Early human impact on lake cyanobacteria revealed by a Holocene record of sedimentary ancient DNA

Analysis of sedimentary DNA through time in a German lake shows a spike in cyanobacteria abundance coinciding with human activity in the Bronze Age.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ebuka Canisius Nwosu, Achim Brauer, Marie-Eve Monchamp, Sylvia Pinkerneil, Alexander Bartholomäus, Martin Theuerkauf, Jens-Peter Schmidt, Kathleen R. Stoof-Leichsenring, Theresa Wietelmann, Jerome Kaiser, Dirk Wagner, Susanne Liebner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-01-01
Series:Communications Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-023-04430-z