Tag: genomics
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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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Genomic ancestry and social dynamics of the last hunter-gatherers of Atlantic France
A new article on exogamic practices of hunter-gatherers, by Simões et al. (2024) was published in PNAS, Anthropology. Significance Since the early Holocene, western and central Europe was inhabited by a genetically distinct group of hunter-gatherers. We generated different types of biomolecular data, including deep coverage complete genome sequencing, from human skeletal remains buried in…
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Northwest African Neolithic initiated by migrants from Iberia and Levant
A new article by Luciana Simões and others from the Jakobsson Lab is published in Nature. Abstract In northwestern Africa, lifestyle transitioned from foraging to food production around 7,400 years ago but what sparked that change remains unclear. Archaeological data support conflicting views: (1) that migrant European Neolithic farmers brought the new way of life to…
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The genomic ancestry of the Scandinavian Battle Axe Culture people and their relation to the broader Corded Ware horizon
Our study on the Battle Axe Culture by Helena Malmström with others (2019) is published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B. The study caught the attention of media outlets (“Mysterious ‘Battle Axe Culture’ reveals its secrets thanks to DNA discovery“, by James Rogers, Fox News) Abstract The Neolithic period is characterized by major…
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Ancient human DNA: How sequencing the genome of a boy from Ballito Bay changed human history
Carina and Mattias were involved in a commentary article in the South African Journal of Science describing the scientific merits of the genome of a ancient boy from South Africa.
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Patterns of variation in cis-regulatory regions: examining evidence of purifying selection
Thijessen and others from the group highlighted the genomic signatures of purifying selection under consideration of confounding factors such as demography. The results appeared in BMC Genomics. Abstract Background With only 2 % of the human genome consisting of protein coding genes, functionality across the rest of the genome has been the subject of much…