Tag: genomics
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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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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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Early farmers of Anatolia
A new publication (Kilinç et al. 2016. The Demographic Development of the First Farmers in Anatolia) sheds light into the demographic history of early farmers in Anatolia. The paper appeared in Current Biology.
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Anatolia as the source of the European Neolithic gene pool
A new article from the lab appeared in Current Biology. Omrak et al. 2016. Genomic Evidence Establishes Anatolia as the Source of the European Neolithic Gene Pool. Report. Current Biology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2015.12.019 Highlights
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Ancient genomes link early farmers from Atapuerca in Spain to modern-day Basques
The research described in the article by Günther et al. (2015) in PNAS reveals that early Iberian farmers are the closest ancestors to modern-day Basques, in contrast to previous hypotheses. Significance The transition from a foraging subsistence strategy to a sedentary farming society is arguably the greatest innovation in human history. Some modern-day groups—specifically the…
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Genomic Diversity and Admixture Differs for Stone-Age Scandinavian Foragers and Farmers
An international team led by researchers at Uppsala University and Stockholm University reports a breakthrough in understanding the demographic history of Stone-Age humans. The findings are published in Science, Skoglund et al. (2014). Abstract Prehistoric population structure associated with the transition to an agricultural lifestyle in Europe remains a contentious idea. Population-genomic data from 11…