A woman buried in a French cave around 30,000 years ago carried DNA linked to people in eastern Europe; new analysis of ancient remains challenges the idea that Ice Age populations remained genetically isolated
The woman’s remains were discovered in Isturitz Cave in southwestern France Scientists studying ancient human remains from a cave in southwestern France have found evidence that people living in eastern and western Europe were genetically connected more than 30,000 years ago.DNA recovered from a woman who lived during the Gravettian period showed that although most…