💡 Out now in Nature Reviews Genetics! Genomic insights into natural selection in recent human history go.nature.com/3T3JKT5 #Review by @pontus-skoglund.bsky.social & @iainmathieson.bsky.social Free to read here: rdcu.be/MgjB7Jgsy2Fa
Oteo García, G.
@gog1693.bsky.social
100% plebs urbana. Researcher. Centre for Palaeogenetics @ Stockholm University https://sites.google.com/view/gonzalooteogarcia/home
Our paper on archaic introgression in imputed ancient genomes is out. Imputation performs better in archaic regions, making Neanderthal and Denisovan segments detectable in low-coverage data. Thousands of archived genomes become usable. doi.org/10.1038/s414...
Archaic ancestry inference in imputed ancient human genomes - Nature Communications
Genotype imputation enables accurate detection of Neanderthal and Denisovan ancestry in low-coverage ancient genomes and allows the identification of introgressed haplotypes as well as candidate genes...
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🧵 New preprint: Have you ever tried to perform molecular clock dating of ancient mitogenomes using BEAST? Have you struggled using manual tools to create your input files, run your analyses and extract your results? We hope our pipeline provides a solution to this: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
MitoDate: a Nextflow pipeline for molecular clock dating and phylogenetic inference using ancient mitogenomes
Summary Ancient DNA studies are increasingly targeting samples that are beyond the limit of radiocarbon dating (>50 thousand years old) and are often difficult or impossible to date using other geochr...
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This is a cool conservation story, where the information provided by ancient DNA showing extinct Caspian tigers were identical to extant Amur/Siberian tigers, informed the choice of source population. astanatimes.com/2026/08/kaza...
Kazakhstan Releases First Tiger Into Wild in More Than 70 Years - The Astana Times
Kazakhstan Releases First Tiger Into Wild in More Than 70 Years
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En la Edad de Hielo, los mamuts lanudos hembra eran el producto más codiciado www.elmundo.es/ciencia/2026...
En la Edad de Hielo, los mamuts lanudos hembra eran el producto más codiciado
Si la exitosa película de animación Ice Age -La Edad de Hielo- se grabara hoy, es posible que al mamut lanudo, uno de sus protagonistas, ya no le pusiera voz un hombre, sino una...
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New paper (from my colleagues @cpgsthlm.bsky.social!) showing children in Viking-Age & Medieval Sweden were buried in gendered ways, but those buried together were rarely close biological relatives. A great example of how #AncientDNA sheds new light on childhood, kinship & social organization 🧬
Equal in death: Ancient genomic analysis of children’s early Christian burials
Ancient genomes challenge views of close kinship in multiple Christian burials, revealing flexible traditions around children.
science.org
A game board from the forum of Timgad (Algeria) is a more Roman spin on the trite ‘Live, Laugh, Love’ sign. Replacing hunting w/cheese & and I am in, y’all. ‘venari lavari / ludere ridere / (h)oc{c} est / vivere’: ‘to hunt, to bath, to play, to laugh — This is to live!’ (CIL VIII, 17938). 🛁
👀 Signet ring, said to come from Archanes, Crete, Late Minoan 1450-1375 BCE. Gold, bezel 3.4 x 2.2 cm, max. inner hoop diam. 1.85 cm. AN1896-1908.AE.2237 See Alt for details.
Full article: Uncovering Childhood in the Roman Army: A Perinatal Burial from the Roman Castrum of the Legio VI in León www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Uncovering Childhood in the Roman Army: A Perinatal Burial from the Roman Castrum of the Legio VI in León
Perinatal burials in the Roman period are rare in military contexts, as such interments were usually limited to domestic settings or, in exceptional cases, public buildings during inauguration ritu...
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Isabelle Feinauer is currently defending their PhD thesis on the genomic consequences of postglacial recolonization of Scandinavian mammals with Morten Tange Olsen as the opponent. Good luck, Isa!
🏺absolute deluge of aDNA papers looking at the complexities of post-Roman migration, integration and community formation in Europe, this time in Pannonia. A great a-scrambling. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Unveiling the complexity of post-Roman polity formation in Pannonia using ancient DNA
The transformation of the Roman world [fourth to ninth centuries common era (CE)], culminating in the Western Roman Empire’s fall, marked a fundamental transition in European history. Key questions pe...
science.org
Excited to share our new paper in Communications Biology! We generated >1000 new complete mitochondrial genomes from understudied regions in sub-Saharan Africa, providing an updated overview of maternal genetic diversity and demographic history across the continent. www.nature.com/articles/s42...
Revisiting the African mtDNA landscape through complete mitochondrial genomes - Communications Biology
A study provides an updated, continent-wide portrait of African human mtDNA diversity, sharpening mtDNA-based demographic inferences regarding the Niger-Congo-associated and Bantu-associated demograph...
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The oldest DNA retrieved from an animal fossil is ~1.6 million years old - a mammoth from icy Siberia where cold temperatures preserve DNA well. But have you ever wondered how long #ancientDNA is preserved in animal remains from sunny & warm Africa? Well, wonder now more! doi.org/10.1016/j.qu...
🧬 New paper in Cell! Analysis of 12 cave lion genomes shows that cave lions and modern lions may have diverged more than three times earlier than previously thought – as early as 1.7 million years ago! AND…they interbred when temperatures dropped! Paper: www.cell.com/cell/fulltex... 🧵 1/9
Looking for a postdoc to join my group at the NHM London & work on aDNA of dogs/wolves! jobs.nhm.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Postdoctoral Researcher ancient DNA:South Kensington
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Archaeologists in Norway uncovered remains of 17th-century whalers at Svalbard’s “Corpse Point.” The graves reveal harsh Arctic working conditions, scurvy, injuries, and heavy tobacco use among young European whalers during the brutal early whaling era
News - Whalers’ Remains Unearthed in Norway - Archaeology Magazine
SVALBARD, NORWAY—The remains of 20 whalers have been uncovered in a High Arctic cemetery damaged […]
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🚨7th HAAM-RADIO Webinar next month! 🧬Advances in bioinformatics methods for paleogenomic analysis: Testing the limits of low coverage and imputation! 🗓️Mon, 15 June 2026 Two fantastic speakers and a Q&A specifically designed for ECRs to engage in the topic! Register here: forms.gle/9KGQXWVBZj2t...
Are you interested in doing local ancestry inference (LAI) using imputed #aDNA? Take a look at our preprint, together with @bodkan.bsky.social: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
bioRxiv Evolutionary Biology@biorxiv-evobio.bsky.social · 4mo agoPromises and limitations of local ancestry inference in imputed ancient genomes https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.05.19.725905v1
Funded PhD studentship with me and Dan Bradley @brad-dan.bsky.social at TCD. Medieval cattle and sheep genomics utilising parchment and bones! Deadline to apply is 27th May 🧬🐄🐑🧬 #aDNA
Victoria Mullin@victoriaemullin.bsky.social · 5mo agoCome join our aDNA community at Trinity College Dublin and explore medieval ruminant genomes! Funded PhD studentship in ancient animal genomics at Trinity College Dublin. Deadline 27th May 2026 Please see the information attached for full description and application process.
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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Just published in JOSS: 'PileupCaller: A command-line tool to sample genotypes from low-coverage sequencing data of ancient DNA' https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.08634
In under two weeks, AaRC will be hosting our 2026 Online Conference! This will be taking place on Tuesday, 19 May, from 10:00 to 13:35 CEST (GMT+1). We've got an incredible lineup of speakers, so sign up while you can: forms.gle/Kse1kPYnpsVg...
Comparative Genomics and Phylogenomics of the Mustelinae Lineage (Mustelidae, Carnivora) academic.oup.com/gbe/article/...
Comparative Genomics and Phylogenomics of the Mustelinae Lineage (Mustelidae, Carnivora)
Abstract. Mustelinae are among the most diverse and taxonomically complex subfamilies within the Mustelidae, yet their evolutionary history and genetic div
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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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🏺🧪Preprint of 1039(!) whole ancient human genomes from Britain, mainly dating to 1st Millennium CE, representing the best part of 7 years of my life. Herculean effort by @marinasdsilva.bsky.social to get this over the line. 'Migration Period' is more migrationy than we could have possibly imagined.
bioRxivpreprint@biorxivpreprint.bsky.social · 5mo agoGenomic history and selection in Roman and early medieval Britain https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.04.28.721361v1
We are looking forward to welcoming #VanesaVillalbaMouco to #HEASVienna for a #HEASSeminar in #AncientGenomics online and in-person in the #UBB at @univie.ac.at More information and registration on our website 👇🔗
HEAS Seminar Series - Ancient Genomics - HEAS
As part of the HEAS Seminar Series in Ancient Genomics, Vanesa Villalba Mouco from Institute of Evolutionary Biology, Barcelona will give a talk on Ancient Genomics of Al-Andalus: tracing identity, ki...
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I'm sure they've done all the necessary statistical contortions to account for migration but, oh boy, I'm having a hard time believing time rise B is positive selection. It tracks the rise of Steppe-related ancestry to a tee! I'm barely able to follow the ms so surely I must be missing something.
📢 Next #HAAMeeting at #ICP2026! @palaeogenomics.bsky.social 🗓 June 22 📍Stockholm 🇸🇪 (hybrid) 🎤 Poster presenters + no-talk attendees: apply for a flash talk by May 27: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... More info coming soon 👀 haam-community.github.io/events/2026/... #ancientDNA #paleogenomics
Submission form for a flash talk at the Second HAAMeeting (ICP 2026 Pre-Conference meeting)
Did you NOT get a talk at ICP2026 scheduled from 23rd to 26th of June in Stockholm (Sweden) and you're focusing on anything related to human (modern or ancient) DNA, mobility, demographic history, or ...
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