Ancient DNA suggests modern wolves trace their origin to a Late Pleistocene expansion from Beringia by Loog, L, Thalmann, O, Sinding, M-HS, Schuenemann, VJ, Perri, A, Germonpré, M, Bocherens, H, Witt, KE, Castruita, JA, Velasco, MS, Lundstrøm, IKC, Wales, N, Sonet, G, Frantz, L, Schroeder, H, Budd, J, Jimenez, E-L, Fedorov, S, Gasparyan, B, Kandel, AW, Lázničková‐Galetová, M, Napierala, H, Uerpmann, H, Nikolskiy, PA, Pavlova, EY, Pitulko, VV, Herzig, K, Malhi, RS, Willerslev, E, Hansen, AJ, Dobney, K, Gilbert, MTP, Krause, J, Larson, G, Eriksson, A, Manica, A

Selection of appropriate metagenome taxonomic classifiers for ancient microbiome research by Larson, G, Velsko, I, Frantz, L, Herbig, A, Warinner, C

“…Using a set of in silico-generated metagenomic data sets, we investigated how the addition of ancient DNA (aDNA) damage patterns influences microbial taxonomic assignment by five widely used profilers: QIIME/UCLUST, MetaPhlAn2, MIDAS, CLARK-S, and MALT. …”

Kouprey (Bos sauveli) genomes unveil polytomic origin of wild Asian Bos by Sinding, M-HS, Ciucani, MM, Ramos-Madrigal, J, Carmagnini, A, Rasmussen, JA, Feng, S, Chen, G, Vieira, FG, Mattiangeli, V, Ganjoo, RK, Larson, G, Sicheritz-Pontén, T, Petersen, B, Frantz, L, Gilbert, MTP, Bradley, DG

“…Finally, we detected significant gene flow from an unsampled Asian Bos-like source into East Asian zebu cattle, demonstrating both that the full genomic diversity and evolutionary history of the Bos complex has yet to be elucidated and that museum specimens and ancient DNA are valuable resources to do so.…”

Patagonian partnerships: the extinct Dusicyon avus and its interaction with prehistoric human communities by Abbona, CC, Lebrasseur, O, Prevosti, FJ, Peralta, E, González Venanzi, L, Frantz, L, Larson, G, Gil, AF, Neme, GA

“…In this study, we used ancient DNA analysis, morphological examination and stable isotope analysis (δ¹³C_col and δ¹⁵N) to re-evaluate the taxonomic assignment of a canid discovered at the Late Holocene burial site of Cañada Seca. …”

Reconstructing Asian faunal introductions to eastern Africa from multi-proxy biomolecular and archaeological datasets by Prendergast, M, Buckley, M, Crowther, A, Frantz, L, Eager, H, Lebrasseur, O, Hutterer, R, Hulme-Beaman, A, Van Neer, W, Douka, K, Veall, M, Quintana Morales, E, Schuenemann, V, Reiter, E, Allen, R, Dimopoulos, E, Helm, R, Shipton, C, Mwebi, O, Denys, C, Horton, M, Wynne-Jones, S, Fleisher, J, Radimilahy, C, Wright, H, Searle, J, Krause, J, Larson, G, Boivin, N

“…Our approach included ancient DNA (aDNA) analysis aided by BLAST-based bioinformatics, Zooarchaeology by Mass Spectrometry (ZooMS) collagen fingerprinting, and direct AMS (accelerator mass spectrometry) radiocarbon dating. …”

The dental calculus metabolome in modern and historic samples by Velsko, I, Overmyer, K, Speller, C, Klaus, L, Collins, M, Loe, L, Frantz, L, Sankaranarayanan, K, Lewis, C, Rodriguez Martinez, J, Chaves, E, Coon, J, Larson, G, Warinner, C

“…Recent studies have confirmed the survival of authentic ancient DNA and proteins within historic and prehistoric dental calculus, making it a promising substrate for investigating oral microbiome evolution via direct measurement and comparison of modern and ancient specimens.…”