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(2017) ‘Written in Bone’: New discoveries about the lives of Roman Londoners, Britannia 48, 253–77 Authors (8) Rebecca RedfernKyriaki AnastasiadouMarina Soares Da SilvaAlexandre GilardetMonica KellyMia Adrianna WilliamsThomas BoothPontus Skoglund Britannia Published 1 November 2023 Crick labs/ facilitiesPontus SkoglundAdvanced SequencingFull details Yersinia pestis genomes reveal plague in Britain 4000 years ago Authors (24)Pooja Swali Rick SchultingAlexandre GilardetMonica KellyKyriaki Anastasiadou Isabelle Glocke[...]Marina Soares Da SilvaMateja HajdinjakAnders BergstromThomas BoothPontus Skoglund Nature Communications Published 22 May 2023 Crick labs/ facilitiesPontus SkoglundBioinformatics and BiostatisticsAdvanced SequencingFull details Ancient human DNA recovered from a Palaeolithic pendant Authors (23) Elena Essel Elena I Zavala Ellen Schulz-Kornas Maxim B KozlikinHelen Fewlass Benjamin Vernot[...] Janet Kelso Svante PääboMateja Hajdinjak Marie Soressi Matthias Meyer Nature Published 8 June 2023 Crick labsPontus SkoglundFull details Hunter-gatherer admixture facilitated natural selection in Neolithic European farmers Authors (4)Tom Davy Dan Ju Iain MathiesonPontus Skoglund Current Biology Published 10 April 2023 Crick labsPontus SkoglundFull details The genetic history of Scandinavia from the Roman Iron Age to the present Authors (44) Ricardo Rodríguez-Varela Kristjan HS Moore S Sunna Ebenesersdóttir Gulsah Merve Kilinc Anna Kjellström Ludvig Papmehl-Dufay[...] Torun Zachrisson Jan Storå Kári Stefánsson Agnar Helgason Anders Götherström Cell Published 5 January 2023 Crick labsPontus SkoglundFull details Dual ancestries and ecologies of the Late Glacial Palaeolithic in Britain Authors (20) Sophy Charlton Selina BraceMateja Hajdinjak Rebecca KearneyThomas Booth Hazel Reade[...] Tom Higham Chris StringerPontus Skoglund Ian Barnes Rhiannon E Stevens Nature Ecology and Evolution Published 1 November 2022 Crick labs/ facilitiesPontus SkoglundBioinformatics and BiostatisticsFull details Grey wolf genomic history reveals a dual ancestry of dogs Authors (81)Anders Bergstrom David WG Stanton Ulrike H Taron Laurent Frantz Mikkel-Holger S Sinding Erik Ersmark[...] Beth Shapiro Greger Larson Johannes Krause Love DalénPontus Skoglund Nature Published 14 July 2022 Crick labsPontus SkoglundFull details Comment on "A global environmental crisis 42,000 years ago" Authors (10) Andrea Picin Stefano Benazzi Ruth BlascoMateja Hajdinjak Kristofer M Helgen Jean-Jacques Hublin Jordi RosellPontus Skoglund Chris Stringer Sahra Talamo Science Published 19 November 2021 Crick labsPontus SkoglundFull details Ethics of DNA research on human remains: five globally applicable guidelines Authors (64) Songül Alpaslan-Roodenberg David Anthony Hiba Babiker Eszter BánffyThomas Booth Patricia Capone[...] Ray Tobler Chuan-Chao Wang Christina Warinner Surangi Yasawardene Muhammad Zahir Nature Published 4 November 2021 Crick labsPontus SkoglundFull details From domestication genomics towards molecular ecology of human environments Authors (1)Anders Bergstrom Journal of Anthropological Sciences Published 2 October 2021 Crick labsPontus SkoglundFull details Genome-scale sequencing and analysis of human, wolf, and bison DNA from 25,000-year-old sediment Authors (19) Pere Gelabert Susanna SawyerAnders Bergstrom Ashot Margaryan Thomas C Collin Tengiz Meshveliani[...] Victoria Oberreiter Robin NM Feeney Mareike C StahlschmidtPontus Skoglund Ron Pinhasi Current Biology Published 23 August 2021 Crick labsPontus SkoglundFull details Inferring population histories for ancient genomes using genome-wide genealogies Authors (6)Leo Speidel Lara Cassidy Robert W Davies Garrett HellenthalPontus Skoglund Simon R Myers Molecular Biology and Evolution Published 1 September 2021 Crick labsPontus SkoglundFull details Genomic insights into the conservation status of the world's last remaining Sumatran rhinoceros populations Authors (21) Johanna von Seth Nicolas Dussex David Díez-del-Molino Tom van der Valk Verena E Kutschera Marcin Kierczak[...]Pontus Skoglund Oliver A Ryder Benoit Goossens Anders Götherström Love Dalén Nature Communications Published 26 April 2021 Crick labsPontus SkoglundFull details Initial Upper Palaeolithic humans in Europe had recent Neanderthal ancestry Authors (32)Mateja Hajdinjak Fabrizio Mafessoni Laurits Skov Benjamin Vernot Alexander Hübner Qiaomei Fu[...] Benjamin M Peter Matthias MeyerPontus Skoglund Janet Kelso Svante Pääbo Nature Published 8 April 2021 Crick labsPontus SkoglundFull details Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Next page Next Last page Last Share the page Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Share on Email
Homo sapiens reached the higher latitudes of Europe by 45,000 years ago Authors (33) Dorothea Mylopotamitaki Marcel WeissHelen Fewlass Elena Irene Zavala Hélène Rougier Arev Pelin Sümer[...] Matthias Meyer Frido Welker Shannon P McPherron Tim Schüler Jean-Jacques Hublin Nature Published 8 February 2024 Crick labsPontus SkoglundFull details
Detection of chromosomal aneuploidy in ancient genomes Authors (31)Kyriaki AnastasiadouMarina Soares Da SilvaThomas BoothLeo Speidel Tony Audsley Christopher Barrington[...] Malin Holst Louise Loe Ian Armit Rick SchultingPontus Skoglund Communications Biology Published 11 January 2024 Crick labs/ facilitiesPontus SkoglundBioinformatics and BiostatisticsAdvanced SequencingFull details
An individual with Sarmatian-related ancestry in Roman Britain Authors (14)Marina Soares Da SilvaThomas Booth Joanna MooreKyriaki Anastasiadou Don WalkerAlexandre Gilardet[...] Michael Henderson Alex Smith David Bowsher Janet MontgomeryPontus Skoglund Current Biology Published 8 January 2024 Crick labs/ facilitiesPontus SkoglundBioinformatics and BiostatisticsScientific computingAdvanced SequencingFull details
The history of Coast Salish "woolly dogs" revealed by ancient genomics and Indigenous Knowledge Authors (33) Audrey T Lin Liz Hammond-Kaarremaa Hsiao-Lei Liu Chris Stantis Iain McKechnie Michael Pavel[...] Greger Larson Chelsey G Armstrong Laurent AF Frantz Melissa TR Hawkins Logan Kistler Science Published 15 December 2023 Crick labsPontus SkoglundFull details
Limited historical admixture between European wildcats and domestic cats Authors (55) Alexandra Jamieson Alberto Carmagnini Jo Howard-McCombe Sean Doherty Alexandra Hirons Evangelos Dimopoulos[...] Mark Beaumont Claudio Ottoni Naomi Sykes Greger Larson Laurent Frantz Current Biology Published 6 November 2023 Crick labsPontus SkoglundFull details
Chronological and genetic analysis of an Upper Palaeolithic female infant burial from Borsuka Cave, Poland Authors (8)Helen Fewlass Elena I Zavala Yoann Fagault Thibaut Tuna Edouard Bard Jean-Jacques Hublin Mateja Hajdinjak Jarosław Wilczyński iScience Published 15 December 2023 Crick labsPontus SkoglundFull details
Correction to Redfern et al. (2017) ‘Written in Bone’: New discoveries about the lives of Roman Londoners, Britannia 48, 253–77 Authors (8) Rebecca RedfernKyriaki AnastasiadouMarina Soares Da SilvaAlexandre GilardetMonica KellyMia Adrianna WilliamsThomas BoothPontus Skoglund Britannia Published 1 November 2023 Crick labs/ facilitiesPontus SkoglundAdvanced SequencingFull details
Yersinia pestis genomes reveal plague in Britain 4000 years ago Authors (24)Pooja Swali Rick SchultingAlexandre GilardetMonica KellyKyriaki Anastasiadou Isabelle Glocke[...]Marina Soares Da SilvaMateja HajdinjakAnders BergstromThomas BoothPontus Skoglund Nature Communications Published 22 May 2023 Crick labs/ facilitiesPontus SkoglundBioinformatics and BiostatisticsAdvanced SequencingFull details
Ancient human DNA recovered from a Palaeolithic pendant Authors (23) Elena Essel Elena I Zavala Ellen Schulz-Kornas Maxim B KozlikinHelen Fewlass Benjamin Vernot[...] Janet Kelso Svante PääboMateja Hajdinjak Marie Soressi Matthias Meyer Nature Published 8 June 2023 Crick labsPontus SkoglundFull details
Hunter-gatherer admixture facilitated natural selection in Neolithic European farmers Authors (4)Tom Davy Dan Ju Iain MathiesonPontus Skoglund Current Biology Published 10 April 2023 Crick labsPontus SkoglundFull details
The genetic history of Scandinavia from the Roman Iron Age to the present Authors (44) Ricardo Rodríguez-Varela Kristjan HS Moore S Sunna Ebenesersdóttir Gulsah Merve Kilinc Anna Kjellström Ludvig Papmehl-Dufay[...] Torun Zachrisson Jan Storå Kári Stefánsson Agnar Helgason Anders Götherström Cell Published 5 January 2023 Crick labsPontus SkoglundFull details
Dual ancestries and ecologies of the Late Glacial Palaeolithic in Britain Authors (20) Sophy Charlton Selina BraceMateja Hajdinjak Rebecca KearneyThomas Booth Hazel Reade[...] Tom Higham Chris StringerPontus Skoglund Ian Barnes Rhiannon E Stevens Nature Ecology and Evolution Published 1 November 2022 Crick labs/ facilitiesPontus SkoglundBioinformatics and BiostatisticsFull details
Grey wolf genomic history reveals a dual ancestry of dogs Authors (81)Anders Bergstrom David WG Stanton Ulrike H Taron Laurent Frantz Mikkel-Holger S Sinding Erik Ersmark[...] Beth Shapiro Greger Larson Johannes Krause Love DalénPontus Skoglund Nature Published 14 July 2022 Crick labsPontus SkoglundFull details
Comment on "A global environmental crisis 42,000 years ago" Authors (10) Andrea Picin Stefano Benazzi Ruth BlascoMateja Hajdinjak Kristofer M Helgen Jean-Jacques Hublin Jordi RosellPontus Skoglund Chris Stringer Sahra Talamo Science Published 19 November 2021 Crick labsPontus SkoglundFull details
Ethics of DNA research on human remains: five globally applicable guidelines Authors (64) Songül Alpaslan-Roodenberg David Anthony Hiba Babiker Eszter BánffyThomas Booth Patricia Capone[...] Ray Tobler Chuan-Chao Wang Christina Warinner Surangi Yasawardene Muhammad Zahir Nature Published 4 November 2021 Crick labsPontus SkoglundFull details
From domestication genomics towards molecular ecology of human environments Authors (1)Anders Bergstrom Journal of Anthropological Sciences Published 2 October 2021 Crick labsPontus SkoglundFull details
Genome-scale sequencing and analysis of human, wolf, and bison DNA from 25,000-year-old sediment Authors (19) Pere Gelabert Susanna SawyerAnders Bergstrom Ashot Margaryan Thomas C Collin Tengiz Meshveliani[...] Victoria Oberreiter Robin NM Feeney Mareike C StahlschmidtPontus Skoglund Ron Pinhasi Current Biology Published 23 August 2021 Crick labsPontus SkoglundFull details
Inferring population histories for ancient genomes using genome-wide genealogies Authors (6)Leo Speidel Lara Cassidy Robert W Davies Garrett HellenthalPontus Skoglund Simon R Myers Molecular Biology and Evolution Published 1 September 2021 Crick labsPontus SkoglundFull details
Genomic insights into the conservation status of the world's last remaining Sumatran rhinoceros populations Authors (21) Johanna von Seth Nicolas Dussex David Díez-del-Molino Tom van der Valk Verena E Kutschera Marcin Kierczak[...]Pontus Skoglund Oliver A Ryder Benoit Goossens Anders Götherström Love Dalén Nature Communications Published 26 April 2021 Crick labsPontus SkoglundFull details
Initial Upper Palaeolithic humans in Europe had recent Neanderthal ancestry Authors (32)Mateja Hajdinjak Fabrizio Mafessoni Laurits Skov Benjamin Vernot Alexander Hübner Qiaomei Fu[...] Benjamin M Peter Matthias MeyerPontus Skoglund Janet Kelso Svante Pääbo Nature Published 8 April 2021 Crick labsPontus SkoglundFull details