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Missing link in Indo-European languages’ history found
Cleopatra’s sister remains missing
Lead pollution led to IQ decline in people in the Roman Empire
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History / Archeology - Life Sciences - 05.02.2025

New insights into our linguistic roots via ancient DNA analysis Where lies the origin of the Indo-European language family? Ron Pinhasi and his team in the Department of Evolutionary Anthropology at the University of Vienna contribute a new piece to this puzzle in collaboration with David Reich's ancient DNA laboratory at Harvard University.
History / Archeology - 10.01.2025

CSI methods show: Skull from the collection of the Department of Evolutionary Anthropology is not from Arsinoë IV An interdisciplinary research team led by anthropologist Gerhard Weber from the University of Vienna, together with experts from the Austrian Academy of Sciences, has analysed a skull that was found in the ruins of Ephesos (Turkey) in 1929.
Earth Sciences - History / Archeology - 07.01.2025

Ice cores from the Arctic made it possible to reconstruct lead pollution in ancient Rome An international team of scientists with the participation of the University of Vienna examined three ice cores to determine lead pollution between 500 BCE and 600 CE in the Roman Empire. Lead has many negative effects on human health, one of which is a reduction in the intelligence quotient - the scientists focused on this in this study and were able to determine that lead pollution led to a reduction in IQ of 2 to 3 points among people in ancient Rome.
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