Category: Research
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Analysis of the abundance of radiocarbon samples as count data
de Navascués, M., Burgarella, C., & Jakobsson, M. (2025). Analysis of the abundance of radiocarbon samples as count data. Peer Community Journal, 5. https://doi.org/10.24072/pcjournal.522 Abstract The analysis of the abundance of radiocarbon samples through time has become a popular method to address questions of demography in archaeology. The history of this approach is marked by the use…
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BaTwa populations from Zambia retain ancestry of past hunter-gatherer groups
Another paper co-authored by people from the Jakobsson Lab has been published in Nature: Breton, G., Barham, L., Mudenda, G., Soodyall, H., Schlebusch, C. M., & Jakobsson, M. (2024). BaTwa populations from Zambia retain ancestry of past hunter-gatherer groups. Nature communications, 15(1), 7307. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-50733-y Abstract Sub-equatorial Africa is today inhabited predominantly by Bantu-speaking groups of Western African…
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Human genetic structure in Northwest France provides new insights into West European historical demography
Carro is one of the main co-authors of the paper in Nature Communications: Alves, I., Giemza, J., Blum, M. G., Bernhardsson, C., Chatel, S., Karakachoff, M., … & Dina, C. (2024). Human genetic structure in Northwest France provides new insights into West European historical demography. Nature Communications, 15(1), 6710. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-51087-1 Abstract The demographical history of France remains…
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Repeated plague infections across six generations of Neolithic Farmers
Magdalena, Mattias and Helena are contributors to the paper: Seersholm, F. V., Sjögren, K. G., Koelman, J., Blank, M., Svensson, E. M., Staring, J., … & Sikora, M. (2024). Repeated plague infections across six generations of Neolithic Farmers. Nature, 632(8023), 114-121. Abstract In the period between 5,300 and 4,900 calibrated years before present (cal. bp), populations across large parts of…
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Identification of microbial pathogens in Neolithic Scandinavian humans
Bergfeldt, N., Kırdök, E., Oskolkov, N., Mirabello, C., Unneberg, P., Malmström, H., … & Götherström, A. (2024). Identification of microbial pathogens in Neolithic Scandinavian humans. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 5630. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-56096-0 Abstract With the Neolithic transition, human lifestyle shifted from hunting and gathering to farming. This change altered subsistence patterns, cultural expression, and population structures as shown by…
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Transformation of the Scandinavian hunter-fisher-gatherer population throughout the Mesolithic
Several researchers from the Lab were involved in writing this article, which is part of Natalija Kashuba’s doctoral thesis. Kashuba, N., Bernhardsson, C., Boethius, A., Fraser, M., Günther, T., Götherström, A., … & Jakobsson, M. (2024). Transformation of the Scandinavian hunter-fisher-gatherer population throughout the Mesolithic. https://www.diva-portal.org/smash/record.jsf?pid=diva2%3A1842112 Paper summary A joint archaeogenetic perspective integrates diverse lines…