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Paleogenomic sex inference of mammoth remains sheds light on the anthropogenic nature of bone accumulations

Moots, Hannah M.; Larsdotter, Juliana; Oteo-Garcia, Gonzalo; Dehasque, Marianne et al.

Part of Current Biology, p. 4233-4242, 2026

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Equal in death: Ancient genomic analysis of children's early Christian burials

Krzewinska, Maja; Kjellström, Anna; Yaka, Reyhan; Rodríguez-Varela, Ricardo et al.

Part of Science Advances, 2026

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From genome to field, biocontrol efficacy of Bacillus subtilis strain M10 against Rhizoctonia solani in common bean

Wekesa, Tofick Barasa; Kennedy, Grace; Barminga, Damaris; Wekesa, Alena Petra et al.

Part of Scientific Reports, 2026

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Ancestry, admixture, and pathogens in contemporaneous Neolithic farmers and foragers on the Island of Gotland

Fraser, Magdalena; Sanchez-Quinto, Federico; Kirdök, Emrah; Ausmees, Kristiina et al.

Part of Communications Biology, 2026

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Keep the discussion going! Our response to Nielsen's comment

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

Part of Journal of Archaeological Science, 2026

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Low-cost Tn5 sequencing paired with genotype imputation for population genomics in Southeast Asia

Brus, Lisa

2026

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Genomic history of Northwestern Africa, since the Iron Age

Olsson, Anna Louise

2026

Student thesis

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Revisiting the African mtDNA landscape through complete mitochondrial genomes

Lankheet, Imke; Chowdhury, Afifa; Tellgren-Roth, Christian; Jolly, Cécile et al.

Part of Communications Biology, 2026

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An angiosperm-wide perspective on reproductive strategies and floral traits

Helmstetter, Andrew J.; Mendez, Marcos; Schönenberger, Jürg; Burgarella, Concetta et al.

Part of New Phytologist, p. 1200-1216, 2026

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Ancient environmental genome reveals a migratory brown bear individual in Early Holocene Scandinavia

Johnson, Ernst; Feinauer, Isabelle Sofie; Regnell, Carl; Jin, Chenyu et al.

Part of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2026

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Genetic diversity and conservation implications for European Griffon Vultures (Gyps fulvus): Insights from mitochondrial D-loop HVR1

Mereu, Paolo; Davidovic, Slobodan; Pirastru, Monica; Arrondo, Eneko et al.

Part of Scientific Reports, 2026

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Retracing the centre of origin and evolutionary history of nutmeg Myristica fragrans, an emblematic spice tree species

Kusuma, Jakty; Couderc, Marie; Gérard, Pierre R.; de Navascués, Miguel et al.

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

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Intertwined lives across parallel worlds: Ancestry, kinship, mobility, and disease in Neolithic southern Scandinavia

Koelman, Julian

2026

Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summary

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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.

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Genetic contrasts and connections between parallel cultures in Neolithic Scandinavia

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

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Evidence of Genetic Continuity in the Shortfin Mako Shark (Isurus oxyrinchus) Between the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea

Chiara, Gambardella; Francesco, Giannelli; Elena, Fernandez-Corredor; Salvador, Garcia-Barcelona et al.

Part of Ecology and Evolution, 2026

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Escoural cave and neolithic mortuary chronology: Radiocarbon evidence for funerary diversity in Southern Portugal

Peyroteo Stjerna, Rita; Neves, César; Granja, Raquel; Gonçalves, David et al.

Part of Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 2026

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Analysis of medieval burials from Ibiza reveals genetic and pathogenic diversity during the Islamic period

Rodriguez-Varela, Ricardo; Pochon, Zoe; Mas-Sandoval, Alex; Yaka, Reyhan et al.

Part of Nature Communications, 2026

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Temporal genomics reveals widespread but unexpected consequences of a bottleneck in the Scandinavian brown bear

Lindahl, Amanda; Lord, Edana; Chacón-Duque, J. Camilo; Ravasini, Francesco et al.

Part of Royal Society Open Science, 2026

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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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Contrasting Patterns of Local Adaptation and Adaptive Potential Under Climate Change for Old-Growth and Planted Stands of Norway Spruce (Picea abies)

Eklöf, Helena; Bernhardsson, Carolina; Ingvarsson, Pär K.

Part of Evolutionary Applications, 2026

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Beyond bones: How biomolecular archaeology is challenging the definition of ancient human remains and its ethical implications

Peyroteo-Stjerna, Rita; Tõrv, Mari

Part of World archaeology, 2026

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A genetic and linguistic analysis of the admixture histories of the islands of Cabo Verde

Laurent, Romain; Szpiech, Zachary A.; da Costa, Sergio S.; Thouzeau, Valentin et al.

Part of eLIFE, 2023

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On the taxonomic status of Burmese Collared Dove Streptopelia (decaocto) xanthocycla

Van Grouw, Hein; Hernández Alonso, Germán; Martins, Nuno F.; Gilbert, M. Thomas P.

Part of Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club, p. 431-444, 2024

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Ancient RNA expression profiles from the extinct woolly mammoth

Marmol-Sanchez, Emilio; Fromm, Bastian; Oskolkov, Nikolay; Pochon, Zoe et al.

Part of Cell, p. 52-6.9e+23, 2026

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The hunt for the last great auks: ancient DNA resolves a 180-year-old mystery

Cavill, Emily L.; Hernández Alonso, Germán; Imhoff, Emily; Farrington, Heather et al.

Part of Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2025

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Genomic and morphological analysis reveals long-term mammoth hybridization in British Columbia, Canada

Dehasque, Marianne; van der Valk, Tom; Chacón-Duque, J. Camilo; Termes, Laura et al.

Part of Biology Letters, 2025

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Tracing 2500 years of human betaherpesvirus 6A and 6B diversity through ancient DNA

Guellil, Meriam; van Dorp, Lucy; Saag, Lehti; Beneker, Owyn et al.

Part of Science Advances, 2026

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Archaic humans have contributed to large-scale variation in modern human T cell receptor genes

Corcoran, Martin; Chernyshev, Mark; Mandolesi, Marco; Narang, Sanjana et al.

Part of Immunity, p. 635-652000000, 2023

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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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Estimating allele frequencies, ancestry proportions and genotype likelihoods in the presence of mapping bias

Günther, Torsten; Goldberg, Amy; Schraiber, Joshua G

Part of G3, 2025

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Paleogenomic evidence on the temporal continuity of indigenous goat exploitation in the Canary Islands

Díaz-Pérez, Clara; Santana, Jonathan; Daly, Kevin G; Ordóñez, Alejandra C et al.

Part of iScience, 2025

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The Early Bantu Expansion into Central Africa: New Data and Insights from Population Genetics

Fortes-Lima, Cesar A; Pacchiarotti, Sara; Maselli, Lorenzo; Bunza Yugia, Jean-Pierre Donzo et al.

Part of An Archaeology of the Bantu Expansion, p. 172-194, Routledge, 2025

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Niger-Congo archaeolinguistics, including Bantu

Bostoen, Koen; Coutros, Peter; Schlebusch, Carina

Part of The Oxford Handbook of Archaeology and Language, p. 592-618, Oxford University Press, 2025

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Transdisciplinary Theoretical Approaches to Migration Studies in Archaeology

Högberg, Anders; Brink, Kristian; Brorsson, Torbjörn; Malmström, Helena

Part of Cambridge Archaeological Journal, p. 418-434, 2025

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Engagement Cross-Disciplinary Research in Africa

Fortes-Lima, Cesar A.; Mtetwa, Ezekia; Schlebusch, Carina

Part of Africa, the Cradle of Human Diversity, p. 1-6, Brill Nijhoff, 2022

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Ancient DNA Studies and African Population History

Vicente, Mário; Schlebusch, Carina

Part of Africa, the Cradle of Human Diversity, p. 236-256, Brill Nijhoff, 2022

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Evolutionary genomics in Africa

Ramsay, Michèle; Schlebusch, Carina; Davies, Kay

Part of Human Molecular Genetics, 2021

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Analysis of Population Structure

Sjödin, Per; Gattepaille, Lucie M.; Skoglund, Pontus; Schlebusch, Carina et al.

Part of Human Population Genomics, p. 47-68, Springer, 2021

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Genomic evidence for the Holocene codispersal of dogs and humans across Eastern Eurasia

Zhang, Shao-Jie; Scarsbrook, Lachie; Li, Haoran; Carmagnini, Alberto et al.

Part of Science, p. 735-740, 2025

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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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Herders from the Green Sahara

Fortes-Lima, Cesar A.; Cerny, Viktor; Schlebusch, Carina

Part of American Scientist, p. 232-239, 2025

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Temporal genomic change in the Scandinavian Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus)

von Seth, Johanna; Larsson, Petter; Hasselgren, Malin; Dussex, Nicolas et al.

Part of Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2025

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Gone With the Wind: Exploring A Vanished Rock Dove, Columba Livia, Hybrid Zone In The Sahara Desert

Hernandez-Alonso, German; van Grouw, Hein; Farahani, Motahare F.; Günther, Torsten

Part of Ecology and Evolution, 2025

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Reconstructing infant feeding practices through stable isotope analysis: applying intrabone sampling to a medieval-early modern Estonian dataset

Morrone, Alessandra; Piombino-Mascali, Dario; Saupe, Tina; Sepp, Holar et al.

Part of Journal of Archaeological Science, 2025

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Interplay between large low-recombining regions and pseudo-overdominance in a plant genome

Salson, Marine; Duranton, Maud; Huynh, Stella; Mariac, Cédric et al.

Part of Nature Communications, 2025

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HLA diversity and signatures of selection in the Maniq, a nomadic hunter-gatherer population in Southern Thailand

Schaschl, Helmut; Herzog, Tobias; Oberreiter, Victoria; Kutanan, Wibhu et al.

Part of Immunogenetics, 2025

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Revised phylogeny of mouflon based on expanded sampling of mitogenomes

Mereu, Paolo; Pirastru, Monica; Morell Miranda, Pedro; Atag, Gozde et al.

Part of PLOS ONE, 2025

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Environmentally induced variation in sperm sRNAs is linked to gene expression and transposable elements in zebrafish offspring

Godden, Alice M.; Silva, Willian T. A. F.; Kiehl, Berrit; Jolly, Cecile et al.

Part of Heredity, p. 234-246, 2025

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Ancient DNA HLA typing reveals significant shifts in frequency in Europe since the Neolithic

Plascencia, Alan Godinez; Jakobsson, Mattias; Sanchez-Quinto, Federico

Part of Scientific Reports, 2025

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