The first release of the metAaRCive is out!!! A resource of metadata for published ancient animal genomes, curated by members of @aarc-community.bsky.social - 1518 complete records for its first release! [missing: equids!] github.com/AaRC-Animal-... #adna

In under two weeks, AaRC will be hosting our 2026 Online Conference! This will be taking place on Tuesday, 19 May, from 10:00 to 13:35 CEST (GMT+1). We've got an incredible lineup of speakers, so sign up while you can: forms.gle/Kse1kPYnpsVg...

Next Thursday (April 16th) the @aarc-community.bsky.social is hosting an online workshop on #ancientDNA #imputation and #relatedness with @jolijnerven.bsky.social! Keen to sign up? Here's the link! docs.google.com/forms/d/1kUg...

Yesterday in @nature.com, we presented the earliest evidence of dogs anywhere in the world — three puppies that were buried by Stone Age hunter-gatherers in Türkiye almost 16,000 years ago. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Join us Friday 27th March at ** 9am GMT ** for our AaRC TikTalk seminar, given this month by two exciting Australian-based researchers Loukas Koungoulos (dingos!) and Siobhan Evans (cave sediment!) #adna @aarc-community.bsky.social

Short snouts and big claims! @beebrookshire.bsky.social does an excellent job of explaining why raccoons aren’t on a path into our homes! brookshire-team-trash.beehiiv.com/p/raccoons-d...

European colonisation didn’t just redraw maps, it rewrote ecosystems! Read our article in @theconversation.com to learn how hybridisation between indigenous and introduced dogs has reshaped an Australian icon 🇦🇺 🐕 theconversation.com/how-european...

🚨 PNAS Special Feature 2 🐕 We used ancient DNA and dietary isotopes to show that landscape modification and the introduction of European dogs impacted dingo populations across Australia. 🔗 Full paper here: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

🚨 PNAS Special Feature 🐕 We analysed genomes of historical German Shepherds to reveal how bottlenecks linked to WWII and the use of popular sires led to significant declines in genomic health. We also found an early 20th century wolf-dog hybrid! 🔗 Full paper here: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

What an incredible resource for those starting out in ancient DNA! Thanks once again @oskolkov.bsky.social for being our first #AaRCademy speaker

🚨 New paper alert 🚨 Our research, published today in Science, reveals remarkable concordance between human and dog genomes through time, highlighting how deeply intertwined our evolutionary histories have been over the past 11,000 years. 🔗 Read the full paper here: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Interested in knowing more about how dogs became our best friend? Then check out the latest podcast episode of @scienceofthetimes.bsky.social, where Greger Larson and I chat about all things domestication! scienceofthetimes.transistor.fm/episodes/how...

Get your abstracts in before March 7th! www.animal-adna.org/events/2025/...

After successfully defending my DPhil thesis on ancient dog genomics, I’m now officially a Doctor! Thanks to everyone who’s been a part of this almost 10-year academic journey, which started in Ōtepoti and finished in Oxford!