Seeing our work on videnskab.dk brings back memories of those fieldwork days. It was a great journey from sampling archaeological and old river sediments in Serbia to the ancient DNA labs in Copenhagen. Read more about the challenges and our findings in the original paper: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Ancient DNA reconstruction of Late Holocene ecosystems within the Carpathian Basin from paleo-meanders and archaeological deposits - Scientific Reports
The diverse ecology in the Carpathian Basin supported a variety of subsistence strategies throughout the Holocene, ranging from animal husbandry to the management of woodlands, grasslands, and wetland...
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It is fascinating how even small traces of DNA preserved in mud can act as an archive of human–environment interactions across millennia. The article is in Danish, apologies for that 🙂 But there are some great ancient DNA details and pictures in there. videnskab.dk/naturvidensk...