[HTML][HTML] Population genomics of post-glacial western Eurasia

ME Allentoft, M Sikora, A Refoyo-Martínez… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Western Eurasia witnessed several large-scale human migrations during the Holocene,,,–.
Here, to investigate the cross-continental effects of these migrations, we shotgun-sequenced …

Elevated genetic risk for multiple sclerosis emerged in steppe pastoralist populations

W Barrie, Y Yang, EK Irving-Pease, KE Attfield… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a neuro-inflammatory and neurodegenerative disease that is most
prevalent in Northern Europe. Although it is known that inherited risk for MS is located within …

The genome and population genomics of allopolyploid Coffea arabica reveal the diversification history of modern coffee cultivars

J Salojärvi, A Rambani, Z Yu, R Guyot, S Strickler… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Coffea arabica, an allotetraploid hybrid of Coffea eugenioides and Coffea canephora, is the
source of approximately 60% of coffee products worldwide, and its cultivated accessions …

Leopard traps in the Judean Desert reveal long-term impact of humans on top predator populations

U Davidovich, I Wachtel, R Halevi, R Zidon… - Quaternary Science …, 2024 - Elsevier
The impact of human-driven hunting on large carnivores has been an important factor in
altering recent and sub-recent ecosystems. However, comprehending this vital interaction in …

Widespread horse-based mobility arose around 2200 bce in Eurasia

P Librado, G Tressières, L Chauvey, A Fages, N Khan… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Horses revolutionized human history with fast mobility. However, the timeline between their
domestication and their widespread integration as a means of transport remains …

Exploring different methodological approaches to unlock paleobiodiversity in peat profiles using ancient DNA

I Fracasso, C Zaccone, N Oskolkov, L Da Ros… - Science of the Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Natural and human-induced environmental changes deeply affected terrestrial ecosystems
throughout the Holocene. Paleoenvironmental reconstructions provide information about the …

Genetic history of Cambridgeshire before and after the Black Death

R Hui, CL Scheib, E D'Atanasio, SA Inskip… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
The extent of the devastation of the Black Death pandemic (1346–1353) on European
populations is known from documentary sources and its bacterial source illuminated by …

Network of large pedigrees reveals social practices of Avar communities

GA Gnecchi-Ruscone, Z Rácz, L Samu, T Szeniczey… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract From ad 567–568, at the onset of the Avar period, populations from the Eurasian
Steppe settled in the Carpathian Basin for approximately 250 years. Extensive sampling for …

Stable population structure in Europe since the Iron Age, despite high mobility

ML Antonio, CL Weiß, Z Gao, S Sawyer, V Oberreiter… - Elife, 2024 - elifesciences.org
Ancient DNA research in the past decade has revealed that European population structure
changed dramatically in the prehistoric period (14,000–3000 years before present, YBP) …

A revisited history of cacao domestication in pre-Columbian times revealed by archaeogenomic approaches

C Lanaud, H Vignes, J Utge, G Valette, B Rhoné… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Humans have a long history of transporting and trading plants, contributing to the evolution
of domesticated plants. Theobroma cacao originated in the Neotropics from South America …