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Danijela Popović

@popovicdani.bsky.social

Ancient DNA researcher at Centre of New Technologies, University of Warsaw, Poland #aDNA, #paleogenomics, #domestication, #conservation, #BaBBe

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Tom Booth@boothicus.bsky.social · 6mo ago

🏺 Just like modern goths, ancient goths came in all different kinds of shapes and sizes. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Cosmopolitanism in the depths of Barbaricum evidenced by archaeogenomic data from the Late Iron Age Goth community of the Masłomęcz group - Genome Biology

Background High mobility and extensive trade and military interactions are well recognized throughout the Late Iron Age Europe. The extremely rich archaeological record for the Masłomęcz group – a Got...

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Science Magazine@science.org · 8mo ago

The domestic cat may be a far more recent arrival to Europe than previously thought, a new Science study. finds. The results offer new insight into one of humanity’s most enigmatic animal companions and identify North Africa as the cradle of the modern housecat. Learn more: https://scim.ag/44kov1S

A shorthair domestic cat gazes upward.
Danijela Popović@popovicdani.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Brown bears participated in Roman spectacles, read more in our latest paper! @lpcg.bsky.social #BaBBe

Antiquity Journal@antiquity.ac.uk · 10mo ago

At the Roman legionary fortress and provincial capital of Viminacium, modern Serbia, was an amphitheatre #RomanFortThursday Analysis of a bear cranium found there provides the first direct evidence for the participation of brown bears in Roman spectacles. (£) doi.org/10.15184/aqy... 🏺 #Archaeology

Aerial photograph of modern farmland, divided into different-coloured, rectilinear fields. Overlaid are diagrams indicating the boundaries of the city and legionary fortress, as well as an illustration of a circular building representing the amphitheatre in its location.
Lindsay Powell FRHistS@lindsaypowell.bsky.social · 11mo ago

"According to a study published in @antiquity.ac.uk, the skull belonged to a six-year old brown bear from the Balkans, who chewed on the bars of its cage between fights against gladiators." #AncientBluesky www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/t...

The Skull of an Ancient Brown Bear Tells a Story of Brutality and Abuse at the Hands of Roman Entertainers

The bear was caught in the Balkans and caged for years to perform in an amphitheater

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