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View article: Evolutionary history and recurrent host adaptation in ancient <i>Salmonella enterica</i>
Evolutionary history and recurrent host adaptation in ancient <i>Salmonella enterica</i> Open
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 (serovars) have been described, many with …
View article: Detecting and Quantifying Networks of Biological Kinship via Exponential Family Random Graph Models
Detecting and Quantifying Networks of Biological Kinship via Exponential Family Random Graph Models Open
Genetic relatedness between ancient humans can help to identify close and distant connections between groups and populations, uncovering signatures of demographic histories such as identifying mating networks or long-range migration. Criti…
View article: Long-term hunter-gatherer continuity in the Rhine-Meuse region was disrupted by local formation of expansive Bell Beaker groups
Long-term hunter-gatherer continuity in the Rhine-Meuse region was disrupted by local formation of expansive Bell Beaker groups Open
Summary The first phase of the ancient DNA revolution painted a broad-brush picture of European Holocene prehistory, whereby 6500-4000 BCE, farmers descending from western Anatolians mixed with local hunter-gatherers resulting in 70-100% a…
View article: The rise and transformation of Bronze Age pastoralists in the Caucasus
The rise and transformation of Bronze Age pastoralists in the Caucasus Open
The Caucasus and surrounding areas, with their rich metal resources, became a crucible of the Bronze Age 1 and the birthplace of the earliest steppe pastoralist societies 2 . Yet, despite this region having a large influence on the subsequ…
View article: Poseidon – A framework for archaeogenetic human genotype data management
Poseidon – A framework for archaeogenetic human genotype data management Open
The study of ancient human genomes, archaeo- or palaeogenetics, has accelerated in the last ten years, with now thousands of new ancient genomes being released each year. Operating at the interface of genetics, anthro-pology and archaeolog…
View article: Author response: Poseidon – A framework for archaeogenetic human genotype data management
Author response: Poseidon – A framework for archaeogenetic human genotype data management Open
The study of ancient human genomes, archaeo- or palaeogenetics, has accelerated in the last ten years, with now thousands of new ancient genomes being released each year. Operating at the interface of genetics, anthro-pology and archaeolog…
View article: Poseidon – A framework for archaeogenetic human genotype data management
Poseidon – A framework for archaeogenetic human genotype data management Open
The study of ancient human genomes, archaeo- or palaeogenetics, has accelerated in the last ten years, with now thousands of new ancient genomes being released each year. Operating at the interface of genetics, anthro-pology and archaeolog…
View article: Reviewer #2 (Public Review): Poseidon – A framework for archaeogenetic human genotype data management
Reviewer #2 (Public Review): Poseidon – A framework for archaeogenetic human genotype data management Open
The study of ancient human genomes, archaeo- or palaeogenetics, has accelerated in the last ten years, with now thousands of new ancient genomes being released each year. Operating at the interface of genetics, anthro-pology and archaeolog…
View article: Reviewer #1 (Public Review): Poseidon – A framework for archaeogenetic human genotype data management
Reviewer #1 (Public Review): Poseidon – A framework for archaeogenetic human genotype data management Open
The study of ancient human genomes, archaeo- or palaeogenetics, has accelerated in the last ten years, with now thousands of new ancient genomes being released each year. Operating at the interface of genetics, anthro-pology and archaeolog…
View article: The Genetic History of the South Caucasus from the Bronze to the Early Middle Ages: 5000 years of genetic continuity despite high mobility
The Genetic History of the South Caucasus from the Bronze to the Early Middle Ages: 5000 years of genetic continuity despite high mobility Open
Archaeological and archaeogenetic studies have highlighted the pivotal role of the Caucasus region throughout prehistory, serving as a central hub for cultural, technological, and linguistic innovations. However, despite its dynamic histor…
View article: Bronze age Northern Eurasian genetics in the context of development of metallurgy and Siberian ancestry
Bronze age Northern Eurasian genetics in the context of development of metallurgy and Siberian ancestry Open
The Eurasian Bronze Age (BA) has been described as a period of substantial human migrations, the emergence of pastoralism, horse domestication, and development of metallurgy. This study focuses on two north Eurasian sites sharing Siberian …
View article: Poseidon – A framework for archaeogenetic human genotype data management
Poseidon – A framework for archaeogenetic human genotype data management Open
1 Abstract The study of ancient human genomes, archaeo- or palaeogenetics, has accelerated in the last ten years, with now thousands of new ancient genomes being released each year. Operating at the interface of genetics, anthro-pology and…
View article: Biomolecular evidence for changing millet reliance in Late Bronze Age central Germany
Biomolecular evidence for changing millet reliance in Late Bronze Age central Germany Open
The Bronze Age of Central Europe was a period of major social, economic, political and ideological change. The arrival of millet is often seen as part of wider Bronze Age connectivity, yet understanding of the subsistence regimes underpinn…
View article: Bronze Age Northern Eurasian Genetics in the Context of Development of Metallurgy and Siberian Ancestry
Bronze Age Northern Eurasian Genetics in the Context of Development of Metallurgy and Siberian Ancestry Open
The Eurasian Bronze Age (BA) has been described as a period of substantial human migrations, the emergence of pastoralism, horse domestication, and development of metallurgy. This study focuses on individuals associated with BA metallurgic…
View article: Descent, marriage, and residence practices of a 3,800-year-old pastoral community in Central Eurasia
Descent, marriage, and residence practices of a 3,800-year-old pastoral community in Central Eurasia Open
Our understanding of prehistoric societal organization at the family level is still limited. Here, we generated genome data from 32 individuals from an approximately 3,800-y-old burial mound attributed to the Bronze Age Srubnaya-Alakul cul…
View article: Language trees with sampled ancestors support a hybrid model for the origin of Indo-European languages
Language trees with sampled ancestors support a hybrid model for the origin of Indo-European languages Open
The origins of the Indo-European language family are hotly disputed. Bayesian phylogenetic analyses of core vocabulary have produced conflicting results, with some supporting a farming expansion out of Anatolia ~9000 years before present (…
View article: Extensive pedigrees reveal the social organization of a Neolithic community
Extensive pedigrees reveal the social organization of a Neolithic community Open
Social anthropology and ethnographic studies have described kinship systems and networks of contact and exchange in extant populations 1–4 . However, for prehistoric societies, these systems can be studied only indirectly from biological a…
View article: 14th century Yersinia pestis genomes support emergence of pestis secunda within Europe
14th century Yersinia pestis genomes support emergence of pestis secunda within Europe Open
Pestis secunda (1356–1366 CE) is the first of a series of plague outbreaks in Europe that followed the Black Death (1346–1353 CE). Collectively this period is called the Second Pandemic. From a genomic perspective, the majority of post-Bla…
View article: BREADR: An R Package for the Bayesian Estimation of Genetic Relatedness from Low-coverage Genotype Data
BREADR: An R Package for the Bayesian Estimation of Genetic Relatedness from Low-coverage Genotype Data Open
Robust and reliable estimates of how individuals are biologically related to each other are a key source of information when reconstructing pedigrees. In combination with contextual data, reconstructed pedigrees can be used to infer possib…
View article: Socio-cultural practices may have affected sexual dimorphism in stature in Early Neolithic Europe
Socio-cultural practices may have affected sexual dimorphism in stature in Early Neolithic Europe Open
The rules and structure of human culture impact health and disease as much as genetics or the natural environment. To study the origin and evolution of these patterns, we take a multidisciplinary approach combining ancient DNA, skeletal me…
View article: Ancient mitochondrial DNA provides high-resolution time scale of the peopling of the Americas
Ancient mitochondrial DNA provides high-resolution time scale of the peopling of the Americas Open
The exact timing, route, and process of the initial peopling of the Americas remains uncertain despite much research. Archaeological evidence indicates the presence of humans as far as southern Chile by 14.6 thousand years ago (ka), shortl…
View article: Between Valleys and Mountains. The Dzedzvebi Plateau as an Intermediate Settlement Site of Late Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age Communities in the Lesser Caucasus
Between Valleys and Mountains. The Dzedzvebi Plateau as an Intermediate Settlement Site of Late Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age Communities in the Lesser Caucasus Open
The question of how societies have appropriated the resource-rich montane landscapes of the South Caucasus since the 5th millennium BCE and in which temporal rhythms this development took place is linked with regional mobility as well as t…