Like modern metagenomics, ancient metagenomics is a highly data-rich discipline, with the
added challenge that the DNA of interest is degraded and, depending on the sample type, in …

Ancient DNA and RNA are valuable data sources for a wide range of disciplines. Within the
field of ancient metagenomics, the number of published genetic datasets has risen …

Motivation Under favourable conditions DNA molecules can persist for hundreds of
thousands of years. Such genetic remains make up invaluable resources to study past …

Abstract Analysis of microbial data from archaeological samples is a growing field with great
potential for understanding ancient environments, lifestyles, and diseases. However, high …

Metagenomics data analyses from independent studies can only be compared if the
analysis workflows are described in a harmonized way. In this overview, we have mapped …

Santiago-Rodriguez et al.[1] report on the putative gut microbiome and resistome of Inca and
Italian mummies, and find that Italian mummies exhibit higher bacterial diversity compared to …

Next-generation sequencing technologies have revolutionized the field of paleogenomics,
allowing the reconstruction of complete ancient genomes and their comparison with modern …

To assess the functional capacities of microbial communities, including those inhabiting the
human body, shotgun metagenomic reads are often aligned to a database of known genes …

Taxonomic profiling of ancient metagenomic samples is challenging due to the
accumulation of specific damage patterns on DNA over time. Although a number of methods …

Metagenomics is the cultivation independent analysis of the collective genomes of microbes
within a given environment, using sequence-and functionbased approaches. Early …