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DeepKin: Predicting relatedness from low-coverage genomes and paleogenomes with convolutional neural networks

DeepKin predicts relatedness from low-coverage genomes and paleogenomes using CNNs, achieving accuracy >90% with 10K shared SNPs and outperforming READv2.

Female lineages and changing kinship patterns in Neolithic Catalhöyük

The paper analyzes genetic data from Neolithic Catalhöyük to show changes in kinship patterns and persistent female roles over time.

Out-of-Anatolia: cultural and genetic interactions during the Neolithic expansion in the Aegean

This study uses 30 new palaeogenomes to show that Neolithic expansion into Western Anatolia involved both indigenous assimilation and eastern population influx, with cultural diversity decoupled from genetic differences.

Pre-processing of paleogenomes: Mitigating reference bias and postmortem damage in ancient genome data

This paper compares methods to reduce reference bias and postmortem damage in ancient genome data, finding that graph alignment and bamRefine improve accuracy and genotyped loci.

The first complete genome of the extinct European wild ass (Equus hemionus hydruntinus)

The paper presents paleogenomes of three Anatolian equids from the 1st millennium BCE, identifying them as the extinct European wild ass, E. hydruntinus, and revealing genetic relationships and diversity loss.

Benchmarking kinship estimation tools for ancient genomes using pedigree simulations

This study benchmarks four kinship estimation tools for ancient genomes using simulated pedigrees and finds varying accuracy depending on the tool and SNP count.

aMeta: an accurate and memory-efficient ancient Metagenomic profiling workflow

aMeta is a metagenomic profiling workflow that improves accuracy and reduces memory usage in ancient microbiome analysis.

A genomic snapshot of demographic and cultural dynamism in Upper Mesopotamia during the Neolithic Transition

This study analyzes ancient genomes from Upper Mesopotamia during the Neolithic Transition, revealing genetic diversity, immigration, and cultural practices such as head-shaping.

Indian genetic heritage in Southeast Asian populations

The paper analyzes genetic data from Southeast Asian populations to identify Indian genetic heritage and its impact on local populations.

Human inbreeding has decreased in time through the Holocene

This study shows inbreeding frequency decreased over time in ancient Eurasian populations, linked to population growth from agricultural practices.

Circumpolar peoples and their languages: lexical and genomic data suggest ancient Chukotko-Kamchatkan-Nivkh and Yukaghir-Samoyedic connections

The paper uses lexical and genomic data to show evidence of language and genetic relationships among circumpolar language families, with significant signals for Chukotko-Kamchatkan-Nivkh and Yukaghir-Samoyedic connections.

The genomic formation of First American ancestors in East and Northeast Asia

The paper shows Ancient Beringians have admixture from Amur River Basin populations and are not the deepest American lineage.

Paleo-Eskimo genetic legacy across North America

The paper analyzes ancient and present-day genome-wide data to show widespread Paleo-Eskimo ancestry among Na-Dene and Eskimo-Aleut language speakers and presents a model for North America's peopling.