SPAAM-communityMar 2
In today’s #MetagenomicsMonday: a study combining palaeopathology 🦴 and pathogen genomics 🧬🦠 revisits a presumed tuberculosis case from the North Caucasus. Instead of M. tuberculosis, ancient DNA of Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae was recovered and a high-quality genome reconstructed (clade II, serotype 5), pointing to a different/more complex infectious scenario.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-37742-1
#SPAAM #aDNA #palaeopathology #pathogen #erysipeloid #genome #pathogengenome #ancientgenomics #metagenomics
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🧬 Ancient DNA reveals epic Slavic migration saga! Over 80% gene pool replacement in Eastern Europe - cultural mixing at its finest 🗺️ #AncientGenomics #PopulationGenetics #HumanHistory https://emmecola.github.io/genomics-daily
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Kolokoko Bird!Jun 16, 2021

Ten years of ancient genome analysis has taught scientists 'what it means to be human'

https://phys.org/news/2021-06-ten-years-ancient-genome-analysis.html

Lots of interesting stuff in this article. My favourite bit is this:

"We were taught in school that people would stay put until the population grew to a level where the resources were exhausted. But we found people were spreading around the world just to explore, to discover, to have adventures.”

#history #archaeology #DNA #genome #AncientGenomics #science #human

Ten years of ancient genome analysis has taught scientists 'what it means to be human'

A ball of 4,000-year-old hair frozen in time tangled around a whalebone comb led to the first ever reconstruction of an ancient human genome just over a decade ago.