This study uses multi-omics analysis of ancient human remains from Sicily to show genetic homogeneity and a diet rich in animal proteins during the Upper Palaeolithic.

bioRxiv · Dec 8, 2021 · PreprintGenetics

Population genomics of the Viking world

Ashot Margaryan, Daniel John Lawson, Martin Sikora, Fernando Racimo, Simon Rasmussen, Ida Moltke, Lara M. Cassidy, Emil Jørsboe, Andrés Ingason, Mikkel Winther Pedersen, Thorfinn Sand Korneliussen, Helene Wilhelmson, Magdalena M. Buś, Peter de Barros Damgaard, Rui Martiniano, , Eske Willerslev

This study analyzes ancient genomes from the Viking Age to understand genetic structure and migration patterns, finding significant foreign gene flow and population differentiation.

Nature · Sep 16, 2020Peer-reviewedGenetics

Stone Age \"chewing gum\" yields 5,700 year-old human genome and oral microbiome

Theis Zetner Trolle Jensen, Jonas Niemann, Katrine Iversen, Anna K. Fotakis, Shyam Gopalakrishnan, Åshild J. Vågene‬, Mikkel Winther Pedersen, Mikkel‐Holger S. Sinding, Martin R. Ellegaard, Morten E. Allentoft, Liam Thomas Lanigan, Alberto J. Taurozzi, Sofie Holtsmark Nielsen, Michael Dee, Martin Nordvig Mortensen, , Hannes Schroeder

The paper sequences a 5,700-year-old human genome and oral microbiome from Stone Age chewing gum, revealing genetic and microbial insights.

Nature Communications · Dec 17, 2019Peer-reviewedGenomics

Early Pleistocene enamel proteome sequences from Dmanisi resolve Stephanorhinus phylogeny.

Enrico Cappellini, Frido Welker, Luca Pandolfi, Jazmin Ramos Madrigal, Anna K. Fotakis, David Lyon, Victor J. Moreno Mayar, Maia Bukhsianidze, Rosa Rakownikow Jersie-Christensen, Meaghan Mackie, Aurélien Ginolhac, Reid Ferring, Martha Tappen, Eleftheria Palkopoulou, Diana Samodova, , Eske Willerslev

This study uses Early Pleistocene dental enamel proteome sequences to resolve the phylogeny of Stephanorhinus, showing it is paraphyletic and requiring systematic revision.

bioRxiv · Sep 10, 2018 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology