Patrícia Santos

The paper examines genomic diversity and adaptation in Apennine brown bears, finding unique genetic signatures linked to reduced aggressiveness, possibly due to human-induced selection.

The paper infers human pigmentation traits from ancient DNA by evaluating genotype likelihoods across 348 ancient Eurasian genomes, revealing non-linear and slow changes in skin, eye, and hair color over 45,000 years.

This study finds parallel genetic and linguistic patterns among Finno-Ugric speakers and their neighbors, suggesting population-level convergence and possible origins in the Pontic-Caspian steppes.