Stefania Vai

The paper examines genetic and cultural changes in post-Roman Europe, finding that cultural shifts in Slovenia occurred without corresponding genetic changes, indicating a decoupling of cultural and genetic dynamics.

The paper analyzes paleogenomic data from 5th-6th century Pannonia to reveal genetic diversity and migration patterns in post-Roman communities.

The paper analyzes ancient and modern common bean genomes to show that genetic diversity was preserved during early domestication, with significant erosion occurring only recently.

The paper analyzes ancient DNA from the Balearic Islands, Sicily, and Sardinia to trace the arrival and spread of Steppe and Iranian-related ancestries in the western Mediterranean, revealing complex admixture histories.

The paper analyzes mitochondrial DNA from Longobard-era cemeteries to study genetic continuity and admixture during medieval migrations in Europe.

The paper analyzes ancient genomic DNA from two cemeteries associated with the Longobards to study social organization and migration patterns in 6th-century Europe.

Ancient DNA from 223 people (12,000-500 BCE) reveals a west-east hunter-gatherer cline, largely unadmixed farmers, Caucasus-shifted Aegean farmers, and Balkan steppe ancestry almost 2,000 years early.