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Tooth enamel reveals the origins of Africans freed from slave ships and buried on St. Helena Nearly 200 years after thousands of Africans rescued from illegal slave ships were buried on the remote island of St. Helena, scientists have traced where many of them spent their childhood. The findings offer one of the clearest pictures yet of the lives of people whose... More info: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/07/origins-of-african-slaves-buried-on-st-helena/ Follow @archaeology@mstdn.social #archaeology #anthropology #archaeogenetics #slaveryhistory #sthelena

50,000-year-old DNA from South African antelope rewrites limits of ancient DNA preservation Scientists have recovered ancient DNA from a 50,000-year-old antelope tooth found in South Africa, pushing back the age of the oldest DNA ever retrieved from sub-Saharan Africa. The finding shows that genetic material survives far longer in some African environments than many researchers expected... More info: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/07/50000-year-old-dna-from-antelope-dna-preservation/ Follow @archaeology@mstdn.social #archaeology #zooarchaeology #Archaeogenetics