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Ancient Wari Empire likely did not cause large shifts in population genetic diversity. Wari imperialism probably exerted through cultural diffusion, not population replacement | EurekAlert! www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
Ancient Wari Empire likely did not cause large shifts in population genetic diversity
The imperial dominance of the ancient Wari Empire at the Huaca Pucllana site in Lima, Peru, was likely not achieved through population replacement, according to a study published June 1, 2016 in the o...
eurekalert.org
Ancient Jomon DNA Reveals Genetic Adaptations to Ice Age Cold archiqoo.com/news/en/anci...
Ancient Jomon DNA Reveals Genetic Adaptations to Ice Age Cold
A major genomic study of prehistoric hunter-gatherers from Japan has uncovered evidence that the ancestors of the Jomon developed genetic adaptations that helped them survive the extreme cold of the.....
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Grateful to have contributed a small piece to this project! "Jomon genomics reveal cold adaptation in Upper Paleolithic hunter-gatherers of eastern Eurasia" | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Jomon genomics reveal cold adaptation in Upper Paleolithic hunter-gatherers of eastern Eurasia
How did Homo sapiens thrive in extreme environments during their dispersal across Eurasia? Unraveling adaptations that enabled human survival during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) remains critical. He...
science.org
‘Real mummy’s curse’: health warning over growing trade in mummified human remains www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
‘Real mummy’s curse’: health warning over growing trade in mummified human remains
Academic paper says often illicit trade exposes enthusiasts – and postal workers handling items – to serious risks
theguardian.com
Ancient DNA 🧬 How Far Back Can We Go? eameigs.substack.com/p/ancient-dn...
Ancient DNA
How Far Back Can We Go?
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Smallpox DNA Hidden for Centuries in Mummies Found in Chile Suggests European Colonists Brought the Virus to the Americas www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/s... #History #Chile #Virus #Smallpox
Smallpox DNA Hidden for Centuries in Mummies Found in Chile Suggests European Colonists Brought the Virus to the Americas
Researchers say they found the first direct, molecular proof of the deadly trajectory the virus took
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www.sciencealert.com/clear-eviden... Europeans have been at this “Biological Warfare” even before they ”gifted” Native Americans with small pox blankets.
'Clear Evidence': Ancient DNA From Chilean Mummies Reveals Who Brought Smallpox to The Americas
Smallpox is an age-old scourge with a terrible history.
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Analysis of DNA from Chilean mummies has revealed the earliest known genome of the smallpox virus recovered from the Americas. ➡️ https://l.euronews.com/Br15
Researchers weren't looking for smallpox when they examined 500-year-old Inca mummies, but that's what they found. By @oliviaferrari.bsky.social 🧪🦠
500-year-old Inca mummies prove that European colonists brought devastating smallpox to the Americas
Ancient DNA from Chilean mummies is the first ever molecular evidence that European colonizers brought smallpox to the Americas, decimating Indigenous populations.
livescience.com
The mummies of two people who lived in Chile more than 400 years ago carry DNA from smallpox, providing the first molecular evidence that the virus was brought to the Americas from Europe.
The mummies of two people who lived in Chile more than 400 years ago carry DNA from smallpox, providing the first molecular evidence that the virus was brought to the Americas from Europe
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Thanks to 400 year-old Chilean mummies, we know how smallpox reached the Americas go.nature.com/4fLQZ9R
How smallpox reached the Americas: first genomic evidence points to Europeans
Viral sequences from Chilean mummies confirm the disease was introduced from Europe.
go.nature.com
"The future is in your mind." Check out the official teaser for Apple TV's Neuromancer. #SDCC
El colapso de la ‘Torre de Babel’: los humanos han perdido miles de idiomas desde la Antigüedad elpais.com/ciencia/2026...
El colapso de la ‘Torre de Babel’: los humanos han perdido miles de idiomas desde la Antigüedad
Según un estudio de ‘Science’, la Tierra alcanzó su mayor diversidad lingüística entre 1.000 y 3.000 años atrás, con un número de lenguas unas diez veces superior a las 7.500 actuales
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Renovation of Bolivia's national archaeology museum gives repatriated treasures pride of place 🇧🇴 #Bolivia #Museum #Heritage #Culture #MUNARQ www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/20/m...
Renovation of Bolivia's national archaeology museum gives repatriated treasures pride of place
The museum in La Paz had been closed for a year; its new permanent collection exhibition includes a mummified girl repatriated from the US and an Andean sculpture that was stolen by a Swiss traveller ...
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Las momias del Munarq forman parte de las investigaciones en National Geographic perspectivatemporal.org/actividad/no...
