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Breadcrumb Pontus Skoglund Skoglund lab Ancient Genomics Laboratory : Publications Lab contentLab contentIn this section Overview Areas of interest Publications Members Vacancies The extraction of bone powder from skeletal material for ancient genome sequencing. Toggle to view hero caption PublicationsYear published2019 (1)2018 (4)2017 (6)2016 (4)2015 (8)2014 (7)2013 (2)2012 (4)2011 (3)2010 (1) Facet Year publishedCrick/Pre-Crick (-)Pre-Crick publications (40) Facet Crick/Pre-CrickPublication typeJournal article (40)Primary research (38)Letter (1)Review (1) Facet Publication typeJournalNature (9)Science (5)Current Biology (4)Molecular Biology and Evolution (3)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (3)Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences (2)Annals of Anatomy (1)BMC Evolutionary Biology (1)Cell (1)Current Opinion in Genetics & Development (1)European Journal of Human Genetics (1)Evolution Letters (1)Genome Biology (1)Journal of Archaeological Science (1)Molecular Ecology (1)Nature Communications (1)Nature Genetics (1)Nature Plants (1)PLOS ONE (1)Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B - Biological Sciences (1) Facet Journal Publications Displaying 1 - 20 of 40Last updated : 28 March 2024 03:04 Palaeo-Eskimo genetic ancestry and the peopling of Chukotka and North America Authors (35) Pavel Flegontov N Ezgi Altınışık Piya Changmai Nadin Rohland Swapan Mallick Nicole Adamski[...] Dennis H O'Rourke Johannes Krause Ron Pinhasi David Reich Stephan Schiffels Nature Published 13 June 2019 Crick labsPontus SkoglundFull details Genes reveal traces of common recent demographic history for most of the Uralic-speaking populations Authors (36) Kristiina Tambets Bayazit Yunusbayev Georgi Hudjashov Anne-Mai Ilumäe Siiri Rootsi Terhi Honkola[...] Ludmila P Osipova Mikhail Voevoda Richard Villems Toomas Kivisild Mait Metspalu Genome Biology Published 21 September 2018 Crick labsPontus SkoglundFull details No evidence for unknown archaic ancestry in South Asia Authors (4)Pontus Skoglund Swapan Mallick Nick Patterson David Reich Nature Genetics Published 1 May 2018 Crick labsPontus SkoglundFull details Reconstructing the genetic history of late Neanderthals Authors (31) Mateja Hajdinjak Qiaomei Fu Alexander Hübner Martin Petr Fabrizio Mafessoni Steffi Grote[...] David Reich Kay Prüfer Matthias Meyer Svante Pääbo Janet Kelso Nature Published 29 March 2018 Crick labsPontus SkoglundFull details Population turnover in Remote Oceania shortly after initial settlement Authors (30) Mark LipsonPontus Skoglund Matthew Spriggs Frederique Valentin Stuart Bedford Richard Shing[...] Thomas N Williams Douglas J Kennett Alexander J Mentzer Ron Pinhasi David Reich Current Biology Published 2 April 2018 Crick labsPontus SkoglundFull details Mitogenome evolution in the last surviving woolly mammoth population reveals neutral and functional consequences of small population size Authors (10) Patrícia Pečnerová Eleftheria Palkopoulou Christopher W WheatPontus Skoglund Sergey Vartanyan Alexei Tikhonov Pavel Nikolskiy Johannes van der Plicht David Díez-del-Molino Love Dalén Evolution Letters Published 7 December 2017 Crick labsPontus SkoglundFull details A high-coverage Neandertal genome from Vindija Cave in Croatia Authors (36) Kay Prüfer Cesare de Filippo Steffi Grote Fabrizio Mafessoni Petra Korlević Mateja Hajdinjak[...] Mikkel H Schierup Aida M Andrés Janet Kelso Matthias Meyer Svante Pääbo Science Published 3 November 2017 Crick labsPontus SkoglundFull details Genetic ancestry of Rapanui before and after European contact Authors (6) Lars Fehren-Schmitz Catrine L Jarman Kelly M Harkins Manfred Kayser Brian N PoppPontus Skoglund Current Biology Published 23 October 2017 Crick labsPontus SkoglundFull details Reconstructing prehistoric African population structure Authors (44)Pontus Skoglund Jessica C Thompson Mary E Prendergast Alissa Mittnik Kendra Sirak Mateja Hajdinjak[...] Alan G Morris Nicole Boivin Ron Pinhasi Johannes Krause David Reich Cell Published 21 September 2017 Crick labsPontus SkoglundFull details Adaptation to infectious disease exposure in indigenous Southern African populations Authors (6) Katharine A Owers Per Sjödin Carina M SchlebuschPontus Skoglund Himla Soodyall Mattias Jakobsson Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B - Biological Sciences Published 12 April 2017 Crick labsPontus SkoglundFull details Archaeogenomic evidence reveals prehistoric matrilineal dynasty Authors (14) Douglas J Kennett Stephen Plog Richard J George Brendan J Culleton Adam S WatsonPontus Skoglund[...] Logan Kistler Steven A LeBlanc Peter M Whiteley David Reich George H Perry Nature Communications Published 21 February 2017 Crick labsPontus SkoglundFull details Genomic insights into the peopling of the Southwest Pacific Authors (31)Pontus Skoglund Cosimo Posth Kendra Sirak Matthew Spriggs Frederique Valentin Stuart Bedford[...] Joseph TS Wee Nick Patterson Johannes Krause Ron Pinhasi David Reich Nature Published 27 October 2016 Crick labsPontus SkoglundFull details The Simons Genome Diversity Project: 300 genomes from 142 diverse populations Authors (79) Swapan Mallick Heng Li Mark Lipson Iain Mathieson Melissa Gymrek Fernando Racimo[...] Kumarasamy Thangaraj Svante Pääbo Janet Kelso Nick Patterson David Reich Nature Published 13 October 2016 Crick labsPontus SkoglundFull details A genomic view of the peopling of the Americas Authors (2)Pontus Skoglund David Reich Current Opinion in Genetics & Development Published 1 December 2016 Crick labsPontus SkoglundFull details The genetic history of Ice Age Europe Authors (64) Qiaomei Fu Cosimo Posth Mateja Hajdinjak Martin Petr Swapan Mallick Daniel Fernandes[...] Janet Kelso Nick Patterson Johannes Krause Svante Pääbo David Reich Nature Published 9 June 2016 Crick labsPontus SkoglundFull details Ancient genomes link early farmers from Atapuerca in Spain to modern-day Basques Authors (19) Torsten Günther Cristina Valdiosera Helena Malmström Irene Ureña Ricardo Rodriguez-Varela Óddny Osk Sverrisdóttir[...] Eneko Iriarte Juan Luis Arsuaga José-Miguel Carretero Anders Götherström Mattias Jakobsson Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Published 22 September 2015 Crick labsPontus SkoglundFull details Genetic evidence for two founding populations of the Americas Authors (9)Pontus Skoglund Swapan Mallick Maria Cátira Bortolini Niru Chennagiri Tábita Hünemeier Maria Luiza Petzl-Erler Francisco Mauro Salzano Nick Patterson David Reich Nature Published 3 September 2015 Crick labsPontus SkoglundFull details An early modern human from Romania with a recent Neanderthal ancestor Authors (16) Qiaomei Fu Mateja Hajdinjak Oana Teodora Moldovan Silviu Constantin Swapan MallickPontus Skoglund[...] Kay Prüfer Matthias Meyer Janet Kelso David Reich Svante Pääbo Nature Published 13 August 2015 Crick labsPontus SkoglundFull details Ancient wolf genome reveals an early divergence of domestic dog ancestors and admixture into high-latitude breeds Authors (4)Pontus Skoglund Erik Ersmark Eleftheria Palkopoulou Love Dalén Current Biology Published 1 June 2015 Crick labsPontus SkoglundFull details Complete genomes reveal signatures of demographic and genetic declines in the woolly mammoth Authors (12) Eleftheria Palkopoulou Swapan MallickPontus Skoglund Jacob Enk Nadin Rohland Heng Li[...] Sergey Vartanyan Hendrik Poinar Anders Götherström David Reich Love Dalén Current Biology Published 18 May 2015 Crick labsPontus SkoglundFull details Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Next page Next Last page Last Share the page Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Share on Email
Palaeo-Eskimo genetic ancestry and the peopling of Chukotka and North America Authors (35) Pavel Flegontov N Ezgi Altınışık Piya Changmai Nadin Rohland Swapan Mallick Nicole Adamski[...] Dennis H O'Rourke Johannes Krause Ron Pinhasi David Reich Stephan Schiffels Nature Published 13 June 2019 Crick labsPontus SkoglundFull details
Genes reveal traces of common recent demographic history for most of the Uralic-speaking populations Authors (36) Kristiina Tambets Bayazit Yunusbayev Georgi Hudjashov Anne-Mai Ilumäe Siiri Rootsi Terhi Honkola[...] Ludmila P Osipova Mikhail Voevoda Richard Villems Toomas Kivisild Mait Metspalu Genome Biology Published 21 September 2018 Crick labsPontus SkoglundFull details
No evidence for unknown archaic ancestry in South Asia Authors (4)Pontus Skoglund Swapan Mallick Nick Patterson David Reich Nature Genetics Published 1 May 2018 Crick labsPontus SkoglundFull details
Reconstructing the genetic history of late Neanderthals Authors (31) Mateja Hajdinjak Qiaomei Fu Alexander Hübner Martin Petr Fabrizio Mafessoni Steffi Grote[...] David Reich Kay Prüfer Matthias Meyer Svante Pääbo Janet Kelso Nature Published 29 March 2018 Crick labsPontus SkoglundFull details
Population turnover in Remote Oceania shortly after initial settlement Authors (30) Mark LipsonPontus Skoglund Matthew Spriggs Frederique Valentin Stuart Bedford Richard Shing[...] Thomas N Williams Douglas J Kennett Alexander J Mentzer Ron Pinhasi David Reich Current Biology Published 2 April 2018 Crick labsPontus SkoglundFull details
Mitogenome evolution in the last surviving woolly mammoth population reveals neutral and functional consequences of small population size Authors (10) Patrícia Pečnerová Eleftheria Palkopoulou Christopher W WheatPontus Skoglund Sergey Vartanyan Alexei Tikhonov Pavel Nikolskiy Johannes van der Plicht David Díez-del-Molino Love Dalén Evolution Letters Published 7 December 2017 Crick labsPontus SkoglundFull details
A high-coverage Neandertal genome from Vindija Cave in Croatia Authors (36) Kay Prüfer Cesare de Filippo Steffi Grote Fabrizio Mafessoni Petra Korlević Mateja Hajdinjak[...] Mikkel H Schierup Aida M Andrés Janet Kelso Matthias Meyer Svante Pääbo Science Published 3 November 2017 Crick labsPontus SkoglundFull details
Genetic ancestry of Rapanui before and after European contact Authors (6) Lars Fehren-Schmitz Catrine L Jarman Kelly M Harkins Manfred Kayser Brian N PoppPontus Skoglund Current Biology Published 23 October 2017 Crick labsPontus SkoglundFull details
Reconstructing prehistoric African population structure Authors (44)Pontus Skoglund Jessica C Thompson Mary E Prendergast Alissa Mittnik Kendra Sirak Mateja Hajdinjak[...] Alan G Morris Nicole Boivin Ron Pinhasi Johannes Krause David Reich Cell Published 21 September 2017 Crick labsPontus SkoglundFull details
Adaptation to infectious disease exposure in indigenous Southern African populations Authors (6) Katharine A Owers Per Sjödin Carina M SchlebuschPontus Skoglund Himla Soodyall Mattias Jakobsson Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B - Biological Sciences Published 12 April 2017 Crick labsPontus SkoglundFull details
Archaeogenomic evidence reveals prehistoric matrilineal dynasty Authors (14) Douglas J Kennett Stephen Plog Richard J George Brendan J Culleton Adam S WatsonPontus Skoglund[...] Logan Kistler Steven A LeBlanc Peter M Whiteley David Reich George H Perry Nature Communications Published 21 February 2017 Crick labsPontus SkoglundFull details
Genomic insights into the peopling of the Southwest Pacific Authors (31)Pontus Skoglund Cosimo Posth Kendra Sirak Matthew Spriggs Frederique Valentin Stuart Bedford[...] Joseph TS Wee Nick Patterson Johannes Krause Ron Pinhasi David Reich Nature Published 27 October 2016 Crick labsPontus SkoglundFull details
The Simons Genome Diversity Project: 300 genomes from 142 diverse populations Authors (79) Swapan Mallick Heng Li Mark Lipson Iain Mathieson Melissa Gymrek Fernando Racimo[...] Kumarasamy Thangaraj Svante Pääbo Janet Kelso Nick Patterson David Reich Nature Published 13 October 2016 Crick labsPontus SkoglundFull details
A genomic view of the peopling of the Americas Authors (2)Pontus Skoglund David Reich Current Opinion in Genetics & Development Published 1 December 2016 Crick labsPontus SkoglundFull details
The genetic history of Ice Age Europe Authors (64) Qiaomei Fu Cosimo Posth Mateja Hajdinjak Martin Petr Swapan Mallick Daniel Fernandes[...] Janet Kelso Nick Patterson Johannes Krause Svante Pääbo David Reich Nature Published 9 June 2016 Crick labsPontus SkoglundFull details
Ancient genomes link early farmers from Atapuerca in Spain to modern-day Basques Authors (19) Torsten Günther Cristina Valdiosera Helena Malmström Irene Ureña Ricardo Rodriguez-Varela Óddny Osk Sverrisdóttir[...] Eneko Iriarte Juan Luis Arsuaga José-Miguel Carretero Anders Götherström Mattias Jakobsson Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Published 22 September 2015 Crick labsPontus SkoglundFull details
Genetic evidence for two founding populations of the Americas Authors (9)Pontus Skoglund Swapan Mallick Maria Cátira Bortolini Niru Chennagiri Tábita Hünemeier Maria Luiza Petzl-Erler Francisco Mauro Salzano Nick Patterson David Reich Nature Published 3 September 2015 Crick labsPontus SkoglundFull details
An early modern human from Romania with a recent Neanderthal ancestor Authors (16) Qiaomei Fu Mateja Hajdinjak Oana Teodora Moldovan Silviu Constantin Swapan MallickPontus Skoglund[...] Kay Prüfer Matthias Meyer Janet Kelso David Reich Svante Pääbo Nature Published 13 August 2015 Crick labsPontus SkoglundFull details
Ancient wolf genome reveals an early divergence of domestic dog ancestors and admixture into high-latitude breeds Authors (4)Pontus Skoglund Erik Ersmark Eleftheria Palkopoulou Love Dalén Current Biology Published 1 June 2015 Crick labsPontus SkoglundFull details
Complete genomes reveal signatures of demographic and genetic declines in the woolly mammoth Authors (12) Eleftheria Palkopoulou Swapan MallickPontus Skoglund Jacob Enk Nadin Rohland Heng Li[...] Sergey Vartanyan Hendrik Poinar Anders Götherström David Reich Love Dalén Current Biology Published 18 May 2015 Crick labsPontus SkoglundFull details