Cheryl A. Makarewicz

This study shows that increased grain size in early cereals was a plastic response to environmental conditions, not genetic selection for cultivation.

The paper reconstructs 3,500 years of sheeppox virus evolution using ancient genomes from archaeological and medieval parchment sources, showing divergence events and gene inactivation.

This study compares isotopic variation in single grains versus aggregate samples of charred barley to assess their impact on interpreting ancient cultivation practices.