More than 140,000 fake citations across four research repositories were identified in papers and preprints published in 2025 alone go.nature.com/49KiNZJ
Hallucinated citations highest in social sciences preprints site
Nature - More than 140,000 fake citations across four research repositories were identified in papers and preprints published in 2025 alone.
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How many ancient genomes are there now? Back in 2019 I estimated the growth to be about 10x every 3 years. There was a bit of skepticism when I posted this.
The first release of the metAaRCive is out!!! A resource of metadata for published ancient animal genomes, curated by members of @aarc-community.bsky.social - 1518 complete records for its first release! [missing: equids!] github.com/AaRC-Animal-... #adna
Release v26.05.08 · AaRC-Animal-aDNA-Research-Community/metAaRCive
This is the first release of metAaRCive, containing 1518 complete entries. metAaRCive: Overview metAaRCive is a resource of metadata for published ancient animal genomes, curated by members of AaRC...
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Our preprint is now out, looking at genomic history and selection in Britain, with a focus on the Roman and early medieval periods. Comments welcome! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... @boothicus.bsky.social @leospeidel.bsky.social @pontus-skoglund.bsky.social
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Safe the date! Evening lecture on 12 February 2026 by Rick Schulting @leizarchaeology.bsky.social on an all too timely topic...
⏳ 1-week countdown to the Postgraduate Fair! 📍 Elphinstone Hall 📅 Tue 17 Feb Hear from staff & students, ask questions, and visit school stands to plan your next step. Register: www.abdn.ac.uk/study... #AberdeenPGFair #AberdeenPostgrad #NextStepAberdeen
Excited and proud 😊 to share the final chapter of @hjorvik.bsky.social 's PhD thesis: Seven Millennia of Human Exploitation drove genomic Changes in Iberian Sheep Comments welcome! 🧬🧪🏺🐑 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 🧵(1/8)
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📣 The @scilifelab.se #ddls postdoc (2yrs) offers a great community + training + all social benefits! Happy to discuss your own project ideas! I also have some ideas on ARGs, pangenomes or biobank-scale datasets 🧬🐏🧪🖥️ Deadline is Mar 31 but some admin things need to be handled well in advance!
Torsten Günther@trstngnthr.bsky.social · 7mo agoSciLifeLab has opened a call for #postdoc fellows in Data-Driven Life Science. We would be happy to host such fellows! Get in touch if you are interested in applying with a project on the evolution of humans and domestic animals using ancient and/or modern DNA 🧪🏺 www.scilifelab.se/data-driven/...
A new year is here and there’s just 10 days to apply for the new #SEA4FUTURE #S4F #postdoc position to work with us on #eDNA and #Sustainability of #Mediterranean #Fisheries (link below!) 🐟 🧬 🦐 Don’t miss out on the opportunity! @thefsbi.bsky.social @thembauk.bsky.social @icesmarine.bsky.social
The Mariani Lab@marianilab.bsky.social · 8mo agoWe are hiring! If you like the #sea and its #fish and are motivated to apply #eDNA methods to make #fisheries more sustainable, then this #postdoc position might be perfect for you: jobs.ljmu.ac.uk/vacancy/post... @thefsbi.bsky.social @bes-aquaticgroup.bsky.social
We’re excited to offer a fully-funded PhD position (NERC & BBSRC-funded QUARTILES) focusing on oak conservation and restoration. The project features ancient DNA analysis of archeological oak specimens as a key element of the research. @uoa-archaeology.bsky.social #ancientDNA #conservation
QUARTILES DLA: Oak genetics through time: ancient DNA analysis of sub-fossil oak for woodland management and conservation at University of Aberdeen on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - QUARTILES DLA: Oak genetics through time: ancient DNA analysis of sub-fossil oak for woodland management and conservation at University of Aberdeen , listed on FindAPhD.com
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Genomic study reveals how people moved pigs across the Pacific 🐖⛵️🌏 phys.org/news/2025-12...
Genomic study reveals how people moved pigs across the Pacific
A new study, published in the journal Science, reveals how millennia of human migration across Pacific islands led to the introduction of invasive pig species all over the Asia-Pacific region.
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Senior Research Technician post in our department at Exeter! Closing date 4 Jan - be quick! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPV452/s...
Senior Research Technician at University of Exeter
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What did people in China eat for 8,000 years after the arrival of farming? Meng Zhang, Andrew Millard and I used c. 6,500 isotope samples from humans and animals to find out. Open Access article here: doi.org/10.1016/j.qu... Come for the C3 plants, stay for the pig husbandry...
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We’re excited to offer a fully-funded PhD position (NERC & BBSRC-funded QUARTILES) focusing on oak conservation and restoration. The project features ancient DNA analysis of archeological oak specimens as a key element of the research. @uoa-archaeology.bsky.social #ancientDNA #conservation
QUARTILES DLA: Oak genetics through time: ancient DNA analysis of sub-fossil oak for woodland management and conservation at University of Aberdeen on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - QUARTILES DLA: Oak genetics through time: ancient DNA analysis of sub-fossil oak for woodland management and conservation at University of Aberdeen , listed on FindAPhD.com
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“We found that the wolf with the most complete genome had low genetic diversity, lower than any other ancient wolf we’ve seen,” “This is similar to what you see in isolated or bottlenecked populations – or in domesticated organisms.” @anders-bergstrom.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites/grrlsc...
Were Ancient Wolves And Bronze Age Humans Each Other’s Friends?
Wolf bones unearthed on a tiny island in the Baltic Sea were found to be thousands of years old, and bore multiple signs of living alongside ancient humans.
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A PNAS Special Feature exclusively about dogs? Woof! Here are 3 of the 8 that we were involved with. Congrats to @lachiescarsbrook.bsky.social & @undeaddandy.bsky.social Dingoes! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... German Shepherds! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... Imputation! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Imputation of ancient canid genomes reveals inbreeding history over the past 10,000 years | PNAS
The multi-millennia-long history between dogs and humans has placed them at the forefront of archaeological and genomic research. Despite ongoing e...
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Researchers discovered early signs of domestication by analysing the remains of two wolves who lived in modern-day Sweden 3-5,000 years ago. www.crick.ac.uk/news/2025-11...
Ancient wolves on remote Baltic Sea island reveal link to prehistoric humans
Cave discovery of wolf remains tells a tale of an unexpected relationship with humans.
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During the earliest stages of domestication, dogs in archaeological sites would be indistinguishable from wolves. Unless you find them on a small island where no wolves would survive on their own, eating things wolves normally don’t eat. Such as here: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
“Let me get this straight, you want me to sail over the Baltic to Gotland with a full-grown wolf in my boat?” “Don’t worry, he’s pescatarian.”
Pontus Skoglund@pontus-skoglund.bsky.social · 8mo ago🐺 Wolves in dog's clothing 🐺 Our latest in @pnas.org uncovers a surprise three to five thousand years ago: 2 canids in human contexts on a tiny island in the middle of the Baltic Sea, that ate marine food—but had 100% gray wolf ancestry. Where they tame wolves, or even an incipient domestication?
🐺 Wolves in dog's clothing 🐺 Our latest in @pnas.org uncovers a surprise three to five thousand years ago: 2 canids in human contexts on a tiny island in the middle of the Baltic Sea, that ate marine food—but had 100% gray wolf ancestry. Where they tame wolves, or even an incipient domestication?
Det är akut läge för fisken i Östersjön. Utan kraftfulla politiska åtgärder kommer fisket att slås ut och havets ekosystem skadas, i värsta fall permanent. Vågar vi hoppas att regeringen kan sluta gynna industritrålarna och börja förvalta havet för framtiden? www.aftonbladet.se/debatt/a/kw2...
Handlingskraft eller ett fortsatt förfall – ni väljer
DEBATT. Östersjöns fiskpopulationer är i fritt fall. Tre av fyra sillbestånd ligger under fastställda bevarandenivåer, skarpsillen har pressats ner till en reko
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Dogs are humanity's best friend—but how long has it been that way? 🐕 This Science study investigated ancient dog genomes, revealing a complicated genetic legacy that reflects a long, shared history with humans. Learn more on #InternationalDogDay: https://scim.ag/41mQvR6
Scientists who began their doctoral studies in 2020 found their feet during a global pandemic and are graduating into an uncertain and chaotic future go.nature.com/45asSNK
Class of 2025: five PhD students reveal realigned priorities in wake of COVID and cuts
Scientists who began their doctoral studies in 2020 found their feet during a global pandemic and are graduating into an uncertain and chaotic future.
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Our new paper is out! #stableisotopes #cavebears new data from Serbia and a wide reviews of late Pleistocene cave bear isotope data!
Dr. Jennifer Jones@jenniferbones.bsky.social · last yr.⭐New Open Access publication alert! ⭐ Are you interested in Cave Bears? If so then this might be the article for you! This is the first study of the diet of a cave bear population from Serbia using stable isotope analysis. See thread below for our findings! ⬇️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Interesting stuff from Rapa Nui. You can read the whole paper below, and my short take in the Spectator here (much of the argument feels realistic, though I'm not convinced it's - yet? - supported by the data) www.spectator.co.uk/article/was-...
Was Easter Island less isolated than we previously thought?
It’s hard to exaggerate how isolated Easter Island was before its discovery by Polynesian sailors eight or nine centuries ago. This tiny island, which you can walk round in a day, is thousands of mile...
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Antiquity Journal@antiquity.ac.uk · last yr.For years, researchers believed Rapa Nui (aka Easter Island) was isolated from the wider Polynesian world, developing independently following its initial colonisation. New radiocarbon dates of Pacific monuments cast doubt on this interpretation. A well-connected #AntiquityThread 1/13 🧵🏺
Research Fellow, Archaeological Sciences www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNU880/r...
Research Fellow Archaeological Science (RICHeS Scientist) at Queen's University Belfast
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