Publications

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

Morez, Adeline; Britton, Kate; Noble, Gordon; Günther, Torsten et al.

Part of PLOS Genetics, 2023.

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Rickettsia felis DNA recovered from a child who lived in southern Africa 2000 years ago

Rifkin, Riaan F. F.; Vikram, Surendra; Alcorta, Jaime; Ramond, Jean-Baptiste et al.

Part of Communications Biology, 2023.

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The genetic history of Scandinavia from the Roman Iron Age to the present

Rodríguez-Varela, Ricardo; Moore, Kristjan H.S.; Ebenesersdóttir, S. Sunna; Kilinc, Gulsah Merve et al.

Part of Cell, p. 32-46.e19, 2023.

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An empirical evaluation of genotype imputation of ancient DNA

Ausmees, Kristiina; Sanchez-Quinto, Federico; Jakobsson, Mattias; Nettelblad, Carl

Part of G3, 2022.

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Ancient DNA from a 2700-year-old goitered gazelle (Gazella subgutturosa) supports gazelle hunting in Iron Age Central Asia

Rodrigues Soares, André Elias; Boroffka, Nikolaus; Schröder, Oskar; Sverchkov, Leonid et al.

Part of Royal Society Open Science, 2022.

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Bioarchaeological evidence of one of the earliest Islamic burials in the Levant

Srigyan, Megha; Bolivar, Hector; Urena, Irene; Santana, Jonathan et al.

Part of Communications Biology, 2022.

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Detecting population continuity and ghost admixture among ancient genomes

McKenna, James; Sjödin, Per; Jakobsson, Mattias

Part of biorxiv, 2022.

Episodes of Diversification and Isolation in Island Southeast Asian and Near Oceanian Male Lineages

Karmin, Monika; Flores, Rodrigo; Saag, Lauri; Hudjashov, Georgi et al.

Part of Molecular biology and evolution, 2022.

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Multidisciplinary investigation reveals an individual of West African origin buried in a Portuguese Mesolithic shell midden four centuries ago

Peyroteo Stjerna, Rita; Simões, Luciana G.; Fernandes, Ricardo; Lopes, Gonçalo et al.

Part of Journal of Archaeological Science, 2022.

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Mummification in the Mesolithic: New Approaches to Old Photo Documentation Reveal Previously Unknown Mortuary Practices in the Sado Valley, Portugal

Peyroteo Stjerna, Rita; Nilsson Stutz, Liv; Mickleburgh, Hayley; Cardoso, João Luís

Part of European Journal of Archaeology, p. 309-330, 2022.

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The population genomic legacy of the second plague pandemic

Gopalakrishnan, Shyam; Ebenesersdottir, S. Sunna; Lundström, Inge K. C.; Turner-Walker, Gordon et al.

Part of Current Biology, p. 4743-4751.e6, 2022.

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A reassessment of archaeological human remains recovered from rock shelters in Cathkin Peak, South Africa

Meyer, Anja; Peyroteo Stjerna, Rita; Jolly, Cecille; Schlebusch, Carina et al.

Part of Azania, p. 508-538, 2021.

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Archaeogenetic analysis of Neolithic sheep from Anatolia suggests a complex demographic history since domestication

Yurtman, Erinc; Ozer, Onur; Yuncu, Eren; Dagtas, Nihan Dilsad et al.

Part of Communications Biology, 2021.

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Buried side by side: The last hunter-gatherers of the south-western Iberian Peninsula through the lens of their mortuary practices

Peyroteo Stjerna, Rita

Part of Foraging Assemblages, p. 629-636, 2021.

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Chronology of the burial activity of the last hunter-gatherers in the southwestern Iberian Peninsula, Portugal

Peyroteo Stjerna, Rita

Part of Radiocarbon, p. 265-299, 2021.

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Comparison of sequencing data processing pipelines and application to underrepresented African human populations

Breton, Gwenna; Johansson, Anna C. V.; Sjödin, Per; Schlebusch, Carina et al.

Part of BMC Bioinformatics, 2021.

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Debating Neolithization from a Mesolithic point of view: The Sado Valley (Portugal) experience

Diniz, Mariana; Arias Cabal, Pablo; Araújo, Ana Cristina; Peyroteo Stjerna, Rita

Part of Foraging Assemblages, p. 713-719, 2021.

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Disentangling adaptation from drift in bottlenecked and reintroduced populations of Alpine ibex

Leigh, Deborah M.; Lischer, Heidi E. L.; Guillaume, Frédéric; Grossen, Christine et al.

Part of Molecular Ecology Resources, p. 2350-2363, 2021.

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Estimating divergence times from DNA sequences

Sjödin, Per; McKenna, James; Jakobsson, Mattias

Part of Genetics, 2021.

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Evolution of cytokine production capacity in ancient and modern European populations

Domínguez-Andrés, Jorge; Kuijpers, Yunus; Bakker, Olivier B.; Jaeger, Martin et al.

Part of eLIFE, 2021.

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Genome of Pesxtera Muierii skull shows high diversity and low mutational load in pre-glacial Europe

Svensson, Emma; Günther, Torsten; Hoischen, Alexander; Hervella, Montserrat et al.

Part of Current Biology, p. 2973-U21, 2021.

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Genomic insights into population history and biological adaptation in Oceania

Choin, Jeremy; Mendoza-Revilla, Javier; Arauna, Lara R.; Cuadros-Espinoza, Sebastian et al.

Part of Nature, p. 583-589, 2021.

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Human origins in Southern African palaeo-wetlands?: Strong claims from weak evidence

Schlebusch, Carina; Loog, Liisa; Groucutt, Huw S.; King, Turi et al.

Part of Journal of Archaeological Science, 2021.

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Human population dynamics and Yersinia pestis in ancient northeast Asia

Kilinc, Gulsah Merve; Kashuba, Natalija; Koptekin, Dilek; Bergfeldt, Nora et al.

Part of Science Advances, 2021.

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Later Stone Age human hair from Vaalkrans Shelter, Cape Floristic Region of South Africa, reveals genetic affinity to Khoe groups

Coutinho, Alexandra; Malmström, Helena; Edlund, Hanna; Henshilwood, Christopher et al.

Part of American Journal of Physical Anthropology, p. 701-713, 2021.

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Maternal genetic origin of the late and final Neolithic human populations from present-day Poland

Juras, Anna; Ehler, Edvard; Chylenski, Maciej; Pospieszny, Lukasz et al.

Part of American Journal of Physical Anthropology, p. 223-236, 2021.

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Mobility patterns in inland southwestern Sweden during the Neolithic and Early Bronze Age

Blank, Malou; Sjogren, Karl-Goran; Knipper, Corina; Frei, Karin M. et al.

Part of Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 2021.

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Multiple migrations to the Philippines during the last 50,000 years

Larena, Maximilian; Sanchez-Quinto, Federico; Sjödin, Per; McKenna, James et al.

Part of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2021.

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Philippine Ayta possess the highest level of Denisovan ancestry in the world

Larena, Maximilian; McKenna, James; Sanchez-Quinto, Federico; Bernhardsson, Carolina et al.

Part of Current Biology, p. 4219-4230, 2021.

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Revisiting the demographic history of Central African populations from a genetic perspective

Breton, Gwenna; Fortes-Lima, Cesar; Schlebusch, Carina M.

Part of Human Population Genetics and Genomics, p. 1-29, 2021.

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Taste perception and lifestyle: insights from phenotype and genome data among Africans and Asians

Sjöstrand, Agnès E.; Sjödin, Per; Hegay, Tatyana; Nikolaeva, Anna et al.

Part of European Journal of Human Genetics, p. 325-337, 2021.

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The deep population history in Africa

Hollfelder, Nina; Breton, Gwenna; Sjödin, Per; Jakobsson, Mattias

Part of Human Molecular Genetics, p. R2-R10, 2021.

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The Genetic Variation of Lactase Persistence Alleles in Sudan and South Sudan

Hollfelder, Nina; Babiker, Hiba; Granehäll, Lena; Schlebusch, Carina M. et al.

Part of Genome Biology and Evolution, 2021.

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Variable kinship patterns in Neolithic Anatolia revealed by ancient genomes

Yaka, Reyhan; Mapelli, Igor; Kaptan, Damla; Dogu, Ayca et al.

Part of Current Biology, p. 2455-2468.e18, 2021.

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Working in an Ancient DNA Lab - short video

Peyroteo Stjerna, Rita; Lankheet, Imke

2021.

Working in an Ancient DNA Lab - short video (Swedish)

Peyroteo Stjerna, Rita; Lankheet, Imke

2021.

Illuminating Genetic Mysteries of the Dead Sea Scrolls

Anava, Sarit; Neuhof, Moran; Gingold, Hila; Sagy, Or et al.

Part of Cell, p. 1218-+, 2020.

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Khoe-San Genomes Reveal Unique Variation and Confirm the Deepest Population Divergence in Homo sapiens

Schlebusch, Carina; Sjödin, Per; Breton, Gwenna; Günther, Torsten et al.

Part of Molecular biology and evolution, p. 2944-2954, 2020.

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Mitochondrial genomes from Bronze Age Poland reveal genetic continuity from the Late Neolithic and additional genetic affinities with the steppe populations

Juras, Anna; Makarowicz, Przemyslaw; Chylenski, Maciej; Ehler, Edvard et al.

Part of American Journal of Physical Anthropology, p. 176-188, 2020.

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Patterns of African and Asian admixture in the Afrikaner population of South Africa

Hollfelder, Nina; Erasmus, Johannes Christoff; Hammarén, Rickard; Vicente, Mário et al.

Part of BMC Biology, 2020.

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Robust genome-wide ancestry inference for heterogeneous datasets: illustrated using the 1,000 genome project with 3D facial images

Li, Jiarui; Zarzar, Tomas Gonzalez; White, Julie D.; Indencleef, Karlijne et al.

Part of Scientific Reports, 2020.

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The Neolithic Pitted Ware culture foragers were culturally but not genetically influenced by the Battle Axe culture herders

Coutinho, Alexandra; Günther, Torsten; Munters, Arielle R.; Svensson, Emma M. et al.

Part of American Journal of Physical Anthropology, p. 638-649, 2020.

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Y-Chromosome Variation in Southern African Khoe-San Populations Based on Whole-Genome Sequences

Naidoo, Thijessen; Xu, Jingzi; Vicente, Mário; Malmström, Helena et al.

Part of Genome Biology and Evolution, p. 1031-1039, 2020.

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Copy number determination of the gene for the human pancreatic polypeptide receptor NPY4R using read depth analysis and droplet digital PCR.

Shebanits, Kateryna; Günther, Torsten; Johansson, Anna C. V.; Maqbool, Khurram et al.

Part of BMC Biotechnology, 2019.

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Genetic Affinities among Southern Africa Hunter-Gatherers and the Impact of Admixing Farmer and Herder Populations

Vicente, Mário; Jakobsson, Mattias; Ebbesen, Peter; Schlebusch, Carina

Part of Molecular biology and evolution, p. 1849-1861, 2019.

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Genetic data and radiocarbon dating question Plovers Lake as a Middle Stone Age hominin-bearing site

Lombard, Marlize; Malmström, Helena; Schlebusch, Carina; Svensson, Emma et al.

Part of Journal of Human Evolution, p. 203-209, 2019.

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Long-term dietary change in Atlantic and Mediterranean Iberia with the introduction of agriculture: a stable isotope perspective

Cubas, Miriam; Peyroteo Stjerna, Rita; Fontanals-Coll, Maria; Llorente-Rodríguez, Laura et al.

Part of Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, p. 3825-3836, 2019.

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McSwan: A joint site frequency spectrum method to detect and date selective sweeps across multiple population genomes

Tournebize, Rémi; Poncet, Valérie; Jakobsson, Mattias; Vigouroux, Yves et al.

Part of Molecular Ecology Resources, p. 283-295, 2019.

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Megalithic tombs in western and northern Neolithic Europe were linked to a kindred society

Sanchez-Quinto, Federico; Malmström, Helena; Fraser, Magdalena; Girdland-Flink, Linus et al.

Part of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, p. 9469-9474, 2019.

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The genomic ancestry of the Scandinavian Battle Axe Culture people and their relation to the broader Corded Ware horizon

Malmström, Helena; Günther, Torsten; Svensson, Emma M.; Juras, Anna et al.

Part of Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences, 2019.

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