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Mikkel Winther Pedersen @mikkelwp.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Interested in ancient environmental DNA, metagenomics, and bioinformatics? Sign up for our PhD course in Ancient Environmental Genomics at the University of Copenhagen, 20 to 25 Sept 2026. 5 ECTS Sign-up deadline: 1 Aug 2026 Read more and sign up: phdcourses.ku.dk/DetailKursus...

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Anna White @annaewhite.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Spent a lovely week back home in the Netherlands for the #Transformations conference in Groningen @rug.nl - learning a lot about the meso-neo transition and chatting about birch tar of course! 🧬

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Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution @official-smbe.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Our next GSEA winner is Oya Inanli, postdoctoral researcher @ucph.bsky.social, using biomolecular methods to explore the history of fermentation and domestication. More on Oya ⬇️ #society

SMBE Graduate Student Excellence Award - Oya Inanli

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Anna White @annaewhite.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

As an added bonus to the paper being published, I was interviewed about it for Science magazine! Read all about what we can learn from DNA and biomarkers from birch tar, which I so eloquently described as a “super cool sample type” 😅🧬

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Royal Society Publishing @royalsocietypublishing.org · 16/10/2025

#ProceedingsB in @science.org | Ancient DNA and biomarkers from artefacts: insights into technology and cultural practices in Neolithic Europe: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

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Ancient chewing gum could reveal how early men and women split up their chores

Birch bark tar, used as chewing gum and glue, provides rare window into life 6000 years ago

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Dr Rebecca Wragg Sykes @lemoustier.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Bestill my birch-tar-beating heart! 😍 The genetic sex ID analysis backs up other research indicating that using (and likely making) birch tar was something women & men & children did, so that sticky-stained and strongly-scented fingers were probably quite normal in such communities... #Matriarcha 🏺

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Anthropology.net @anthropology.net · 15/10/2025

Ancient DNA from Neolithic chewing gum reveals how Europe’s first farmers lived, worked, and ate. Birch tar preserves the intimacy of their daily lives in astonishing molecular detail. #Archaeology #Neolithic #AncientDNA #Anthropology www.anthropology.net/p/the-resin-...

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The Resin That Remembered: How Ancient Birch Tar Is Rewriting the Story of Neolithic Life

New biomolecular evidence from prehistoric chewing gum reveals the intimate daily habits, diets, and toolmaking ingenuity of Europe’s first farmers.

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Anna White @annaewhite.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Had a great time at my first #SMBE2025 in Beijing. Really enjoyed meeting (aDNA) scientists from all over the world, and talking about ancient mastics of course! 🌏🧬

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