Abstract. Adam B. Rohrlach and Jonathan Tuke use ancient DNA and network regression to explore the cultural practices of our human past

The Faculty of Science at the University of Turku, Department of Biology, invites applications for a contract-based, fixed term doctoral researcher/project researcher position in archaeogenomics. The ...

Abstract. Genetic relatedness between ancient humans can help to identify close and distant connections between groups and populations, uncovering signatur

Biomolecular insights into significant cultural changes during the Central European Late Bronze Age (1300–800 BCE) have been limited by cremation. Here, the authors examine available inhumation burial...

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Human identification through comparison of dental records is a well-established and widely accepted forensic method, particularly valuable in mass cas…

The study of kinship from archaeology has been fluctuating. At the end of the 20th century archaeologists were reluctant or skeptical about its relevance and viability. However, in recent decades it h...

Analysis of Adolf Hitler’s DNA reveals he may have had a rare genetic disorder that can delay puberty.

Background Recent ancient DNA studies uncovering large-scale demographic events in Iberia have presented very limited data for Portugal, a country located at the westernmost edge of continental Eurasi...

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Genetic relatedness between ancient humans can help to identify close and distant connections between groups and populations, uncovering signatures of demographic histories such as identifying mating ...

Anthony Albanese says action to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon was acceptable, but that talks should now resume.

Eine neue Studie zeigt die zentrale Bedeutung der regionalen Ausbreitung und lokalen Interaktionen an der Küste Papua-Neuguineas

A new study reveals the significance of regional dispersals and local interactions in coastal Papua New Guinea

Rohrlach et al., (2025). BREADR: An R Package for the Bayesian Estimation of Genetic Relatedness from Low-coverage Genotype Data. Journal of Open Source Software, 10(108), 7916, https://doi.org/10.211...

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I am a researcher in the field of ancient DNA at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, but I also used to lecture statistics at the Univers...

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Ancient genome-wide data of 722 individuals and interdisciplinary analysis of large seventh- to eighth-century ce neighbouring cemeteries near Vienna are used to address the impact of the encounter be...

But ancient DNA from bony lesions suggests original bacterial strains may not have spread sexually

A study presents archaeogenomic data for 131 individuals from 38 sites spanning 6,000 years, and details the demographic processes of the Caucasus and the surrounding steppe zone throughout the Bronze...