Michael Francken

This study analyzes the oral microbiome of King Richard III using dental calculus metagenomics, finding it similar to other northern European populations despite his royal status and diet.

The paper examines HLA variation in Neolithic European farming communities, finding increased HLA diversity due to admixture with western hunter-gatherers, but lower diversity compared to modern populations.

The paper traces the origin and spread of the IL23R variant rs11209026-A in Europe, linking its frequency changes to Neolithic agricultural practices and its protective role against inflammatory bowel diseases.

The paper examines how socio-cultural practices influenced sexual dimorphism in stature among Early Neolithic European populations, finding that cultural factors, not environment or genetics, primarily drove height disparities.

Ancient DNA from 223 people (12,000-500 BCE) reveals a west-east hunter-gatherer cline, largely unadmixed farmers, Caucasus-shifted Aegean farmers, and Balkan steppe ancestry almost 2,000 years early.

The paper analyzes ancient DNA data from 69 Europeans to show that a massive migration from the steppe contributed to the genetic makeup of present-day Europeans and supports a steppe origin for some Indo-European languages.

The paper analyzes ancient genomes to show present-day Europeans derive from three populations: WHG, ANE, and EEF, with EEF having Basal Eurasian ancestry.