In our study published today in @ScienceMagazine, we provide a proof of concept for the potential use of ancient microbes as a source for developing new drugs by synthesising previously unknown metabolites from reconstructed gene clusters. https://t.co/c7T7rYe9NX
Ancient #DNA reveals the #multiethnic structure of the #Xiongnu, Mongolia’s first nomadic empire. New paper by Juhyeon Lee & an intl. team of scientists led by Christina Warinner @WarinnerGroup & Choongwon Jeong @SNUnow. More: https://t.co/RynnhO4F80 & https://t.co/m6lUmOjBJj
Intl. research team has sequenced the #genome of #Beethoven using five genetically matching locks of his hair. It offers clues to the composer's health & family history. Johannes Krause @MPI_EVA_Leipzig contributed to the study. https://t.co/8OX0pLqHVV & https://t.co/2Js6IU19We
The Amazing #Archaeology Fair is back on 3/26! Visit us and the @peabodymuseum to meet archaeologists studying ancient mummies, ancient DNA analysis, and more. Don't forget to stop by our museum to check a reproduction of #KingTut’s throne! https://t.co/fsirAxlf5h #BostonEvents
Relatedness inference with low-coverage ancient DNA data is still a hard problem. Today, we posted a preprint presenting a new method called KIN that identifies close relatives up to 3rd-degree while differentiating parent-child from siblings: https://t.co/0K7nowvH0p (1/3)
Our new paper on the oldest human DNA from the UK, showing there were 2 different genetic ancestries present in Britain in the Late Glacial period, is now out! https://t.co/tw9LnGrFE4
So, kids in bed, can finally tweet about our paper that came out today: https://t.co/kXhLY66UpS And since it's trendy, let me take a stab at this thread-thing. 1/11
Special thanks to @HaraldRingbauer@ArchaeoHermes @WarinnerGroup for everything you’ve done for me, and also a big thank you to all my wonderful colleagues at EVA. Farewell for now, and hopefully see you again soon!
After an amazing year at the @MPI_EVA_Leipzig, I am moving to @HarvardAnthro to continue my graduate studies. Here is a collage of my fondest memories during my stay:
Finally! Our paper on ancient Yersinia pestis is out! What a great team effort! Thank you to all coauthors but specially to my first shared coauthors @gunnar_neumann @ma_spyrou Lyazzat Musralina!
You can read it here: https://t.co/kz6AoAlZJu Short summary: (1/5)
This is what happens when there are no archaeologists, biological anthropologists, or paleoanthropologists involved in genetic studies of past peoples: claims that lower HDL cholesterol led to “increased intelligence” alongside “reduced skin pigmentation”
https://t.co/8GSvuSakTN
Our paper on the Grotte Mandrin (France), is out. We show that Homo sapiens made the so-called "Neronian" Palaeolithic industry there ~54,000 years ago. This is the earliest evidence we have in this part of the world for modern humans. https://t.co/cUNQingaQy