Scientists in Colombia have discovered a previously unknown human ancestry

In Colombia, a group of researchers discovered a previously unknown human ancestry after sequencing the DNA of ancient remains. This was reported by the Reuters news agency on August 25.

Scientists found the ancient remains of about 30 people aged about 6 thousand years during archaeological excavations near the capital of the country back in 1992, but their genome had not been fully deciphered before.

"When we started comparing them with other individuals from other parts of the Americas, we discovered that the Pre-Ceramic individuals found here on the Cundiboysens Plateau have a genealogical lineage that had not been previously reported. This is a new genealogical line," said Andrea Casas, a researcher at the Institute of Genetics at the National University.

According to scientists, the people who own these remains represent an "isolated nomadic hunter-gatherer community." This group could have become extinct due to climatic conditions, diseases or lack of food, and they have no known descendants.

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Earlier, on August 4, it was reported that European scientists, while studying the fossils of a marine lizard found back in 1978 in the city of Holzmaden in southern Germany, discovered that it belongs to a new, unexplored species of plesiosaurs. The study says that the studied specimen, 3.2 m long, is the oldest representative of plesiosaurs from this region of Europe.

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