Ancient DNA Studies

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Human genetic structure in Northwest France provides new insights into West European historical demography 2024 France
Steppe Ancestry in western Eurasia and the spread of the Germanic Languages 2024 Western Eurasia
Low Genetic Impact of the Roman Occupation of Britain in Rural Communities 2024 Great Britain
Ancient DNA sheds light on the funerary practices of late Neolithic collective burial in southern France 2024 Southern France
Multi-proxy bioarchaeological analysis of skeletal remains shows genetic discontinuity in a Medieval Sicilian community 2024 Sicily
Disparate demographic impacts of the Roman Colonization and the Migration Period in the Iberian Peninsula. 2024 Spain
The Genetic History of the South Caucasus from the Bronze to the Early Middle Ages: 5000 years of genetic continuity despite high mobility 2024 South Caucasus
The Persian plateau served as hub for Homo sapiens after the main out of Africa dispersal 2024 Africa
Greenland Norse walrus exploitation deep into the Arctic 2024 Greenland
Koban culture genome-wide and archeological data open the bridge between Bronze and Iron Ages in the North Caucasus 2024 Caucasus
The genetic history of Portugal over the past 5,000 years 2024 Portugal
The arrival of the Near Eastern ancestry in Central Italy predates the onset of the Roman Empire 2024 Italy
North Pontic crossroads: Mobility in Ukraine from the Bronze Age to the early modern period 2024 Ukraine
Unveiling the Origins and Genetic Makeup of the 'Forgotten People': A Study of the Sarmatian-Period Population in the Carpathian Basin 2024 Carpathian Basin
Long genetic and social isolation in Neanderthals before their extinction 2024 France
A previously reported bottleneck in human ancestry 900 kya is likely a statistical artifact 2024 World
Regionally enriched rare deleterious exonic variants in the UK and Ireland 2024 United Kingdom, Ireland
Capturing the fusion of two ancestries and kinship structures in Merovingian Flanders 2024 Flander
Reconstructing contact and a potential interbreeding geographical zone between Neanderthals and anatomically modern humans 2024 Italy
Pervasive findings of directional selection realize the promise of ancient DNA to elucidate human adaptation 2024 Western Eurasia
9,000 years of genetic continuity in southernmost Africa demonstrated at Oakhurst rockshelter 2024 South Africa
Evidence for dynastic succession among early Celtic elites in Central Europe 2024 Germany
Medieval genomes from eastern Iberia illuminate the role of Morisco mass deportations in dismantling a long-standing genetic bridge with North Africa 2024 North Africa
Human DNA from the oldest Eneolithic cemetery in Nalchik points the spread of farming from the Caucasus to the Eastern European steppes. 2024 Northern Caucasus
The first comprehensive forensic genetic study of a member of christopher columbus' family: his great-great-grandson 2024 Spain
Phylogeography of Y-chromosome haplogroup I-P37.2 in Serbian population groups originating from distinct parts of the Balkan Peninsula 2024 Serbia
Network of large pedigrees reveals social practices of Avar communities 2024 Carpathian Basin
An individual with Sarmatian-related ancestry in Roman Britain 2024 Great Britain
Double feature: First genetic evidence of a mother-daughter double burial in Roman period Austria 2024 Austria
Ancient genome of the Chinese Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou 2024 China
Ancient genomes revealed the complex human interactions of the ancient western Tibetans 2024 Tibet
The role of emerging elites in the formation and development of communities after the fall of the Roman Empire 2024 Italy
Lake-centred sedentary lifestyle of early Tibetan Plateau Indigenous populations at high elevation 4,400 years ago 2024 Tibet
Late Neolithic collective burial reveals admixture dynamics during the third millennium BCE and the shaping of the European genome 2024 France
Life history and ancestry of the late Upper Palaeolithic infant from Grotta delle Mura, Italy 2024 Italy
Complex trait susceptibilities and population diversity in a sample of 4,145 Russians 2024 Russia
Anatolian genetic ancestry in North Lebanese populations 2024 Lebanon
Metagenomic peek into a corn mummy 2024 Egypt
Local increases in admixture with hunter-gatherers followed the initial expansion of Neolithic farmers across continental Europe 2024 Europe
Geographic origin, ancestry, and death circumstances at the Cornaux/Les Sauges Iron Age bridge, Switzerland 2024 Switzerland
Elevated genetic risk for multiple sclerosis emerged in steppe pastoralist populations 2024 Europe
Repeated plague infections across six generations of Neolithic Farmers 2024 Sweden
Ancient DNA and paleoproteomic analysis on Roman Imperial-era individuals from Histria, Romania 2024 Romania
Five centuries of consanguinity, isolation, health, and conflict in Las Gobas: A Northern Medieval Iberian necropolis 2024 Spain
Ancient DNA analyses of two Early Chalcolithic Individuals from the West Mound 2024 Anatolia
Analysis of Gyimes Csango population samples on a high-resolution genome-wide basis 2024 Romania
High-status Avar warriors identified. Differences in the prevalence of the horse riding syndrome in “high-status” vs. “low-status” adult male burials in the Avar cemetery of Wien 11-Csokorgasse (seventh–eighth century AD) 2024 Austria
The Genetic Origin of the Indo-Europeans 2024 Europe
High levels of consanguinity in a child from Paquimé, Chihuahua, Mexico 2024 Mexico
50,000 years of Evolutionary History of India: Insights from ~2,700 Whole Genome Sequences 2024 India
Effect of iris pigmentation of blue and brown eyed individuals with European ancestry on ability to see in low light conditions after a short-term dark adaption period 2024 Europe
100 ancient genomes show repeated population turnovers in Neolithic Denmark 2024 Denmark
Ancient genomes reveal Avar-Hungarian transformations in the 9-10th centuries CE in the Carpathian Basin 2024 Hungary
Assembling ancestors: the manipulation of Neolithic and Gallo-Roman skeletal remains at Pommerœul, Belgium 2024 Belgium
The Genomic portrait of the Picene culture: new insights into the Italic Iron Age and the legacy of the Roman expansion in Central Italy 2024 Italy
Modelling the demographic history of human North African genomes points to a recent soft split divergence between populations 2024 North Africa
Characterization of Y chromosome diversity in newfoundland and labrador: evidence for a structured founding population 2024 Newfoundland
A genomic history of the North Pontic Region from the Neolithic to the Bronze Age 2024 Pontic
Bioarchaeology aids the cultural understanding of six characters in search of their agency (Tarquinia, ninth–seventh century BC, central Italy) 2024 Italy
Ancient genomes reveal insights into ritual life at Chichén Itzá 2024 Mexico
The rise and transformation of Bronze Age pastoralists in the Caucasus 2024 Caucasus
The chronology of the human colonization of the Canary Islands 2024 Canary Islands
Evidence for dynastic succession among early Celtic elites in Central Europe 2024 Cyprus
The selection landscape and genetic legacy of ancient Eurasians 2024 Western Eurasia
Fine-scale genetic structure and rare variant frequencies 2024 Quebec
Ancient DNA challenges prevailing interpretations of the Pompeii plaster casts 2024 Italy
Ancient Rapanui genomes reveal resilience and pre-European contact with the Americas 2024 Easter Island
High-resolution genomic ancestry reveals mobility in early medieval Europe 2024 Western Eurasia
Stable population structure in Europe since the Iron Age, despite high mobility 2024 Europe
Population expansion from Central Plain to northern coastal China inferred from ancient human genomes 2024 China
The South Caucasus from the Upper Palaeolithic to the Neolithic: Intersection of the genetic and archaeological data 2024 South Caucasus
Lethal Plague Outbreaks in Lake Baikal Hunter–gatherers 5500 Years Ago 2024 Russia
Postglacial genomes from foragers across Northern Eurasia reveal prehistoric mobility associated with the spread of the Uralic and Yeniseian languages 2023 Northern Eurasia
Archaeogenetics: Local genetic diversity and ethnic fluidity in post-Roman Pannonia 2023 Hungary
The genetic history of Greenlandic-European contact 2023 Greenland
The Newfoundland and Labrador mosaic founder population descends from an Irish and British diaspora from 300 years ago 2023 Newfoundland
Deciphering the genetic structure of the Quebec founder population using genealogies 2023 Quebec
A Genetic History of Continuity and Mobility in the Iron Age Central Mediterranean 2023 Central Mediterranean
Ancient DNA reveals the origins of the Albanians 2023 Albania
High-coverage genome of the Tyrolean Iceman reveals unusually high Anatolian farmer ancestry 2023 Tyrol
Social and genetic diversity among the first farmers of Central Europe 2023 Central Europe
The genomic echoes of the last Green Sahara on the Fulani and Sahelian people 2023 Africa
Nuclear genetic diversity of head lice sheds light on human dispersal around the world 2023 World
Genetic identification of members of the prominent Báthory aristocratic family 2023 Hungary
Genomic history of coastal societies from eastern South America 2023 Brazil
Genetic continuity and change among the Indigenous peoples of California 2023 United States
Bioarchaeological analyses reveal long-lasting continuity at the periphery of the Late Antique Roman Empire 2023 Switzerland
Demographic history and genetic structure in pre-Hispanic Central Mexico 2023 Mexico
Bioarchaeological and paleogenomic profiling of the unusual Neolithic burial from Grotta di Pietra Sant’Angelo (Calabria, Italy) 2023 Italy
The genetic history of Scandinavia from the Roman Iron Age to the present 2023 Scandinavia
Genetic history of East-Central Europe in the first millennium CE 2023 Poland
A genetic history of the Balkans from Roman frontier to Slavic migrations 2023 Balkans
Ancestry and kinship in a Late Antiquity-Early Middle Ages cemetery in the Eastern Italian Alps 2023 Italy
The genetic history of the Southern Andes from present-day Mapuche ancestry 2023 Chile
Insights into the genetic histories and lifeways of Machu Picchu's occupants 2023 Peru
The Anglo-Saxon migration and the formation of the early English gene pool 2022 England
Genome-wide data from medieval German Jews show that the Ashkenazi founder event pre-dated the 14th century 2022 Germany
Genomes from a medieval mass burial show Ashkenazi-associated hereditary diseases pre-date the 12th century 2022 England
Stable population structure in Europe since the Iron Age, despite high mobility 2022 Europe
First Glimpse into the Genomic Characterization of People from the Imperial Roman Community of Casal Bertone (Rome, First–Third Centuries AD) 2022 Italy
Origin and mobility of Iron Age Gaulish groups in present-day France revealed through archaeogenomics 2022 France
Ancient DNA gives new insights into a Norman Neolithic monumental cemetery dedicated to male elites 2022 Northern France
On the Genes, Genealogies, and Geographies of Quebec 2022 Quebec
The genetic history of the Southern Arc: A bridge between West Asia and Europe | Science 2022 Balkans
First ancient DNA analysis of mummies from the post-Scythian Oglakhty cemetery in South Siberia 2022 Southern Siberia
Technical Report on Ancient DNA analysis of 27 African Americans from Catoctin Furnace, Maryland 2022 United States
Genetic risk for Multiple Sclerosis originated in Pastoralist Steppe populations 2022 Western Europe
Millennium-old pathogenic Mendelian mutation discovery for multiple osteochondromas from a Gaelic Medieval graveyard 2022 Ireland
Ancient genomes reveal origin and rapid trans-Eurasian migration of 7th century Avar elites 2022 Hungary
Imputed genomes and haplotype-based analyses of the Picts of early medieval Scotland reveal fine-scale relatedness between Iron Age, early medieval and the modern people of the UK 2022 Great Britain
Genetic population structure across Brittany and the downstream Loire basin provides new insights on the demographic history of Western Europe 2022 France
Genomes from a medieval mass burial show Ashkenazi-associated hereditary diseases pre-date the 12th century 2022 Ashkenazis
Genome-wide data from medieval German Jews show that the Ashkenazi founder event pre-dated the 14th century 2022 Ashkenazis
Bioarchaeological and palaeogenomic portrait of two Pompeians that died during the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD 2022 Italy
The diverse genetic origins of a Classical period Greek army 2022 Sicily
Direct detection of natural selection in Bronze Age Britain 2022 Great Britain
Population Genetics of the European Roma—A Review 2022 Roma
Ancient genomes reveal long range influence of the site and culture of Tiwanaku 2021 Bolivia
The origin and legacy of the Etruscans through a 2000-year archeogenomic time transect 2021 Italy
The genomic origins of the Bronze Age Tarim Basin mummies 2021 China
The genetic structure of the Turkish population reveals high levels of variation and admixture 2021 Turkey
Mass burial genomics reveals outbreak of enteric paratyphoid fever in the Late Medieval trade city Lübeck 2021 Germany
Analysis of Genomic DNA from Medieval Plague Victims Suggests Long-Term Effect of Yersinia pestis on Human Immunity Genes 2021 Germany
Genomic insights into the recent population history of Mapuche Native Americans 2021 Chile
Admixture Has Shaped Romani Genetic Diversity in Clinically Relevant Variants 2021 Roma
Genetic origins, singularity, and heterogeneity of Basques 2021 Basque Country
Large-scale migration into Britain during the Middle to Late Bronze Age 2021 France, Great-Britain
Ancient genomes reveal structural shifts after the arrival of Steppe-related ancestry in the Italian Peninsula 2021 Italy
More data on ancient human mitogenome variability in Italy: new mitochondrial genome sequences from three Upper Palaeolithic burials 2021 Italy
Insights into Punic genetic signatures in the southern necropolis of Tharros (Sardinia) 2021 Sardinia
Genomic ancestry, diet and microbiomes of Upper Palaeolithic hunter-gatherers from San Teodoro cave (Sicily, Italy) 2021 Sicily
Genetic history of Calabrian Greeks reveals ancient events and long term isolation in the Aspromonte area of Southern Italy 2021 Southern Italy
Through 40,000 years of human presence in Southern Europe: the Italian case study 2021 Italy
The genetic origin of Daunians and the Pan-Mediterranean southern Italian Iron Age context 2021 Southern Italy
Social stratification without genetic differentiation at the site of Kulubnarti in Christian Period Nubia 2021 Sudan
Ancient genomics reveals tripartite origins of Japanese populations 2021 Japan
Ancient genomes in South Patagonia reveal population movements associated with technological shifts and geography 2020 Chile
Ancient genomes in South Patagonia reveal population movements associated with technological shifts and geography 2020 Argentina, Chile
Paleogenetic and morphometric analysis of a Mesolithic individual from Grotta d’Oriente: An oldest genetic legacy for the first modern humans in Sicily 2020 Sicily
Early Alpine occupation backdates westward human migration in Late Glacial Europe 2020 Italy
The spread of steppe and Iranian-related ancestry in the islands of the western Mediterranean 2020 Balearic Islands, Sicily and Sardinia
The mitogenome portrait of Umbria in Central Italy as depicted by contemporary inhabitants and pre-Roman remains 2020 Italy
Genetic history from the Middle Neolithic to present on the Mediterranean island of Sardinia 2020 Sardinia
Ancient genomes from a rural site in Imperial Rome (1st–3rd cent. CE): a genetic junction in the Roman Empire 2020 Italy
La transition génomique Néolithique/Âge du Bronze en Suisse 2020 Switzerland
Ancient genomes from present-day France unveil 7,000 years of its demographic history 2020 France
The genetic history of France 2020 France
Ancient Rome: A genetic crossroads of Europe and the Mediterranean 2020 Italy
Corded Ware cultural complexity uncovered using genomic and isotopic analysis from south-eastern Poland 2020 Poland
Ancient genomes from northern China suggest links between subsistence changes and human migration 2020 China
Low Prevalence of Lactase Persistence in Bronze Age Europe Indicates Ongoing Strong Selection over the Last 3,000 Years 2020 Germany
Ancient human mitochondrial genomes from Bronze Age Bulgaria: new insights into the genetic history of Thracians 2019 Bulgaria
Spatially explicit analysis reveals complex human genetic gradients in the Iberian Peninsula 2019 Iberia
Multi-scale archaeogenetic study of two French Iron Age communities: From internal social- to broad-scale population dynamics 2019 France
Unraveling ancestry, kinship, and violence in a Late Neolithic mass grave 2019 Poland
A Transient Pulse of Genetic Admixture from the Crusaders in the Near East Identified from Ancient Genome Sequences 2019 Lebanon
Ancient DNA sheds light on the genetic origins of early Iron Age Philistines 2019 Israel
Genetic evidence suggests relationship between contemporary Bulgarian population and Iron Age steppe dwellers from Pontic-Caspian steppe 2019 Bulgaria
Shifts in the Genetic Landscape of the Western Eurasian Steppe Associated with the Beginning and End of the Scythian Dominance 2019 Eurasian Steppe
Population genomics of the Viking world 2019 Viking
Patterns of genetic structure and adaptive positive selection in the Lithuanian population from high-density SNP data 2019 Lithuania
The genomic history of the Iberian Peninsula over the past 8000 years 2019 Spain
Genome-wide analysis of Corsican population reveals a close affinity with Northern and Central Italy 2019 Corsica
A genetic perspective on Longobard-Era migrations 2019 Italy
Ancient Rome: A genetic crossroads of Europe and the Mediterranean 2019 Italy
Population structure of modern-day Italians reveals patterns of ancient and archaic ancestries in Southern Europe 2019 Italy
Y-chromosome and Surname Analyses for Reconstructing Past Population Structures: The Sardinian Population as a Test Case 2019 Italy
Reshaping the Hexagone: the genetic landscape of modern France 2019 France
A systematic scoping review of the genetic ancestry of the Brazilian population 2019 Brasil
Ancient DNA confirms Native Americans' deep roots in North and South America 2018 America
Ancient DNA of Phoenician remains indicates discontinuity in the settlement history of Ibiza 2018 Ibiza
Ancient genomes from Iceland reveal the making of a human population 2018 Iceland
Prehistoric migrations through the Mediterranean basin shaped Corsican Y-chromosome diversity 2018 Corsica
Understanding 6th-Century Barbarian Social Organization and Migration through Paleogenomics 2018 Italy
Ancient genome-wide analyses infer kinship structure in an Early Medieval Alemannic graveyard 2018 Germany
Population genomic analysis of elongated skulls reveals extensive female-biased immigration in Early Medieval Bavaria 2018 Germany
Genetic affinities among the historical provinces of Romania and Central Europe as revealed by an mtDNA analysis 2017 Romania
Analysis of the R1b-DF27 haplogroup shows that a large fraction of Iberian Y-chromosome lineages originated recently in situ 2017 Western Europe
Ancestry and demography and descendants of Iron Age nomads of the Eurasian Steppe 2017 Eurasian Steppe
Genomic Analyses of Pre-European Conquest Human Remains from the Canary Islands Reveal Close Affinity to Modern North Africans 2017 Canary Islands
Genetic Ancestry of Rapanui before and after European Contact 2017 Easter Island
The genome of an ancient Rouran individual reveals an important paternal lineage in the Donghu population 2017 Mongolia
Ancient Egyptian mummy genomes suggest an increase of Sub-Saharan African ancestry in post-Roman periods 2017 Egypt
The Irish DNA Atlas: Revealing Fine-Scale Population Structure and History within Ireland 2017 Ireland
Genetic origins of the Minoans and Mycenaeans 2017 Greece
The Beaker Phenomenon and the Genomic Transformation of Northwest Europe 2017 Western Europe
Population history of the Sardinian people inferred from whole-genome sequencing 2016 Sardinia
Origins, admixture and founder lineages in European Roma 2016 Roma
Contribution bas-normande à une archéologie des relations transmanches à la fin de l’âge du Fer 2015 Northern France, England
The genome of a Late Pleistocene human from a Clovis burial site in western Montana 2014 USA
Sequencing an Ashkenazi reference panel supports population-targeted personal genomics and illuminates Jewish and European origins 2014 Ashkenazis
Native American Admixture in the Quebec Founder Population 2013 Quebec
IBERIA, THE ATLANTIC BRONZE AGE AND THE MEDITERRANEAN 1984 Western Europe