Jonas Oppenheimer

DNAharvester is a Nextflow pipeline designed to process highly degraded DNA from ancient specimens, improving authentic data recovery through modular workflows and contamination mitigation.

The study analyzes ancient DNA from Iron Age and historical individuals in Zambia and Malawi to reveal multiple Bantu migrations into south central Africa, with genetic continuity from Later Stone Age foragers.

The paper uses ancient DNA to show matrilineal kinship structures and recurrent unions between dominant maternal groups in Iron Age Britain.

This study uses ancient and modern bison genomes to show past population connectivity and reveal human impacts on bison diversity, informing conservation efforts.

This study uses paleogenomes of dire wolves to resolve their evolutionary relationships and identify genes under diversifying selection.

The paper analyzes genetic data from Maya tombs and caves to show that elite lineages extended their ancestral connections across distant locations.

This study sequenced whole genomes of black-footed cats to analyze their population structure and genetic diversity, finding low diversity but no long runs of homozygosity and evidence of recent population contraction.

The paper uses ancient DNA from shells to analyze genetic stability and immune adaptation in black abalone post-bottleneck, finding delayed genomic erosion and rapid immune-related selection.

The paper shows that hunter-gatherer continuity persisted in the Rhine-Meuse region longer than in continental Europe, with Bell Beaker groups later disrupting this pattern through mixture.

This paper uses ancient DNA data to trace the genetic origins of the Yamnaya culture and links their expansion to the spread of Indo-European languages.

This study analyzes genomic data from 78 prehistoric North Pontic individuals to trace genetic ancestry and migration patterns from the Neolithic to the Bronze Age.

The paper analyzes genomic data from Beefalo cattle and finds most lack detectable bison ancestry, challenging the breed association's 3/8 bison requirement.

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.

This study analyzes ancient DNA from the Swahili coast to trace genetic admixture between African and Asian populations over time.

The paper analyzes genome-wide data from 66 ancient individuals from Kulubnarti to explore genetic ancestry and social stratification in Christian Period Nubia, finding no genetic differentiation between socially stratified cemeteries.

This study uses genome-wide data from pre-contact Caribbean individuals to trace population movements and genetic continuity across the region.

This paper uses ancient and present-day genomic data to reconstruct the population history of East Asia, identifying key migrations and language dispersals.

This study evaluates auditory ossicles as an alternative to cochlea for ancient DNA recovery, finding comparable DNA quality and quantity with less morphological damage.

The paper uses ancient DNA data to trace the genetic origins and spread of Indo-European languages in South and Central Asia.

The paper analyzes ancient DNA from the Balearic Islands, Sicily, and Sardinia to trace the arrival and spread of Steppe and Iranian-related ancestries in the western Mediterranean, revealing complex admixture histories.

The paper analyzes ancient DNA from Southeast Asia to show multiple waves of migration, including an initial spread of Austroasiatic languages and a later influx linked to Bronze Age populations.

The paper uses ancient DNA analysis to show that Papuan ancestry arrived in Vanuatu around 2400 BP, suggesting multiple waves of migration from Near Oceania.

This study uses ancient DNA data to show that the spread of the Beaker Complex to Britain was primarily due to migration, replacing most Neolithic gene pool and introducing Steppe ancestry.

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 uses ancient DNA data from Mesolithic and Neolithic individuals in Britain to show that Neolithic farmers introduced agriculture, with limited hunter-gatherer admixture.

The paper analyzes ancient DNA data from Neolithic and Chalcolithic Europe to study population dynamics and admixture patterns across different regions and time periods.