Our director Dr. Eske Willerslev, shares stories of his intercultural journeys to understand human ancestry and migration around the world on the podcast Nice Genes. Listen to it here: link.chtbl.com/JWzOSzPM

The first paper, the "Population Genomics of Stone Age Eurasia", focuses on the detailed population histories of Mesolithic and Neolithic populations across Eurasia. In short, this paper is about how present-day genetic diversity emerged in Europe and Asia doi.org/10.1101/2022.0…

The second paper, the "The Selection Landscape and Genetic Legacy of Ancient Eurasians", focuses on the genetic origins of present-day phenotypes. In short, this paper is about how we became who we are in terms of phenotypic appearance and disease risk biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

From the Special Issue ‘Reconstruction of the human peopling of Europe: a genetic insight’: Male-driven Steppe migration into Central Europe had a considerable impact on the genetic makeup of the Bronze Age European populations Gabriele Scorrano tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Finally out in Communications Biology rdcu.be/cZYei Thanks to Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions and all authors: Lundbeck Foundation GeoGenetics Centre Sofie Holtsmark Nielsen Ashot Margaryan Mikkel Winther Pedersen Enrico Cappellini @siko76

A combined ancient genomic, metagenomic, and paleoproteomic analysis reveals lifestyle and dietary information of Upper Palaeolithic huntergatherers from San Teodoro cave in Sicily, Italy. nature.com/articles/s4200…

Gabriele Scorrano, Sofie Holtsmark Nielsen, Mikkel Winther Pedersen, Olga Rickards, Enrico Cappellini, @siko76, Lundbeck Foundation GeoGenetics Centre, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

We broke the world record in ancient DNA today! 2-million-year-old DNA from plants and animals were retrieved from geological deposits and show that North Greenland was once home to an open boreal/arctic community incl. mastodon. nature.com/articles/s4158… natureasia.com/en/research/hi…

Quite surprisingly we find the genetic make up of these 2-million-years-old microbes to be highly similar (>98%) to microbes living today. There are a lot of interesting surprises, but what puzzles us the most is that if these vast today permanently frozen northern latitudes ...

In recent years, improvement of ancient #DNA methods – and especially integration of information about #genes, protein and microbiomes – has given unprecedented insight into the past #population dynamics of Homo sapiens. #sciencenewsdk Gabriele Scorrano sciencenews.dk/en/how-ancient…

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lundbeckfonden.com/themes/ancient… Four articles in nature uncover the genetic traces and geographical origins of diseases such as multiple sclerosis and Alzheimer’s based on ancient human DNA. More than 175 researchers from across the world, led by Eske Willerslev, participated in the

Everything began when I moved to Copenhagen with Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Today, our papers have been published in nature. I am one of the joint first authors on one of them. thanks to all the coauthors Lundbeck Foundation GeoGenetics Centre, nature.com/articles/s4158… nature.com/articles/s4158… nature.com/articles/s4158…

Nature research paper: The selection landscape and genetic legacy of ancient Eurasians go.nature.com/3H9Z1sd

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Join Korneliussen-group as a PhD-student in computational biology! You will part of an exciting and dynamic research environment. The position is fully funded for 3 years🧬 candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationIni…

See how ISIS@MACH ITALIA instruments and expertise are helping in the search for ancient DNA!🧬 isismachitalia.eu/isismach-itali…

📣📣We have just opened a two-year postdoctoral position to work with us. The postdoc will focus on the analysis of aDNA and ancient proteins from human skeletal remains. For more details, please refer to the link: pica.cineca.it/uniroma2/

Very proud to be part of this study led by Anna Malaspinas, published in nature, exploring the genomic history of Rapa Nui. Huge shoutout to Barbara and Victor for their amazing work! Check out our findings here: nature.com/articles/s4158…

Don’t miss the first edition of the SIBE Summer School in Ferrara from 7th to 11th September 2025! Registrations are open until 20th of April! #genomics #pangenomics #conservation SIBE-Società italiana di biologia evoluzionistica