Keith M. Prufer

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

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.

The paper analyzes genome-wide data from medieval German Jews to show the Ashkenazi founder event occurred before the 14th century, with genetic heterogeneity not present in modern Ashkenazi Jews.