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Genetic material from old bones has rewritten the story of how people moved. The figure is taken from Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.

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Ancient DNA revealed migrations no written record kept

Genetic material from old bones has rewritten the story of how people moved DNA degrades over time but survives in teeth and dense bone in cool conditions. From the 2010s, methods for reading ancient genomes showed large scale migrations into Europe, the peopling of the Americas and family ties inside burial mounds. The work complements archaeology and sometimes contradicts long standing assumptions based on pots and skulls. It sits in Mondo's history collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: Genetic material from old bones has rewritten the story of how people moved. The figure is taken from Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a history fact?: Yes. It sits on the History shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.