In 2022, we reported the DNA sequences of 33 medieval people buried in a Jewish cemetery in Germany. Not long after we made the data publicly available, people started comparing their own DNA with that of the 14th-century German Jews, finding many 'matches.' These medieval individuals had DNA fragments shared with thousands of people who have uploaded their DNA sequence to an online database, the same way you share DNA fragments with your relatives. We are population geneticists who work with ancient DNA. We understand how exciting it can be to find a genetic link to particular people who lived many generations ago. But these DNA matches aren't the tight ties you may be imagining. Here's how it works. Using samples taken from skull bones or teeth, DNA researchers can sequence the DNA of people who lived as far back as 100,000 years ago. More than 10,000 ancient DNA sequences, or genomes, are currently available. These genomes, which come from all corners of the world, have dramatically revolutionized scientists' understanding of human origins....
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Miebach, founded in 1973 and headquartered in Frankfurt, provides global supply chain consulting, logistics, and material flow engineering. Operating in a '30bn market projected to grow at double-digit rates annually, the firm supports multinational blue-chip clients across various industries. Its services include supply chain strategy development, engineering design, and digital solutions for warehousing infrastructure. 'As a global leader in supply chain consulting, logistics, and material flow engineering, Miebach has established itself as the go-to partner for international clients seeking complex supply chain solutions,' said Yusef Al Yusef, global head of distribution at Investcorp. Investcorp has invested approximately '2.1bn ($2.28bn) in European companies since 2012. The Miebach deal marks its fifth investment in the last 15 months, following acquisitions of SEC Newgate, Outcomes First Group, Stowe, and Epipoli. With $55bn in assets under management, Investcorp aims to reach $100bn by expanding its presence across the Americas, Europe, and Asia. The firm sees supply chain consultancy as a high-growth sector, driven by increasing demand for resiliency, sustainability, digitalisation, and automation....
In the last weeks of World War II, Harold W. Clover, a combat photographer in the S-2 Section of the U.S. Army's 31st Combat Engineer Battalion, documented the scenes and events around him as his unit pushed from the French Alsace into Nazi Germany, then into Austria, where they served occupation duty, in 1945. Clover donated many of his film negatives to the U.S. National Archives'where I recently visited, digitizing most of these prints below for the first time. Clover's striking photographs capture the lives of war-weary civilians as well as soldiers'sometimes in a playful light'while still depicting the ugly reality of war. Three U.S. Army soldiers sit together in Dossenheim, France, in February of 1945, as their units prepare to move east, into Germany. From left: Private David Taub, T/5 Shigeo Takayama, and an unidentified soldier. The original caption reads: "GIs David Taub, Berlin refugee; Shigeo Takayama, Nisei; and Iowa farm boy with sniper rifle (42nd'Rainbow Division). Dossenheim, France." In 2003, Takayama, whose father was held in a Japanese-American internment camp in Arizona during the war, recorded an oral history interview for the Japanese American Military History Collective, recalling his experiences. #...
