Gregory Soos

The south Congo Basin was critical to Bantu settlement of south central Africa

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 Pan-European Impact of the Balkan Hunter-Gatherers

This study presents genome-wide data from ancient individuals to trace the genetic legacy of the Balkan refugium during the Last Glacial Maximum and its impact on later European hunter-gatherer populations.

Ancient DNA reveals matrilineal organisation and recurrent unions between dominant matrilines in Iron Age Britain

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

Buried in two places: Lineages from elite Maya tombs also found in distant caves

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

Subsistence transition preceded population turnover in the eastern Colombian Andes

The paper uses ancient DNA data from the eastern Colombian Andes to show that subsistence changes involving maize occurred without population replacement, followed by a major genetic turnover linked to the Herrera culture.

Ancient genomes from Ladakh reveal 2800-year-old mixture between Tibetans and South Asians

Long-term hunter-gatherer continuity in the Rhine-Meuse region was disrupted by local formation of expansive Bell Beaker groups

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.