Helena Jankovic Malmström

Genetic relatedness mattered in the co-burial ritual of Neolithic hunter-gatherers

Mattila, Tiina Maria; Fraser, Magdalena; Koelman, Julian; Krzewinska, Maja et al.

Part of Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences, 2026

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Homo sapiens-specific evolution unveiled by ancient southern African genomes

Jakobsson, Mattias; Bernhardsson, Carolina; McKenna, James; Hollfelder, Nina et al.

Part of Nature, p. 156-163, 2026

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Variation in the number of radiocarbon (14C) dates does not equal change in Neolithic population size over time

Högberg, Anders; Brink, Kristian; Brorsson, Torbjörn; Malmström, Helena et al.

Part of Journal of Archaeological Science, 2025

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Wide-scale Geographical Analysis of Genetic Ancestry in the South African Coloured Population

Lankheet, Imke; Hammarén, Rickard; Alva Caballero, Lucia Ximena; Larena, Maximilian et al.

Part of BMC Biology, 2025

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Repeated plague infections across six generations of Neolithic Farmers

Seersholm, Frederik Valeur; Sjögren, Karl-Göran; Koelman, Julia; Blank, Malou et al.

Part of Nature, p. 114-121, 2024

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Genetic relatedness mattered in the co-burial ritual of Neolithic hunter-gatherers

Mattila, Tiina Maria; Fraser, Magdalena; Koelman, Julian; Krzewinska, Maja et al.

Part of Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences, 2026

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Homo sapiens-specific evolution unveiled by ancient southern African genomes

Jakobsson, Mattias; Bernhardsson, Carolina; McKenna, James; Hollfelder, Nina et al.

Part of Nature, p. 156-163, 2026

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Variation in the number of radiocarbon (14C) dates does not equal change in Neolithic population size over time

Högberg, Anders; Brink, Kristian; Brorsson, Torbjörn; Malmström, Helena et al.

Part of Journal of Archaeological Science, 2025

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Wide-scale Geographical Analysis of Genetic Ancestry in the South African Coloured Population

Lankheet, Imke; Hammarén, Rickard; Alva Caballero, Lucia Ximena; Larena, Maximilian et al.

Part of BMC Biology, 2025

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Repeated plague infections across six generations of Neolithic Farmers

Seersholm, Frederik Valeur; Sjögren, Karl-Göran; Koelman, Julia; Blank, Malou et al.

Part of Nature, p. 114-121, 2024

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The genetic legacy of the expansion of Bantu-speaking peoples in Africa

Fortes-Lima, Cesar A.; Burgarella, Concetta; Hammarén, Rickard; Eriksson, Anders et al.

Part of Nature, p. 540-547, 2024

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READv2: advanced and user-friendly detection of biological relatedness in archaeogenomics

Alacamli, Erkin; Naidoo, Thijessen; Guler, Merve N.; Saglican, Ekin et al.

Part of Genome Biology, 2024

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Identification of microbial pathogens in Neolithic Scandinavian humans

Bergfeldt, Nora; Kirdök, Emrah; Oskolkov, Nikolay; Mirabello, Claudio et al.

Part of Scientific Reports, 2024

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Patrilocality and hunter-gatherer-related ancestry of populations in East-Central Europe during the Middle Bronze Age

Chylenski, Maciej; Makarowicz, Przemyslaw; Juras, Anna; Krzewinska, Maja et al.

Part of Nature Communications, 2023

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Genetic continuity, isolation, and gene flow in Stone Age Central and Eastern Europe

Mattila, Tiina M.; Svensson, Emma M.; Juras, Anna; Günther, Torsten et al.

Part of Communications Biology, 2023

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Interdisciplinary analyses of the remains from three gallery graves at Kinnekulle: tracing Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age societies in inland Southwestern Sweden

Blank, Malou; Tornberg, Anna; Sjögren, Karl-Göran; Knipper, Corina et al.

Part of Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 2023

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

Blank, Malou; Sjögren, Karl-Göran; Knipper, Corina; Frei, Karin M. et al.

Part of Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Mitochondrial genomes reveal an east to west cline of steppe ancestry in Corded Ware populations

Juras, Anna; Chylenski, Maciej; Ehler, Edvard; Malmström, Helena et al.

Part of Scientific Reports, 2018

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Population genomics of Mesolithic Scandinavia: Investigating early postglacial migration routes and high-latitude adaptation

Günther, Torsten; Malmström, Helena; Svensson, Emma; Omrak, Ayca et al.

Part of PLoS biology, 2018

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Four millennia of Iberian biomolecular prehistory illustrate the impact of prehistoric migrations at the far end of Eurasia

Valdiosera, Cristina; Günther, Torsten; Carlos Vera-Rodriguez, Juan; Urena, Irene et al.

Part of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, p. 3428-3433, 2018

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Southern African ancient genomes estimate modern human divergence to 350,000 to 260,000 years ago

Schlebusch, Carina; Malmström, Helena; Günther, Torsten; Sjödin, Per et al.

Part of Science, p. 652-655, 2017

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Investigating kinship of Neolithic post-LBK human remains from Krusza Zamkowa, Poland using ancient DNA

Juras, Anna; Chylenski, Maciej; Krenz-Niedbala, Marta; Malmström, Helena et al.

Part of Forensic Science International, p. 30-39, 2017

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Late Danubian mitochondrial genomes shed light into the Neolithisation of Central Europe in the 5th millennium BC

Chylenski, Maciej; Juras, Anna; Ehler, Edvard; Malmström, Helena et al.

Part of BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2017

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Long-term genetic stability and a high-altitude East Asian origin for the peoples of the high valleys of the Himalayan arc

Jeong, Choongwon; Ozga, Andrew T.; Witonsky, David B.; Malmström, Helena et al.

Part of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, p. 7485-7490, 2016

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Genomic Evidence Establishes Anatolia as the Source of the European Neolithic Gene Pool

Omrak, Ayca; Günther, Torsten; Valdiosera, Cristina; Svensson, Emma M. et al.

Part of Current Biology, p. 270-275, 2016

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Erik den heliges skelett

Sten, Sabine; Lovén, Christian; Kjellström, Anna; Lidén, Kerstin et al.

Part of Fornvännen, p. 27-40, 2016

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Long-term genetic stability and a high altitude East Asian origin for the peoples of the high valleys of the Himalayan arc

Jeong, Choongwon; Ozga, Andrew T.; Witonsky, David; Malmström, Helena et al.

Part of American Journal of Physical Anthropology, p. 185-185, 2016

Ancient genomes link early farmers from Atapuerca in Spain to modern-day Basques

Günther, Torsten; Valdiosera, Cristina; Malmström, Helena; Urena, Irene et al.

Part of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, p. 11917-11922, 2015

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Ancient mitochondrial DNA from the northern fringe of the Neolithic farming expansion in Europe sheds light on the dispersion process

Malmström, Helena Jankovic; Linderholm, Anna; Skoglund, Pontus; Stora, Jan et al.

Part of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences, p. 20130373, 2015

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Genomic evidence for the Pleistocene and recent population history of Native Americans

Raghavan, Maanasa; Steinruecken, Matthias; Harris, Kelley; Schiffels, Stephan et al.

Part of Science, 2015

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The genetic prehistory of the New World Arctic

Raghavan, Maanasa; DeGiorgio, Michael; Albrechtsen, Anders; Moltke, Ida et al.

Part of Science, p. 1020, 2014

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Establishing the validity of domestication genes using DNA from ancient chickens

Flink, Linus Girdland; Allen, Richard; Barnett, Ross; Malmström, Helena et al.

Part of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, p. 6184-6189, 2014

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Genomic Diversity and Admixture Differs for Stone-Age Scandinavian Foragers and Farmers

Skoglund, Pontus; Malmstrom, Helena; Omrak, Ayca; Raghavan, Maanasa et al.

Part of Science, p. 747-750, 2014

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Ancient DNA Reveals Matrilineal Continuity in Present-Day Poland over the Last Two Millennia

Juras, Anna; Dabert, Miroslawa; Kushniarevich, Alena; Malmström, Helena Jankovic et al.

Part of PLOS ONE, 2014

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Origins and Genetic Legacy of Neolithic Farmers and Hunter-Gatherers in Europe

Skoglund, Pontus; Malmström, Helena; Raghavan, Maanasa; Storå, Jan et al.

Part of Science, p. 466-469, 2012

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Finding the founder of Stockholm: A kinship study based on Y-chromosomal, autosomal and mitochondrial DNA

Malmström, Helena; Vretemark, Maria; Tillmar, Andreas; Brandström Durling, Mikael et al.

Part of Annals of Anatomy, p. 138-145, 2012

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High frequency of lactose intolerance in a prehistoric hunter-gatherer population in northern Europe

Malmström, Helena; Linderholm, Anna; Liden, Kerstin; Stora, Jan et al.

Part of BMC Evolutionary Biology, p. 89, 2010

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Ancient DNA Reveals Lack of Continuity between Neolithic Hunter-Gatherers and Contemporary Scandinavians

Malmström, Helena; Gilbert, M. Thomas P.; Thomas, Mark G.; Brandström, Mikael et al.

Part of Current Biology, p. 1758-1762, 2009

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Barking up the wrong tree: Modern northern European dogs fail to explain their origin

Malmström, Helena; Vilà, Carles; Gilbert, M Thomas P; Storå, Jan et al.

Part of BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2008

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Cryptic Contamination and Phylogenetic Nonsense

Linderholm, Anna; Malmström, Helena; Lidén, Kerstin; Holmlund, Gunilla et al.

Part of PloS one, 2008

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More on contamination: The use of asymmetric molecular behavior to identify authentic ancient human DNA

Malmström, Helena; Svensson, Emma M.; Gilbert, M. Thomas P.; Willerslev, Eske et al.

Part of Molecular biology and evolution, p. 998-1004, 2007

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Tracing genetic change over time using nuclear SNPs in ancient and modern cattle

Svensson, Emma M.; Anderung, Cecilia; Baubliene, J.; Persson, P. et al.

Part of Animal Genetics, p. 378-383, 2007

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Extensive human DNA contamination in extracts from ancient dog bones and teeth.

Malmström, Helena; Storå, Jan; Dalén, Love; Holmlund, Gunilla et al.

Part of Mol Biol Evol, p. 2040-7, 2005

DNA-analys av arkeologiska material

Fraser, Magdalena; Malmström, Helena; Svensson, Emma; Storå, Jan

Part of Arkeologi på Gotland 2, p. 43-52, Uppsala universitet, 2017

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Ancient DNA as a Means to Investigate the European Neolithic

Malmström, Helena

2007

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New genomic and isotopic findings from the forager-farmer borderland at the enigmatic Alvastra pile dwelling

Koelman, Julian; Gummesson, Sara; Mattila, Tiina M.; Vukovikj, Maja et al.

Genetic contrasts and connections between parallel cultures in Neolithic Scandinavia

Koelman, Julian; Mattila, Tiina M.; Boethius, Adam; Gummeson, Sara et al.