How did the rapid Mediterranean dispersal of Neolithic livestock shape their genomes? 16 Neolithic sheep & goat genomes from the Mediterranean Áine Halpin, @gingerhowley.bsky.social Roger Alcàntara Fors, Maria Saña-Segui, @brad-dan.bsky.social and others www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... #aDNA

Mediterranean dispersal imposed bottlenecks in Neolithic sheep and goats

The Neolithic period in western Eurasia involved major dispersal events, including the translocation of livestock into Europe. These domestic animal translocations likely featured founder effects, fun...

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Just in time for #SMBE2026, our new preprint is out: using 130 genomes spanning ~200 years, fitness data and simulations, we show that conservation rescued the Mauritius kestrel from extinction, but not from genomic erosion. 🧵 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... #popgen #consgen #conservation

Come check out our #SMBE2026 animal #aDNA session tomorrow organised by @aarc-community.bsky.social committee members @germanha.bsky.social, @jolijnerven.bsky.social, Laura Viñas Caron and me at 13:20 in Vandsalen!

Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution@official-smbe.bsky.social · 2mo ago

#SMBE2026 L03: Beyond limits: unlocking the potential of ancient animal genomics 🗓️ Wed Jul 1, 1:20pm 🔗 smbe2026.org/programme

Our investigation of mass mortality burial of sheep is published at @royalsociety.org Open Science! Evidence of sheeppox in seventeenth- to nineteenth-century France: a multi-disciplinary investigation of a sheep mass mortality assemblage

Evidence of sheeppox in seventeenth- to nineteenth-century France: a multi-disciplinary investigation of a sheep mass mortality assemblage

Abstract. Epizootic outbreaks posed major threats to food security, economic stability and animal welfare in past communities. While these events and their

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Here's the amazing lineup of speakers for our upcoming virtual conference. There’s still time to register and join us online. We look forward to seeing you there! forms.gle/Kse1kPYnpsVg...

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...

Only a couple of days left to register! Don't forget to submit an abstract.

AaRC@aarc-community.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Only one month to go until the AaRC Conference! There’s still time to sign up- whether you’d like to give a talk or simply attend. Abstract deadline 30th of April! forms.gle/Kse1kPYnpsVg...

Proud to share that I’ve been awarded the Koninklijke Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen Prize for Interdisciplinarity for my PhD research 🎉 A wonderful recognition! I’m excited for what’s next. Read my interview here (in Dutch): lnkd.in/e7PATG-J

Next Thursday (April 16th) the @aarc-community.bsky.social is hosting an online workshop on #ancientDNA #imputation and #relatedness with @jolijnerven.bsky.social! Keen to sign up? Here's the link! docs.google.com/forms/d/1kUg...

Don't forget to submit an abstract! Looking forward hearing from you!

AaRC@aarc-community.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Two upcoming events with one sign up! AaRC Online Conference – Tuesday, May 19 (virtual) ICP In-Person Meet-Up – Monday, June 22 in Stockholm (in person) Here is a link to register/submit an abstract forms.gle/Kse1kPYnpsVg...

I was on Mooney Goes Wild talking goats! Cannot describe how sleep deprived I was recording this. Mooney Goes Wild Monday 30 March 2026 - Mooney Goes Wild share.google/I4GNDt7kF2bF...

Mooney Goes Wild Monday 30 March 2026

Derek Mooney and guests explore the natural world in all its forms.

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Out today is our paper 'Genomic history of early dogs in Europe', in which we uncover the identity of the dogs that lived in Europe before agriculture—during the Paleolithic & Mesolithic periods: doi.org/10.1038/s415.... A thread ⬇️ (10) @biouea.bsky.social @crick.ac.uk @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social

Yesterday in @nature.com, we presented the earliest evidence of dogs anywhere in the world — three puppies that were buried by Stone Age hunter-gatherers in Türkiye almost 16,000 years ago. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Come join us on both! The online conference will have keynotes from Torsten Günther and He Yu! We would love to know what you are working on! Submit an abstract and see you then

AaRC@aarc-community.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Two upcoming events with one sign up! AaRC Online Conference – Tuesday, May 19 (virtual) ICP In-Person Meet-Up – Monday, June 22 in Stockholm (in person) Here is a link to register/submit an abstract forms.gle/Kse1kPYnpsVg...

🐦What can we learn about our own health from the Seychelles warbler? Dr Chuen Zhang Lee & his team @rug.nl @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social have uncovered a hidden link between gut health and the immune system, thanks to this small songbird.🎵 Curious? Read more👇 🔗 www.rug.nl/fse/news/cli... 🧪 #SciComm

Wanna learn how to explore your genomic data to know how related your samples and populations are to each other? Come and join us and @jolijnerven.bsky.social on our next #AaRCademy workshop! April 16h at 14:00 CET!

Our paper "Old goats: 3,000 years of genetic connectivity of the domestic goat in Ireland", is now online at the Journal of Archaeological Science! #aDNA

Old goats: 3,000 years of genetic connectivity of the domestic goat in Ireland

The domestic goat likely first arrived to the island of Ireland as part of the introduction of agriculture approximately 5900 years ago, and remains a…

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Our work on ancient Irish goat was covered in the Irish Times. www.irishtimes.com/ireland/educ...

The old Irish goat is a living link to Ireland’s Bronze Age

Study shows distinct breed has genetic links to goats that lived in Ireland 3,000 years ago

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It's that time again... AaRCTikTalk this Friday!! Anne Runge will talk about microbial/pathogen DNA from prehistoric faunal remains🦠🦴🧬, & Anna Nagel will explore multispecies time calibrations! 🧬🕰️ Hurray! Don't miss it! 🕺 @aarc-community.bsky.social

Working with animal #aDNA? 🧬 Apply to our #SMBE2026 symposium by February 3rd and join us in Copenhagen to hear, share, and discuss the latest research and methodological advances in animal #palaeogenomics 🦎🐕🐷🐋🐝🐂🦤🦣🐟🪲🦌🐈 @aarc-community.bsky.social

Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution@official-smbe.bsky.social · 8mo ago

SMBE2026 Symposium L03 | Beyond limits: unlocking the potential of ancient animal genomics 📨 Abstract submission smbe2026.org/abstracts 📋 Programme details smbe2026.org/programme #SMBE2026

Please RT to share the word! 🧪

Dr Mark D. Scherz@markscherz.bsky.social · 9mo ago

🚨PhD position available!🚨🧪 I am seeking a talented PhD student to join my ERC StG project GEMINI, to explore the exciting world of vertebrate genomics and comparative genomics, seeking to understand the genomics of miniaturisation! 🦇🦎🦜🐸🐟🦈 🤏🧬 Deadline: 4 Jan 2026! employment.ku.dk/phd?show=153...

Another #aDNA preprint! We recovered DNA from 7,000 year old (!) goat leather from Cueva de los Murciélagos - and see a genetic link with Bermeya goats today! Credit to Francisco Martínez-Sevilla for seeing me on Youtube(?!) + reaching out to collaborate - there's still value in the internet.

Genetic analysis of 7,000 year old preserved goat leather from Cueva de los Murciélagos (Albuñol, Spain).

Advances in ancient DNA research have expanded the range of materials from which genetic information can be recovered, enabling the analysis of atypical materials. These often preserve both host and e...

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Our paper in the PNAS Special Feature on 🐕 is out! We demonstrated the accuracy of imputing ancient canid genomes, looked at inbreeding levels over the past 10,000 years and found genomic regions resistant to ROH which were enriched for immunity and chemosensory genes. 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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I'll be presenting at @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social at the School of Biological Sciences, 2nd December, 1pm - please come along to hear about #aDNA, domestication, and disease!

Become our colleague! - 2yr Postdoctoral position in Palaeo-population genomics at the Center for the Human Past (UU) @humanpastcenter.bsky.social 🧪 Great place to work at (ok, I am biased), integration with archaeologists and linguists + pretty flexible research topic www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...

Postdoctoral position in Palaeo-population genomics at the Center for the Human Past - Uppsala University

Postdoctoral position in Palaeo-population genomics at the Center for the Human Past, Department of Organismal Biology, Uppsala University

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Check out our paper, we now included a comparison between glimse1 and glimpse2!

Kevin Daly@gingerhowley.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Our paper on imputation of ancient goat genomes is now available at GBE - congratulations to @jolijnerven.bsky.social #aDNA

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Excited to share our new paper in @GeneticsGSA ! We developed "Retriever," a novel method that enables high-quality genotype imputation in non-model organisms. 🧬 Congratulations to Charles on his first PhD paper! Paper: doi.org/10.1093/gene... A thread 🧵👇

Chimeric Reference Panels for Genomic Imputation

Abstract. Despite transformative advances in genomic technologies, missing data remains a fundamental constraint that limits the full potential of genomic

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🦠💀🦠 Happy to share our (with @gunnar-u-neumann.bsky.social) new preprint on ancient Salmonella enterica genomes! We analysed 53 new genomes along with published ancient and modern datasets to learn about lineage replacements and host adaptation in prehistory: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Evolutionary history and recurrent host adaptation in ancient Salmonella enterica

Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica is an extremely diverse bacterial pathogen causing frequent infections and foodborne disease among human populations. More than 1500 different bacterial strains (se...

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🚀 We’re hiring a #Postdoc! 🔬 Join our group in Copenhagen to study Water Buffalo 🐃 #Population #Genomics Highly motivated & enthusiastic candidates are welcome! 👉 **Apply:** candidate.hr-manager... ⏰Deadline Oct 15th 2025 #WaterBuffalo #Conservation #EvolutionaryBiology

Postdoctoral Fellowship in Water Buffalo Population Genomics

The Department of Biology, Faculty of Science at University of Copenhagen is offering a post doc position to work on population genomic analyses in water buffal

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