Henry M. Shephard
A5053493794- Forensic and Genetic Research
- Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies
- Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
- Linguistics and Cultural Studies
- Genetic diversity and population structure
- Animal Diversity and Health Studies
- ATP Synthase and ATPases Research
- Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
- Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies
- Linguistics and language evolution
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
Archaeological Institute of America
2021-2025
University of Pennsylvania
2002
Abstract Domestication of horses fundamentally transformed long-range mobility and warfare 1 . However, modern domesticated breeds do not descend from the earliest domestic horse lineage associated with archaeological evidence bridling, milking corralling 2–4 at Botai, Central Asia around 3500 bc 3 Other longstanding candidate regions for domestication, such as Iberia 5 Anatolia 6 , have also recently been challenged. Thus, genetic, geographic temporal origins remained unknown. Here we...
The north Black Sea (Pontic) Region was the nexus of farmers Old Europe and foragers pastoralists Eurasian steppe 1,2 , source waves migrants that expanded deep into 3–5 . We report genome-wide data from 78 prehistoric North Pontic individuals to understand genetic makeup people involved in these migrations discover reasons for their success. First, we show native had ancestry not only Balkan Eastern hunter-gatherers 6 but also European and, occasionally, Caucasus hunter-gatherers. More...
Aim.The following article considers a new theory for resolving the longstanding problem of identifying geographic and temporal origin Indo-Europeans.All existing theories provided thus far Indo-Europeans suffer from one common error: approaches presuppose an economic deterministic model understanding historical transformation.However, were community circumscribed by language, therefore culture seems more proper domain analysis origins than does economistic approach.Methodology.The...