Category: News
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Ancient X chromosomes reveal contrasting sex bias in Neolithic and Bronze Age Eurasian migrations
A new PNAS publication by Goldberg, Günther, Rosenberg and Jakobsson (2017) reveals more about sex-biased migrations into Neolithic Europe. Significance Studies of differing female and male demographic histories on the basis of ancient genomes can provide insight into the social structures and cultural interactions during major events in human prehistory. We consider the sex-specific demography…
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Tracing the peopling of the world through genomics
Mattias and colleagues reviewed the latest advances in the study of human history with focus on genomic data. The review appeared in Nature and can be found here. Abstract Advances in the sequencing and the analysis of the genomes of both modern and ancient peoples have facilitated a number of breakthroughs in our understanding of…
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Investigating kinship of Neolithic post-LBK human remains from Krusza Zamkowa, Poland using ancient DNA
A new publication in Forensic Science International Genetics involving lab members investigates the kinship among Neolithic humans in a Polish burial site.
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1,000 genomes project supported by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation
Mattias Jakobsson together with Jan Storå and Anders Götherström from the Stockholm University were awarded a prestigious grant from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation to study 1,000 ancient genomes. The aim is to create a catalog of the genetic variation of people living in Europe and Asia between 1,000 and 50,000 years ago. Skeletal…
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Investigating kinship in Neolithic
A new publication in Forensic Science International Genetics involving lab members investigates the kinship among Neolithic humans in a Polish burial site. Juras et al. 2016. Investigating kinship of Neolithic post-LBK human remains from Krusza Zamkowa, Poland using ancient DNA. FSI Genetics, vol. 26. DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2016.10.008 Highlights
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Prehistoric Europe from a population genomic perspective
In a new publication in Current Opinion in Genetics and Development Torsten Günther and Mattias Jakobsson review the manifestation of demographic events in the genomes of prehistoric Europeans. Günther and Jakobsson. 2016. Genes mirror migrations and cultures in prehistoric Europe — a population genomic perspective. Science Direct, vol. 41. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gde.2016.09.004 Genomic information from ancient human remains is beginning to show…