KIN: a method to infer relatedness from low-coverage ancient DNA

D Popli, S Peyrégne, BM Peter - Genome Biology, 2023 - Springer
Genetic kinship of ancient individuals can provide insights into their culture and social
hierarchy, and is relevant for downstream genetic analyses. However, estimating …

Tales from the supplementary information: ancestry change in Chalcolithic–Early Bronze Age Britain was gradual with varied kinship organization

TJ Booth, J Brück, S Brace, I Barnes - Cambridge Archaeological …, 2021 - cambridge.org
Large-scale archaeogenetic studies of people from prehistoric Europe tend to be broad in
scope and difficult to resolve with local archaeologies. However, accompanying …

The Middle Holocene 'funerary avenues' of north-west Arabia

M Dalton, J McMahon, MA Kennedy… - The …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
The desert regions of the Arabian Peninsula and Levant are criss-crossed by innumerable
pathways. Across large areas of north-west Arabia, many of these pathways are flanked by …

[PDF][PDF] Vilken ny kunskap ger aDNA-analyser om vegetationsutvecklingen i Nordeuropa under och efter Weichsel-istiden?

B Cordes - 2023 - lup.lub.lu.se
Under de senaste 30 åren har en ny metod för att få information om tidigare ekosystem
utvecklats, nämligen att analysera gammalt (“ancient”) DNA (aDNA). Denna forskningsgren …

Ancient genomes reveal the origin and kinship burial patterns of human remains during the 11th to 13th centuries in northern China

F Zhang, Y Liu, C Ning, J Zhang, P Ma… - International Journal …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The analysis of familial relationships among individuals co‐buried in a shared tomb is
crucial for understanding burial practices and the underlying social organization of ancient …

[PDF][PDF] Ancient genomic research-From broad strokes to nuanced reconstructions of the past

K Nägele, M Rivollat, H Yu, K Wang - Journal of Anthropological …, 2022 - pure.mpg.de
Ancient DNA (aDNA) studies have deployed genetic material from archaeological contexts
to investigate human dispersals and interactions, corroborating some longstanding …

[HTML][HTML] Archaeological questions and genetic answers: Male paternal kinship in a copper age multiple burial from the eastern Italian Alps

A Paladin, S Zingale, M Croze, C Marzoli… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
In 2010, a detailed anthropological study regarding two adult individuals and one foetus-
newborn buried in a Copper Age (ca. 3000–2700 cal. BC) multiple grave site found in …

[HTML][HTML] Potential maternal kinship among humans from the Northern Caucasus “post-dolmen” burials

VR Erlikh, EI Gak, AA Kleshchenko, FS Sharko… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Middle Bronze Age was an important period in the history of the Northern
Caucasus. The archaeological Shushuk “post-dolmen” phenomenon, characterized by the …

Historical genomes elucidate European settlement and the African diaspora in Delaware

RE Fleskes, DW Owsley, KS Bruwelheide, KG Barca… - Current Biology, 2023 - cell.com
The 17 th-century colonization of North America brought thousands of Europeans to
Indigenous lands in the Delaware region, which comprises the eastern boundary of the …

Bonded by pieces: Fragments as means of affirming kinship in Iron Age Finland

U Moilanen - Broken Bodies, Places and Objects, 2023 - taylorfrancis.com
In previous Finnish research, many features of funeral rituals have been linked to ancestor
cults and honouring or remembering past generations. However, the topic has not been …