Bente Philippsen

The paper investigates whether the spread of megaliths in Neolithic Europe was due to population movements or cultural diffusion, finding that both factors interacted through trade networks.

Twenty-three new Yersinia pestis genomes from Scandinavia, the Netherlands, Iceland and Armenia extend the Second Plague Pandemic phylogeny, with the first Icelandic plague genome and eastward-spreading pestis secunda strains.

This study analyzes ancient DNA from three European sites to assess the genomic impact of the second plague pandemic, finding no strong positive selection but evidence of reduced long-range immigration post-pandemic.

This paper provides population-specific marine reservoir offsets (ΔR) for walrus-derived radiocarbon dates, revealing inter-population variability and refining Arctic chronologies and medieval trade timelines.

This study uses sedimentary ancient DNA metagenomics to analyze land use and environmental changes at an archaeological site in central Norway from the Bronze Age to the late Medieval period.

This study analyzes dental calculus from Pleistocene and modern reindeer to reconstruct their oral microbiomes, digestive microbiomes, and diets using ancient metagenomics.