How did catastrophic black death and myxomatosis outbreaks on an isolated island affect the genomes of humans & rabbits, respectively? And how did the microbes evolve in response to this? PhD position @cpgsthlm.bsky.social with Anders Götherström and me as supervisors! su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

This is just out! A study of the remains of baleen whales in Iron Age contexts from Scania, Southern Sweden, led by Dr Stella Macheridis, to which I have had the great pleasure to contribute, together with Paul Petterson, Mats Rundgren and Sam Greeves. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Happy to have contributed to this very interesting study!

Out today is our paper 'Genomic history of early dogs in Europe', in which we uncover the identity of the dogs that lived in Europe before agriculture—during the Paleolithic & Mesolithic periods: doi.org/10.1038/s415.... A thread ⬇️ (10) @biouea.bsky.social @crick.ac.uk @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social

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The wonderful people at the NZ Science Learning Hub have turned my talk on MythBusting de-extinction to sort fact from fiction into a freely available educational resource. You can check it out here www.sciencelearn.org.nz/resources/my...

For good measure, this interesting study was also published :D Genomic# evidence for the Holocene codispersal of dogs# and humans across Eastern Eurasia | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

They are now published: the results of a study I contributed to when I was recently employed as an antiquarian at Lund University’s Historical Museum! The emergence and diversification of #dog #morphology | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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🧵 Exciting news from our lab #CpgSthlm! 🥳 Thousands of years ago, mammoths roamed, and so did their fascinating microbial companions. Our latest study, published in 𝘊𝘦𝘭𝘭, brings them to light 🦣🦠🧬 Read the full paper here 👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...

The world's oldest bacterial DNA found in a million-year-old mammoth! New results from researchers at #CpgSthlm published in Cell! Paper: www.cell.com/cell/abstrac...

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The FIRST International Conference on Palaeogenomics will happen in Stockholm, Sweden, June 23-26, 2026! Topics will encompass all corners of ancient DNA research, from humans to wildlife and sediments🧬🦣💀🦠 Save the dates ✅ Check the website icp2026.palaeogenomics.org and follow us for updates!

Today I am getting a crash course in the noble artform of 3D-scanning😅

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Final call! Apply for this funded PhD at University College London. @uclarchaeology.bsky.social on : Human or Animal? Biomolecular Analysis of Upper Palaeolithic Bone Artefacts to Explore Raw Material Selection. Deadline 20th January 5pm Uk time www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/hum...

Hello Bluesky - Some wonderful news! Based on our research, the Greenland sled dog has been listed in Guinness Book of Records as one of the world's oldest dog breeds, it has been a privilege to be a part of! www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-record... Long live Qimmeq!🐕 (the Greenland sled dog)

Date for your diary 🇩🇰 Copenhagen from 14th - 17th October 2025 11th International Council for Archaeozoology (ICAZ) Archaeozoology, Genetics, Proteomics, and Morphometrics (AGPM) Working Group Meeting 🦴🦷🐄🐐🐏🐟🦉🧬 sites.google.com/palaeome.org...

Hi everybody! New year, new stuff on AaRC! Today we publish the first entry on our blog, here our November speakers for the #AaRCTikTalks share some stuff about themselves. One of our goals as a community is to get to know each other, so please, take a look: www.animal-adna.org/blog/2025/01...

At Stockholm University, we are now starting a 2-year Master’s programme in Evolutionary Genomics! Topics include population genetics, phylogenetics, molecular & genome evolution, DNA sequencing, bioinformatics, and palaeogenetics. Please spread the word! www.su.se/english/sear...

I competed in the annual winter holiday dressage show and won with this cutie

Did you ever stop to think: “why do we know that these Thor’s hammer thingys that only vaguely resemble actual hammers are in fact hammers?” Well, about six years ago this 10th century Thor’s hammer amulet was found on Lolland bearing the runic inscription: “I AM A HAMMER”. And there you have it.

The earliest known artistic representation of people from Denmark’s prehistory are these five individuals etched into an Aurochs metatarsal around 10.000 years ago.

The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences has received a donation from the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation and others, as well as a commission from Sveaskog to conduct a preliminary study on the reintroduction of the black stork in Sweden.

“sample prep and analysis time for bio sex est using the applied workflow is ≤10 minutes, of which only 1 min is needed for the MS and MS/MS data acquisition. The sample prep is minimally hazardous, requiring 10% HCl for peptide extraction, and can be undertaken in non-spec labs” 🤯

✨ We are hiring! Assistant Professor European/North European Iron Age & Medieval/Renaissance archaeology (500 BC - 1500 AD). Particularly digital methods. Permanent position from Sept 2025 Research & teaching focus Located in beautiful Copenhagen 🇩🇰 Tenure track to Associate Prof after 6 years

Last week a researcher returned a large number of materials he had on loan for sampling. While I am going through and sorting them out it is quite the adventure trying to access my office…

I am a PhD student augmenting #zooarchaeology with #aDNA and #stableisotopes to answer outstanding questions about Scandinavian #aurochs and E. #bison history and their interactions with #Mesolithic people. This is me rummaging around the skull of a bison for a petrous bone.