Detail of One of the Burials from Sunghir, in Russia (IMAGE)

St. John's College, University of Cambridge

Detail of One of the Burials from Sunghir, in Russia

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Detail of one of the burials from Sunghir, in Russia. The new study sequenced the genomes of individuals from the site and discovered that they were, at most, second cousins, indicating that they had developed sexual partnerships beyond their immediate social and family group.

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