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The diverse genetic origins of a Classical period Greek army Open

Laurie J. Reitsema, Alissa Mittnik, Britney Kyle, Giulio Catalano, Pier Francesco Fabbri , et al. · 2022

Trade and colonization caused an unprecedented increase in Mediterranean human mobility in the first millennium BCE. Often seen as a dividing force, warfare is in fact another catalyst of culture contact. We provide insight into the demogr…

Ancient DNA from Mesopotamia suggests distinct Pre-Pottery and Pottery Neolithic migrations into Anatolia Open

Iosif Lazaridis, Songül Alpaslan-Roodenberg, Ayşe Acar, Ayşen Açıkkol, Anagnostis P. Agelarakis , et al. · 2022

We present the first ancient DNA data from the Pre-Pottery Neolithic of Mesopotamia (Southeastern Turkey and Northern Iraq), Cyprus, and the Northwestern Zagros, along with the first data from Neolithic Armenia. We show that these and neig…

The genetic history of the Southern Arc: A bridge between West Asia and Europe Open

Iosif Lazaridis, Songül Alpaslan-Roodenberg, Ayşe Acar, Ayşen Açıkkol, Anagnostis P. Agelarakis , et al. · 2022

By sequencing 727 ancient individuals from the Southern Arc (Anatolia and its neighbors in Southeastern Europe and West Asia) over 10,000 years, we contextualize its Chalcolithic period and Bronze Age (about 5000 to 1000 BCE), when extensi…

A genetic probe into the ancient and medieval history of Southern Europe and West Asia Open

Iosif Lazaridis, Songül Alpaslan-Roodenberg, Ayşe Acar, Ayşen Açıkkol, Anagnostis P. Agelarakis , et al. · 2022

Literary and archaeological sources have preserved a rich history of Southern Europe and West Asia since the Bronze Age that can be complemented by genetics. Mycenaean period elites in Greece did not differ from the general population and …

Life and death in early colonial Campeche: new insights from ancient DNA Open

Vera Tiesler, Jakob Sedig, Nathan Nakatsuka, Swapan Mallick, Iosif Lazaridis , et al. · 2022

Campeche, one of the Spanish Empire's main Mexican ports, was a place where previously distinct cultures and populations intermingled during the colonial era (AD 1540–1680). Investigation of the town's central plaza revealed a Hispanic cem…

Ancient DNA reveals five streams of migration into Micronesia and matrilocality in early Pacific seafarers Open

Yue-Chen Liu, Rosalind L. Hunter-Anderson, Olivia Cheronet, Joanne Eakin, Frank Camacho , et al. · 2022

Micronesia began to be peopled earlier than other parts of Remote Oceania, but the origins of its inhabitants remain unclear. We generated genome-wide data from 164 ancient and 112 modern individuals. Analysis reveals five migratory stream…

Data for: "Ancient DNA Reveals Five Streams of Migration into Micronesia and Matrilocality in Early Pacific Seafarers" Open

Yue-Chen Liu, Rosalind L. Hunter-Anderson, Olivia Cheronet, Joanne Eakin, Frank Camacho , et al. · 2022

Micronesia began to be peopled earlier than other parts of Remote Oceania, but its inhabitants’ origins remain unclear. We generated genome-wide data from 164 ancient and 112 modern individuals. Analysis reveals five migratory streams into…

Large-scale migration into Britain during the Middle to Late Bronze Age Open

Nick Patterson, Michael Isakov, Thomas Booth, Lindsey Büster, Claire-Élise Fischer , et al. · 2021

Social stratification without genetic differentiation at the site of Kulubnarti in Christian Period Nubia Open

Kendra Sirak, Daniel Fernandes, Mark Lipson, Swapan Mallick, Matthew Mah , et al. · 2021

Genomic insights into the formation of human populations in East Asia Open

Chuan‐Chao Wang, Hui-Yuan Yeh, А. N. Popov, Hu-Qin Zhang, Hirofumi Matsumura , et al. · 2021

Social stratification without genetic differentiation at the site of Kulubnarti in Christian Period Nubia Open

Kendra Sirak, Daniel Fernandes, Mark Lipson, Swapan Mallick, Matthew Mah , et al. · 2021

Nubia has been a corridor for the movement of goods, culture, and people between sub-Saharan Africa, Egypt, and West Eurasia since prehistory, but little is known about the genetic landscape of the region prior to the influence of the Isla…

A minimally destructive protocol for DNA extraction from ancient teeth Open

Éadaoin Harney, Olivia Cheronet, Daniel Fernandes, Kendra Sirak, Matthew Mah , et al. · 2021

Ancient DNA sampling methods—although optimized for efficient DNA extraction—are destructive, relying on drilling or cutting and powdering (parts of) bones and teeth. As the field of ancient DNA has grown, so have concerns about the impact…

Mitochondrial genome diversity on the Central Siberian Plateau with particular reference to the prehistory of northernmost Eurasia Open

Stanislav Dryomov, Azhar M. Nazhmidenova, Elena B. Starikovskaya, Sofia A. Shalaurova, Nadin Rohland , et al. · 2021

The Central Siberian Plateau was the last geographic area in Eurasia to become habitable by modern humans after the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM). Through a comprehensive dataset of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) genomes retained in the remnats of…

A genetic history of the pre-contact Caribbean Open

Daniel Fernandes, Kendra Sirak, Harald Ringbauer, Jakob Sedig, Nadin Rohland , et al. · 2020

A Minimally Destructive Protocol for DNA Extraction from Ancient Teeth Open

Éadaoin Harney, Olivia Cheronet, Daniel Fernandes, Kendra Sirak, Matthew Mah , et al. · 2020

Ancient DNA sampling methods—although optimized for efficient DNA extraction—are destructive, relying on drilling or cutting and powdering (parts of) bones and teeth. As the field of ancient DNA has grown, so have concerns about the impact…

A genetic history of the pre-contact Caribbean Open

Daniel Fernandes, Kendra Sirak, Harald Ringbauer, Jakob Sedig, Nadin Rohland , et al. · 2020

Humans settled the Caribbean ~6,000 years ago, with intensified agriculture and ceramic use marking a shift from the Archaic Age to the Ceramic Age ~2,500 years ago. To shed new light on the history of Caribbean people, we report genome-wi…

The Genomic Formation of Human Populations in East Asia Open

Chuan‐Chao Wang, Hui‐Yuan Yeh, А. N. Popov, Huqin Zhang, Hirofumi Matsumura , et al. · 2020

The deep population history of East Asia remains poorly understood due to a lack of ancient DNA data and sparse sampling of present-day people. We report genome-wide data from 191 individuals from Mongolia, northern China, Taiwan, the Amur…

The spread of steppe and Iranian-related ancestry in the islands of the western Mediterranean Open

Daniel Fernandes, Alissa Mittnik, Íñigo Olalde, Iosif Lazaridis, Olivia Cheronet , et al. · 2020

The formation of human populations in South and Central Asia Open

Vagheesh M. Narasimhan, Nick Patterson, Priya Moorjani, Nadin Rohland, Rebecca Bernardos , et al. · 2019

Ancient human movements through Asia Ancient DNA has allowed us to begin tracing the history of human movements across the globe. Narasimhan et al. identify a complex pattern of human migrations and admixture events in South and Central As…

Ancient DNA from the skeletons of Roopkund Lake reveals Mediterranean migrants in India Open

Éadaoin Harney, Ayushi Nayak, Nick Patterson, Pramod Joglekar, Veena Mushrif‐Tripathy , et al. · 2019

Mitochondrial Genome Diversity in the Central Siberian Plateau with Particular Reference to Prehistory of Northernmost Eurasia Open

Stanislav Dryomov, Azhar M. Nazhmidenova, Elena B. Starikovskaya, Sophia A Shalaurova, Nadin Rohland , et al. · 2019

The Central Siberian Plateau was last geographic area in Eurasia to become habitable by modern humans after the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM). Through comprehensive mitochondrial DNA genomes retained in indigenous Siberian populations, the Ke…

Ancient DNA reveals a multistep spread of the first herders into sub-Saharan Africa Open

Mary E. Prendergast, Mark Lipson, Elizabeth Sawchuk, Íñigo Olalde, Christine Ogola , et al. · 2019

East African genetics and pastoralism The origin and spread of domestic animals across the globe also affected the underlying genetic composition of human populations. In Africa, however, it has been difficult to identify the impact of int…

The Arrival of Steppe and Iranian Related Ancestry in the Islands of the Western Mediterranean Open

Daniel Fernandes, Alissa Mittnik, Íñigo Olalde, Iosif Lazaridis, Olivia Cheronet , et al. · 2019

A series of studies have documented how Steppe pastoralist-related ancestry reached central Europe by at least 2500 BCE, while Iranian farmer-related ancestry was present in Aegean Europe by at least 1900 BCE. However, the spread of these …

The Genomic Formation of South and Central Asia Open

Vagheesh M. Narasimhan, Nick Patterson, Priya Moorjani, Iosif Lazaridis, Mark Lipson , et al. · 2018

The genetic formation of Central and South Asian populations has been unclear because of an absence of ancient DNA. To address this gap, we generated genome-wide data from 362 ancient individuals, including the first from eastern Iran, Tur…

<i>CrowdCurio</i>: an online crowdsourcing platform to facilitate climate change studies using herbarium specimens Open

Charles G. Willis, Edith Law, Alex C. Williams, Brian F. Franzone, Rebecca Bernardos , et al. · 2017

Summary Phenology is a key aspect of plant success. Recent research has demonstrated that herbarium specimens can provide important information on plant phenology. Massive digitization efforts have the potential to greatly expand herbarium…

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