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Joel Alves

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Evolutionary geneticist at the School of Archaeology, University of Oxford www.arch.ox.ac.uk/people/alves-joel

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School of Archaeology @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

👀🎬And here's a video short by @joel-alves.bsky.social (of Palaeobarn), made with the help of the incredible #BBCIdeas team, telling his story (based on his analysis of #DNA) of the rabbits who brought chaos to #Australia🐇🌏 Warning: although no rabbits are harmed in this video, they are SHAMED! 🐰😡

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Greger Larson @gregerlarson.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

What's that? The story of East Asian pig domestication as told through ancient DNA? Yes please! Congrats to everyone on such a fantastic and overdue story! Pigs are so great. doi.org/10.1093/molb...

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Ancient Genomics Reveals the Origin, Dispersal, and Human Management of East Asian Domestic Pigs

Abstract. Pigs are the most commercially important modern livestock animal in East Asia. Numerous aspects of their domestication history remain unclear, ho

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