Palaeogenomics of upper palaeolithic to neolithic European hunter-gatherers

C Posth, H Yu, A Ghalichi, H Rougier, I Crevecoeur… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Modern humans have populated Europe for more than 45,000 years,. Our knowledge of the
genetic relatedness and structure of ancient hunter-gatherers is however limited, owing to …

Early contact between late farming and pastoralist societies in southeastern Europe

S Penske, AB Rohrlach, A Childebayeva… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Archaeogenetic studies have described two main genetic turnover events in prehistoric
western Eurasia: one associated with the spread of farming and a sedentary lifestyle starting …

On the forensic use of Y-chromosome polymorphisms

P de Knijff - Genes, 2022 - mdpi.com
Nowadays, the use of Y-chromosome polymorphisms forms an essential part of many
forensic DNA investigations. However, this was not always the case. Only since 1992 have …

Ancient DNA reveals admixture history and endogamy in the prehistoric Aegean

E Skourtanioti, H Ringbauer… - Nature ecology & …, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract The Neolithic and Bronze Ages were highly transformative periods for the genetic
history of Europe but for the Aegean—a region fundamental to Europe's prehistory—the …

Genomic transformation and social organization during the Copper Age–Bronze Age transition in southern Iberia

V Villalba-Mouco, C Oliart, C Rihuete-Herrada… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
The emerging Bronze Age (BA) of southeastern Iberia saw marked social changes. Late
Copper Age (CA) settlements were abandoned in favor of hilltop sites, and collective graves …

A 23,000-year-old southern Iberian individual links human groups that lived in Western Europe before and after the Last Glacial Maximum

V Villalba-Mouco, MS van de Loosdrecht… - Nature Ecology & …, 2023 - nature.com
Human populations underwent range contractions during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM)
which had lasting and dramatic effects on their genetic variation. The genetic ancestry of …

Genomic portrait and relatedness patterns of the Iron Age Log Coffin culture in northwestern Thailand

S Carlhoff, W Kutanan, AB Rohrlach, C Posth… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract The Iron Age of highland Pang Mapha, northwestern Thailand, is characterised by a
mortuary practice known as Log Coffin culture. Dating between 2300 and 1000 years ago …

Through 40,000 years of human presence in Southern Europe: the Italian case study

S Aneli, M Caldon, T Saupe, F Montinaro, L Pagani - Human Genetics, 2021 - Springer
Abstract The Italian Peninsula, a natural pier across the Mediterranean Sea, witnessed
intricate population events since the very beginning of the human occupation in Europe. In …

Ancient genomes from the last three millennia support multiple human dispersals into Wallacea

S Oliveira, K Nägele, S Carlhoff, I Pugach… - Nature Ecology & …, 2022 - nature.com
Previous research indicates that human genetic diversity in Wallacea—islands in present-
day Eastern Indonesia and Timor-Leste that were never part of the Sunda or Sahul …

Population genetics and signatures of selection in Early Neolithic European farmers

A Childebayeva, AB Rohrlach… - Molecular Biology …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Human expansion in the course of the Neolithic transition in western Eurasia has been one
of the major topics in ancient DNA research in the last 10 years. Multiple studies have shown …