Reposted by Anna TommasibioRxiv Evolutionary Biology @biorxiv-evobio.bsky.social · 23/07/2026From prehistory to present-day: How isolation shaped the distinct genomic makeup of Italian Alpine valleys www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20… 053
Reposted by Anna TommasiEvolutionary Ecology Group, Cambridge @eegcam.bsky.social · 17/06/2026And so it begins: Excited to kick off the 2026 EMBO Population Genomics course in Naples, Italy. #EMBOpopgen 071
Reposted by Anna TommasiGiacomo Villani @jack-the-villain.bsky.social · 05/02/2026Four months ago, I published my first #ancientDNA paper about #Sicily. I really want everyone to understand what we discovered, so I also made this divulgative article to explain our main findings: g-villani.github.io/giacomovilla... Feel free to check! 😊g-villani.github.ioSicily: from fifteen millennia ago to present | Giacomo VillaniThe history of the Italian island is unveiled by researchers as a mosaic shaped by prehistorical and historical contacts in the Mediterranean Sea 121
Reposted by Anna TommasiScience Magazine @science.org · 02/12/2025Humans took two routes to reach the ancient landmass Sahul about 60,000 years ago. Learn more in #ScienceAdvances: scim.ag/3XOFMwn scim.agGenomic evidence supports the “long chronology” for the peopling of SahulGenome data provide support for the first settlement of Australia and New Guinea via at least two routes by 60,000 years ago. 0349
Reposted by Anna TommasiScience Magazine @science.org · 27/11/2025The domestic cat may be a far more recent arrival to Europe than previously thought, a new Science study. finds. The results offer new insight into one of humanity’s most enigmatic animal companions and identify North Africa as the cradle of the modern housecat. Learn more: scim.ag/44kov1S 320081
Anna Tommasi @palindromicanna.bsky.social · 14/11/2025I'm thrilled to announce, together with @RajivBoscoloAgostini and @jack-the-villain.bsky.social, that our paper entitled "Fifteen millennia of human mitogenome evolution in Sicily" is out now in Science Advances! Check it out! doi.org/10.1126/scia...doi.orgFifteen millennia of human mitogenome evolution in SicilyMitogenomes spanning 15 millennia reveal a genetic discontinuity within Sicily and continuous gene flow from Eurasia and Africa. 1156