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-A year ago, it looked like Nick Sirianni might be out as Eagles head coach. Now, he’s back in the Super Bowl
+Ancient DNA sheds light on origins of 7,000-year-old Saharan mummies
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-Almost exactly 14 months ago, the tension was beginning to show around the Philadelphia Eagles.
+Today, the view from the Takarkori rock shelter in southwestern Libya is of endless sandy dunes and barren rock, but 7,000 years ago, this region of the Sahara Desert was a far lusher, hospitable place.
-The team’s senior advisor to the general manager and chief security officer Dom DiSandro – colloquially known as “Big Dom” – had just gotten into a confrontation with an opposing player and the team was about to embark on a 1-5 stretch to end the 2023 season.
+Now, scientists aiming to understand the origins of inhabitants of the “green Sahara” say they have managed to recover the first whole genomes — detailed genetic information — from the remains of two women buried at Takarkori.
+In the distant past, the area was a verdant savanna with trees, permanent lakes and rivers that supported large animals such as hippopotamuses and elephants.
-They would go onto lose in the first round of the playoffs, a disappointing end to the campaign for a team coming off a trip to the Super Bowl the previous year.
+It was also home to early human communities, including 15 women and children archaeologists found buried at the rock shelter, that lived off fish and herded sheep and goats.
-With a veteran-laden roster and burden of expectation on his shoulders, the pressure appeared to be getting to head coach Nick Sirianni.
+“We started with these two (skeletons) because they are very well-preserved — the skin, ligaments, tissues,” said Savino di Lernia, coauthor of the new study published Wednesday in the journal Nature.
-But fast-forward to the present day and it’s a much different story in Philadelphia.
+The findings mark the first time archaeologists have managed to sequence whole genomes from human remains found in such a hot and arid environment, said di Lernia, an associate professor of African archaeology and ethnoarchaeology at Sapienza University of Rome.
-The Eagles are back in the Super Bowl for the second time in the head coach’s tenure and have the chance to exorcise demons as they face their opponents from two years ago, the Kansas City Chiefs.
+The genomic analysis yielded surprises for the study team, revealing that the inhabitants of the green Sahara were a previously unknown and long-isolated population that had likely occupied the region for tens of thousands of years.
-As the Eagles’ big victory over the Washington Commanders in the NFC Championship game wrapped up, receiver DeVonta Smith hugged Sirianni and the pair exchanged a few words.
-“Two times in four years. Let’s keep this sh*t going, man. Love you.”
-The moment between the head coach and the team’s No. 2 pass catcher was a microcosm of Sirianni’s relationship with his players.
-Together with general manager Howie Roseman, Sirianni has helped construct arguably the best roster in the NFL. Featuring some larger-than-life characters, Sirianni has helped mold this consortium of talent into a brotherhood and a winning machine.
-But that harmony hasn’t always been there.

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