Category: Publications
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Diachronic reuse of Neolithic burial monuments by Bronze Age newcomers in Southwestern Britain
A new paper, co-authored by Nikola Vuković, Carolina Bernhardsson and Mattias Jakobsson, has recently been published in Scientific Reports:Vuković, N., Bernhardsson, C., Edlund, H., Delbarre, G., Smith, M., Darvill, T., Green, M., Endicott, P. & & Jakobsson, M. (2026). Diachronic reuse of Neolithic burial monuments by Bronze Age newcomers in Southwestern Britain. Scientific Reports, 16(1), 26819. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-66094-z…
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Equal in death: Ancient genomic analysis of children’s early Christian burials
Sexing the skeletal remains of young individuals is crucial yet notoriously difficult in archaeology. Children, who cannot be reliably sexed morphologically, are often excluded from gender-related research, limiting our understanding of past childhood. This issue is compounded in contexts lacking grave goods, such as early Christian burials. We conducted genomic screening of 142 individuals from…
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Ancestry, admixture, and pathogens in contemporaneous Neolithic farmers and foragers on the Island of Gotland
Several researchers from the Human Evolution Program and the Jakobsson Lab co-authored a new publication on the Neolithic. Two archaeological cultural complexes; the Neolithic Funnelbeaker culture (FBC) and the Pitted ware culture (PWC), coexisted on Gotland for over 500 years, between ~3300 and 2800 calBCE. The ancestry of the FBC farmers and PWC marine foragers…
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Beyond bones: how biomolecular archaeology is challenging the definition of ancient human remains and its ethical implications
A new paper by Rita Peyroteo Stjerna and Mari Tõrv has been published in World Archaeology. Peyroteo-Stjerna, R., & Tõrv, M. (2026). Beyond bones: how biomolecular archaeology is challenging the definition of ancient human remains and its ethical implications. World Archaeology, 1-12. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00438243.2026.2632228 Abstract Technological advancements in the twenty-first century have profoundly transformed archaeological research.…
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Genetic relatedness mattered in the co-burial ritual of Neolithic hunter–gatherers
Mattila, T. M., Fraser, M., Koelman, J., Krzewińska, M., Ivarsson-Aalders, M., Götherström, A., Jakobsson, M., Storå, J., Günther, T., Wallin, P. & Malmström, H. (2026). Genetic relatedness mattered in the co-burial ritual of Neolithic hunter–gatherers. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 293(2065). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2025.0813 Abstract Kin relations among past societies can offer valuable information about…
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Tweap protocol—Lets Tweap again: Economic and SNP retrieval optimisation for target enrichment of ancient DNA
The protocol (closely related to the preprint described below) has been updated and published in April 2026 (Open Access): Saupe, T., Tan, E. J., Gómez, M. O., Bernhardsson, C., & Jakobsson, M. (2026). Tweap protocol for target enrichment via in-solution hybridisation using Twist Bioscience Panels. protocols.io. DOI: https://www.protocols.io/view/tweap-protocol-for-target-enrichment-via-in-soluti-5qpvoknbxl4o/v1 An updated preprint from the Jakobsson Lab:…