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.

Nature · Feb 5, 2025Peer-reviewedGenetics

Interdisciplinary analyses of Bronze Age communities from Western Hungary reveal complex population histories

Dániel Gerber, Bea Szeifert, Orsolya Székely, Balázs Egyed, Balázs Gyuris, Julia I. Giblin, Anikó Horváth, Kitti Köhler, Gabriella Kulcsár, Ágnes Kustár, István Major, Mihály Molnár, László Palcsu, Vajk Szeverényi, Szilvia Fábián, , Anna Szécsényi‐Nagy

This study analyzes ancient genomes from Bronze Age Hungary, revealing complex population histories, high hunter-gatherer ancestry in some groups, and new methods for ancient DNA analysis.

bioRxiv · Feb 3, 2022 · PreprintGenomics

The Beaker Phenomenon And The Genomic Transformation Of Northwest Europe

Íñigo Olalde, Selina Brace, Morten E. Allentoft, Ian Armit, Kristian Kristiansen, Thomas J. Booth, Nadin Rohland, Swapan Mallick, Anna Szécsényi‐Nagy, Alissa Mittnik, Eveline Altena, Mark Lipson, Iosif Lazaridis, Thomas K. Harper, Nick J. Patterson, , Germán Delibes de Castro

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.

Nature · Feb 21, 2018Peer-reviewedGenomics