Jens Blöcher

This study evaluates epigenetic clocks for age estimation in ancient human DNA, finding they are unreliable for continuous age-at-death but accurate for sex determination.

This study models the Neolithic expansion of farmers in Europe, showing increasing admixture with hunter-gatherers over time and estimating farmer population size relative to hunter-gatherers.

The paper analyzes 248 historic genomes from Late Roman and Early Medieval sites in southern Germany, revealing demographic shifts, kinship structures, and genetic continuity with modern populations.

The paper reinterprets the Mesolithic-Neolithic transition at Lepenski Vir, suggesting it was driven by European farmers rather than local foragers.

The paper reports admixture between Neolithic farmers and Mesolithic hunter-gatherers in the Danube Gorges, supported by palaeogenomic analysis and archaeological findings.

The paper analyzes ancient genomes from the Mokrin necropolis to study kinship, population structure, and status inheritance in an Early Bronze Age community.

This study shows early European farmers descended directly from Neolithic Aegeans, linking Mediterranean and Central European farmers to southwestern Asia.