Rick Schulting

This study identifies the oldest known plague strains in Lake Baikal hunter-gatherers 5500 years ago, showing early outbreaks were lethal and challenged the idea that agriculture was necessary for plague epidemics.

This study analyzes ancient genomes from Roman and early medieval Britain to uncover population history, ancestry shifts, and selection patterns shaping modern genetic diversity.

This study investigates the factors behind the failed invasion of pigs on Rebun Island using archaeological data, identifying reduced propagule pressure, cold climate resistance, and resource scarcity as key contributors.

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.