Genome secrets of extinct hominids, or can paleogenomics answer the question: humankind, who we are? Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2022 by S. V. Komisarenko, S. I. Romaniuk

“…Pääbo created his own methods of sequencing the ancient DNA”.…”
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De-contaminating the aDNA – archaeology dialogue on mobility and migration: discussing the culture-historical legacy by Martin Furholt

“… While the newly available ancient DNA data have shaken a lot of archaeological debates, they have, despite their enormous potential, not yet had any meaningful impact on the way we view prehistory. …”
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Searching for Silphium: An Updated Review by Lisa Briggs, Jens Jakobsson

“…We show how underwater archaeology and the search for ancient shipwrecks off the northern coast of Libya may offer our best chance for the recovery of botanical remains of ancient silphium, and how ancient DNA may be able to establish the genetic makeup of this elusive plant.…”
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Muddying the Waters by Vicki Cummings, Daniela Hofmann, Mathias Bjørnevad-Ahlqvist, Rune Iversen

“… This paper explores the current narratives of migration for the start and spread of the Neolithic with a particular focus on the role that the new ancient DNA data have provided. While the genetic data are important and instructive, here it is argued that archaeologists should also consider other strands of evidence. …”
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Ancient chicken remains reveal the origins of virulence in Marek’s disease virus by Fiddaman, SR, Dimopoulos, EA, Lebrasseur, O, du Plessis, L, Vrancken, B, Charlton, S, Haruda, AF, Tabbada, K, Flammer, PG, Dascalu, S, Marković, N, Li, H, Franklin, G, Symmons, R, Baron, H, Daróczi-Szabó, L, Shaymuratova, DN, Askeyev, IV, Putelat, O, Sana, M, Davoudi, H, Fathi, H, Mucheshi, AS, Vahdati, AA, Zhang, L, Foster, A, Sykes, N, Baumberg, GC, Bulatović, J, Askeyev, AO, Askeyev, OV, Mashkour, M, Pybus, OG, Nair, V, Larson, G, Smith, AL, Frantz, LAF

“…Our results demonstrate the power of ancient DNA approaches to trace the molecular basis of virulence in economically relevant pathogens.…”

Genetic analysis of the skeletal remains attributed to Francesco Petrarca. by Caramelli, D, Lalueza-Fox, C, Capelli, C, Lari, M, Sampietro, M, Gigli, E, Milani, L, Pilli, E, Guimaraes, S, Chiarelli, B, Marin, V, Casoli, A, Stanyon, R, Bertranpetit, J, Barbujani, G

“…DNA was extracted from a rib and a tooth and mtDNA sequences were determined in multiple clones using the strictest criteria currently available for validation of ancient DNA sequences, including independent replication. …”

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.…”

Intestinal helminths as a biomolecular complex in archaeological research by Flammer, PG, Smith, A

“…More recently various ancient DNA (aDNA) approaches have been applied in the archaeoparasitological context and these are revolutionising the field, allowing much more specific diagnosis as well as interrogating the epidemiology of helminths. …”

Dog domestication and the dual dispersal of people and dogs into the Americas by Perri, AR, Feuerborn, TR, Frantz, LAF, Larson, G, Malhi, RS, Meltzer, DJ, Witt, KE

“…Advances in the isolation and sequencing of ancient DNA have begun to reveal the population histories of both people and dogs. …”

Bioarchaeology aids the cultural understanding of six characters in search of their agency (Tarquinia, ninth–seventh century BC, central Italy) by Bagnasco, G, Marzullo, M, Cattaneo, C, Biehler-Gomez, L, Mazzarelli, D, Ricciardi, V, Müller, W, Coppa, A, McLaughlin, R, Motta, L, Prato, O, Schmidt, F, Gaveriaux, F, Marras, GB, Millet, MA, Madgwick, R, Ballantyne, R, Makarewicz, C, Trentacoste, A, Reimer, P, Mattiangeli, V, Bradley, DG, Malone, C, Esposito, C

“…Focusing on the six, as a representative sample, the scientific evidence of osteoarchaeology, isotopic compositions, and ancient DNA has established that these appear to show mobility, diversity and violence through an integrated bioarchaeological approach. …”

Forensic genetics research progress / by Gonzl̀ez Andrade, Fabricio

The evolving Japanese: the dual structure hypothesis at 30 by Mark J. Hudson, Shigeki Nakagome, John B. Whitman

“…Although the major assumptions of Hanihara's model have been supported by recent work, we discuss areas where new findings have led to a re-evaluation of aspects of the hypothesis and emphasise the need for further research in key areas including ancient DNA and archaeology.…”
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The importance of studying inherited hematological disorders in ancient Anatolian populations by Yeşim Doğan Alakoç, Nejat Akar

“…Researchers that perform ancient DNA analysis prefer to study polymorphisms on the Y chromosome or mitochondrial DNA because the results are easier to statistically evaluate. …”
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Inferring Signatures of Positive Selection in Whole-Genome Sequencing Data: An Overview of Haplotype-Based Methods by Paolo Abondio, Elisabetta Cilli, Donata Luiselli

“…Moreover, considerations are provided around the application of these statistics to different species, their suitability for ancient DNA, and the usefulness of discovering variants under selection for biomedicine and public health in an evolutionary medicine framework.…”
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Cranial trephination and infectious disease in the Eastern Mediterranean: The evidence from two elite brothers from Late Bronze Megiddo, Israel. by Rachel Kalisher, Melissa S Cradic, Matthew J Adams, Mario A S Martin, Israel Finkelstein

“…Here we present the paleopathological profiles of two young adult males, identified as brothers through ancient DNA analysis, who were buried together beneath the floor of an elite early Late Bronze Age I (ca. 1550-1450 BC) domestic structure at the urban center of Megiddo (modern Israel). …”
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Cranial trephination and infectious disease in the Eastern Mediterranean: The evidence from two elite brothers from Late Bronze Megiddo, Israel by Rachel Kalisher, Melissa S. Cradic, Matthew J. Adams, Mario A. S. Martin, Israel Finkelstein

“…Here we present the paleopathological profiles of two young adult males, identified as brothers through ancient DNA analysis, who were buried together beneath the floor of an elite early Late Bronze Age I (ca. 1550–1450 BC) domestic structure at the urban center of Megiddo (modern Israel). …”
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Forensic science in Ghana: A review by Aaron O. Amankwaa, Emmanuel Nsiah Amoako, Dan Osei Mensah Bonsu, Moses Banyeh

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HOPS: automated detection and authentication of pathogen DNA in archaeological remains by Hübler, Ron, Key, Felix M, Warinner, Christina, Bos, Kirsten I, Krause, Johannes, Herbig, Alexander

“…Here, we present HOPS (Heuristic Operations for Pathogen Screening), an automated bacterial screening pipeline for ancient DNA sequences that provides detailed information on species identification and authenticity. …”
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Origins and genetic legacies of the Caribbean Taino by Schroeder, H, Sikora, M, Gopalakrishnan, S, Cassidy, LM, Delser, P, Velasco, M, Schraiber, JG, Rasmussen, S, Homburger, JR, Ávila-Arcos, MC, Allentoft, ME, Moreno-Mayar, JV, Renaud, G, Gómez-Carballa, A, Laffoon, JE, Hopkins, RJA, Higham, TFG, Carr, RS, Schaffer, WC, Day, JS, Hoogland, M, Salas, A, Bustamante, CD, Nielsen, R, Bradley, DG, Hofman, CL, Willerslev, E

“…The Caribbean was one of the last parts of the Americas to be settled by humans, but how and when the islands were first occupied remains a matter of debate. Ancient DNA can help answering these questions, but the work has been hampered by poor DNA preservation. …”

Molecular archaeoparasitology identifies cultural changes in the Medieval Hanseatic trading centre of Lübeck by Flammer, P, Dellicour, S, Preston, S, Rieger, D, Warren, S, Tan, C, Nicholson, R, Prichystalova, R, Bleicher, N, Wahl, J, Faria, N, Pybus, O, Pollard, M, Smith, A

“…This study integrated parasitological and ancient DNA methods with a large sample set dating between Neolithic and Early Modern periods to explore the utility of molecular archaeoparasitology as a new approach to study the past. …”