• A 5700 year-old human genome and oral microbiome from chewed birch pitch 

      Jensen, Theis Zetner Trolle; Niemann, Jonas; Iversen, Katrine Højholt; Fotakis, Anna K.; Gopalakrishnan, Shyam; Vågene, Åshild J; Pedersen, Mikkel Winther; Sinding, Mikkel-Holger S.; Ellegaard, Martin R; Allentoft, Morten E.; Lanigan, Liam T; Taurozzi, Alberto J; Nielsen, Sofie Holtsmark; Dee, Michael W; Mortensen, Martin; Christensen, Mads C; Sørensen, Søren; Collins, Matthew J; Gilbert, Marcus Thomas Pius; Sikora, Martin; Rasmussen, Simon; Schroeder, Hannes (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      The rise of ancient genomics has revolutionised our understanding of human prehistory but this work depends on the availability of suitable samples. Here we present a complete ancienthuman genome and oral microbiome sequenced ...
    • Early Pleistocene enamel proteome from Dmanisi resolves Stephanorhinus phylogeny 

      Cappellini, Enrico; Welker, Frido; Pandolfi, Luca; Ramos-Madrigal, Jazmín; Samodova, Diana; Rüther, Patrick L.; Fotakis, Anna K.; Lyon, David; Moreno-Mayar, J. Víctor; Bukhsianidze, Maia; Jersie-Christensen, Rosa Rakownikow; Mackie, Meaghan; Ginolhac, Aurélien; Ferring, Reid; Tappen, Martha; Palkopoulou, Eleftheria; Dickinson, Marc R.; Stafford, Jr., Thomas W.; Chan, Yvonne L.; Götherström, Anders; Nathan, Senthilvel K.S.S.; Heintzman, Peter D.; Kapp, Joshua D.; Kirillova, Irina V.; Moodley, Yoshan; Agusti, Jordi; Kahlke, Ralf-Dietrich; Kiladze, Gocha; Martínez-Navarro, Bienvenido; Liu, Shanlin; Sandoval Velasco, Marcela; Sinding, Mikkel-Holger S.; Kelstrup, Christian D.; Allentoft, Morten E.; Orlando, Ludovic; Penkman, Kirsty; Shapiro, Beth; Rook, Lorenzo; Dalén, Love; Gilbert, Marcus Thomas Pius; Olsen, Jesper V.; Lordkipanidze, David; Willerslev, Eske (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      The sequencing of ancient DNA has enabled the reconstruction of speciation, migration and admixture events for extinct taxa1. However, the irreversible post-mortem degradation2 of ancient DNA has so far limited its ...
    • Multi-omic detection of Mycobacterium leprae in archaeological human dental calculus 

      Fotakis, Anna K.; Denham, Sean Dexter; Mackie, Meaghan; Orbegozo, Miren Iraeta; Mylopotamitaki, Dorothea; Gopalakrishnan, Shyam; Sicheritz-Pontén, Thomas; Olsen, Jesper V.; Cappellini, Enrico; Zhang, Guojie; Christophersen, Axel; Gilbert, Thomas; Vågene, Åshild J (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Mineralized dental plaque (calculus) has proven to be an excellent source of ancient biomolecules. Here we present a Mycobacterium leprae genome (6.6-fold), the causative agent of leprosy, recovered via shotgun sequencing ...
    • The population genomic legacy of the second plague pandemic 

      Gopalakrishnan, Shyam; Ebenesersdottir, S.Sunna; Lundstrøm, Inge K.C.; Turner-Walker, Gordon; Moore, Kristjan H.S.; Luisi, Pierre; Magaryan, Ashot; Martin, Michael D.; Ellegaard, Martin Rene; Magnusson, Olafur T.; Sigurdsson, Asgeir; Snorradóttir, Steinunn; Magnúsdóttir, Droplaug N.; Laffoon, Jason E.; van Dorp, Lucy; Liu, Xiaodong; Moltke, Ida; Avila-Arcos, María C.; Schraiber, Joshua G.; Rasmussen, Simon; Juan, David; Galabert, Pere; De-Dios, Toni; Fotakis, Anna K.; Iraeta-Orbegozo, Miren; Vågene, Åshild J.; Denham, Sean Dexter; Christophersen, Axel; Stenøien, Hans K.; Vieira, Filipe G.; Liu, Shanlin; Günther, Torsten; Kivisild, Toomas; Moseng, Ole Georg; Skar, Birgitte; Cheung, Christina; Sandoval-Velasco, Marcela; Wales, Nathan; Schroeder, Hannes; Campos, Paula F.; Gudmundsdottir, Valdis B; Sicheritz - Ponten, Thomas; Petersen, Bent; Halgunset, Jostein; Gilbert, Edmund; Cavalleri, Gianpiero L.; Hovig, Eivind; Kockum, Ingrid; Olsson, Tomas; Alfredsson, Lars; Hansen, Thomas F.; Werge, Thomas; Willerslev, Eske; Balloux, Francois; Marquès-Bonet, Tomás; Lalueza-Fox, Carles; Nielsen, Rasmus; Stefánsson, Kári; Helgason, Agnar; Gilbert, Thomas P. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Human populations have been shaped by catastrophes that may have left long-lasting signatures in their genomes. One notable example is the second plague pandemic that entered Europe in ca. 1,347 CE and repeatedly returned ...
    • Population genomics of the Viking world 

      Margaryan, Ashot; Lawson, Daniel J.; Sikora, Martin; Racimo, Fernando; Rasmussen, Simon; Moltke, Ida; Cassidy, Lara M.; Jørsboe, Emil; Ingason, Andres; Pedersen, Mikkel Winther; Korneliussen, Thorfinn; Wilhelmson, Helene; Bus, Magdalena M.; de Barros Damgaard, Peter; Martiniano, Rui; Renaud, Gabriel; Bhérer, Claude; Moreno-Mayar, J. Víctor; Fotakis, Anna K.; Allen, Marie; Allmäe, Raili; Molak, Martyna; Cappellini, Enrico; Scorrano, Gabriele; McColl, Hugh; Buzhilova, Alexandra; Fox, Allison; Albrechtsen, Anders; Schütz, Berit; Skar, Birgitte; Arcini, Caroline; Falys, Ceri; Jonson, Charlotte Hedenstierna; Błaszczyk, Dariusz; Pezhemsky, Denis; Turner-Walker, Gordon; Gestsdóttir, Hildur; Lundstrøm, Inge; Gustin, Ingrid; Mainland, Ingrid; Potekhina, Inna; Muntoni, Italo M.; Cheng, Jade Y.; Stenderup, Jesper; Ma, Jilong; Gibson, Julie; Peets, Jüri; Gustafsson, Jörgen; Iversen, Katrine Højholt; Simpson, Linzi; Strand, Lisa Mariann; Loe, Louise; Sikora, Maeve; Florek, Marek; Vretemark, Maria; Redknap, Mark; Bajka, Monika; Pushkina, Tamara; Søvsø, Morten; Grigoreva, Natalia; Christensen, Tom; Kastholm, Ole; Uldum, Otto; Favia, Pasquale; Holck, Per; Sten, Sabine; Arge, Símun V; Ellingvåg, Sturla; Moiseyev, Vayacheslav; Bogdanowicz, Wiesław; Magnusson, Yvonne; Orlando, Ludovic; Pentz, Peter; Jessen, Mads Dengsø; Pedersen, Anne; Collard, Mark; Bradley, Daniel G.; Jørkov, Marie Louise; Arneborg, Jette; Lynnerup, Niels; Price, Neil; Gilbert, Marcus Thomas Pius; Allentoft, Morten E.; Bill, Jan; Sindbæk, Søren M; Hedeager, Lotte; Kristiansen, Kristian; Nielsen, Rasmus; Werge, Thomas; Willerslev, Eske (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      The maritime expansion of Scandinavian populations during the Viking Age (about ad 750–1050) was a far-flung transformation in world history1,2. Here we sequenced the genomes of 442 humans from archaeological sites across ...