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I'm a PhD student researching the role of the archaeological dead in contemporary British society. Think of this as a scrapbook of all the interesting links, snippets of information and random bits and bobs I come across pertaining to death, dying and the dead. Enjoy?!

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    First out of Africa, first into Asia and Australia… The first major genome analysis of Australian Aboriginal people reveals that their ancestors took part in the first human migration out of Africa. They were the first to arrive in Asia some 70,000 years ago, roaming the area at least 24,000 years before the ancestors of present-day Europeans and Asians appeared. They were also the first to live in Australia, according to DNA results of a 90-year-old hair sample of a young man that link Aborigines to the first inhabitants of  the region about 50,000 years ago. Just…wow.

    First out of Africa, first into Asia and Australia…

    The first major genome analysis of Australian Aboriginal people reveals that their ancestors took part in the first human migration out of Africa.

    They were the first to arrive in Asia some 70,000 years ago, roaming the area at least 24,000 years before the ancestors of present-day Europeans and Asians appeared. They were also the first to live in Australia, according to DNA results of a 90-year-old hair sample of a young man that link Aborigines to the first inhabitants of  the region about 50,000 years ago.

    Just…wow.