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Ancient genomes show how humans escaped Europe’s deep freeze

A pair of studies offer the most detailed look yet at groups of hunter-gatherers living before, during and after the last ice age.
  1. Ewen Callaway
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Like retirees who flock to the Costa del Sol, ancient European hunter-gatherers sought out Spain’s warmer climate during the peak of the last ice age.

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Nature 615, 197-198 (2023)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-00611-2

Read the related News & Views: The genomic history of ice-age Europeans.

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