Cǎtǎlin Lazăr

This study reanalyzes broomcorn millet grains from Romania's Morteni tell, revealing they date to the Late Iron Age rather than the Chalcolithic, and highlights the importance of isotopic and FTIR-ATR analysis for accurate archaeological interpretation.

This study analyzes ancient DNA from LBK Neolithic sites to show genetic differences between eastern and western LBK populations, with evidence of patrilocality and no evidence of male-biased WHG admixture.

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.