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📈 Release v26.03.0:
📚 218 (+2) publications
🧬 1733 (+0) ancient host-associated metagenome samples
🦠 815 (+2) ancient microbial genomes
🌅 803 (+0) ancient environmental samples

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#AncientDNA #palaeogenomics #aDNA #metagenomics

SPAAM-community Apr 24

🚨 New release of AncientMetagenomeDir! (v26.03.0, The par force hunting landscape in North Zealand)
https://github.com/SPAAM-community/AncientMetagenomeDir/releases/tag/v26.03.0
It is a community resource of #metadata of >2K shotgun-sequenced #AncientMetagenome or ancient microbial genome enriched samples & >5K libraries. Stats below:

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#AncientDNA #palaeogenomics #aDNA #metagenomics

Release v26.03: The par force hunting landscape in North Zealand · SPAAM-community/AncientMetagenomeDir

Release v26.03.0 includes 2 new publications, representing 0 new ancient host-associated metagenome samples, 2 new ancient microbial genomes, and 0 new ancient environmental samples. This brings th...

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Anthropology.net Mar 25

Ancient DNA from Britain & Turkey confirms dogs were widespread across Ice Age Europe by 15,800 years ago — genetically similar across three distinct human cultures long before farming existed. What do we actually know about the first dogs? #Palaeogenomics #Zooarchaeology #HumanEvolution #Dogs https://www.anthropology.net/p/before-the-first-harvest-ancient

Before the First Harvest: Ancient DNA and the Paleolithic Dogs of Europe

Two companion studies push the genetic record of domestic dogs back nearly 5,000 years, revealing a population that spread across genetically distinct human cultures before farming existed

Anthropology.net

SPAAM-community Mar 2

📢 A gentle REMINDER from the #SPAAM Steering Committee! 🚨 The deadline for the #Blog Post #Competition is approaching (16 March) 📝. We are looking forward to receiving your submissions! :)
https://www.spaam-community.org/news/2025/11/25/blog-post-competition/
#ancientDNA #metagenomics #palaeogenomics #science #communication

SPAAM Blog Post Competition · SPAAM Community

SPAAM-community Jan 16

🚨 New release of AncientMetagenomeDir! (v25.12.0, Historic Centre of Sighişoara)
https://github.com/SPAAM-community/AncientMetagenomeDir/releases/tag/v25.12.0
It's a community resource of #metadata of >2K shotgun-sequenced #AncientMetagenome or ancient microbial genome enriched samples & >5K libraries. Stats below:

📈 Release v25.12.0:
📚 216 (+5) publications
🧬 1733 (+28) ancient host-associated metagenome samples
🦠 813 (+3) ancient microbial genomes
🌅 803 (+0) ancient environmental samples

#AncientDNA #palaeogenomics #aDNA #metagenomics(🧵 1/2)

SPAAM-community Oct 17, 2025

🚨 New release of AncientMetagenomeDir! (v25.09.0, Site of Palmyra)
https://github.com/SPAAM-community/AncientMetagenomeDir/releases/tag/v25.09.0
It is a community resource of #metadata of >2K shotgun-sequenced #AncientMetagenome or ancient microbial genome enriched samples & >5K libraries. Stats below:

📈 Release v25.09.0:
📚 211 (+5) publications
🧬 1705 (+33) ancient host-associated metagenome samples
🦠 810 (+40) ancient microbial genomes
🌅 803 (+90) ancient environmental samples

#AncientDNA #palaeogenomics #aDNA #metagenomics(🧵 1/2)

Release v25.09: Site of Palmyra · SPAAM-community/AncientMetagenomeDir

Release v25.09.0 includes 5 new publications, representing 33 new ancient host-associated metagenome samples, 40 new ancient microbial genomes, and 90 new ancient environmental samples. This brings...

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Radical Anthropology Aug 22, 2025

Even more intriguing -- how #Indigenous First #Americans got their #mucous variant (MUC19), from #Denisovan and then #Neanderthal heritage

'This haplotype features multiple Denisovan variants, although it likely entered human populations through a Neanderthal intermediate. The patterns of positive selection indicate that this introgression occurred in Indigenous Americans during their migration to the Americas. How this change was adaptive for these populations has yet to be determined, but this work does disentangle a complex selection signal in these understudied groups.'

#palaeogenomics

https://www.science.org/content/article/dna-ancient-bones-reveals-how-indigenous-americans-got-their-mucus

Radical Anthropology Aug 13, 2025

Ancient Yersinia pestis genome discovered in 4,000-year-old sheep tooth sheds new light on a mysterious infectious disease that plagued prehistoric Eurasia.

#Palaeogenomics #bioarchaeology #zoonosis

https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(25)00851-7

Radical Anthropology Jul 14, 2025

200,000 years of recurrent #Neanderthal and #Homosapiens interaction.

#Palaeogenomics #anthropology

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/07/250713032519.htm

Princeton study maps 200,000 years of Human–Neanderthal interbreeding

For centuries, we’ve imagined Neanderthals as distant cousins — a separate species that vanished long ago. But thanks to AI-powered genetic research, scientists have revealed a far more entangled history. Modern humans and Neanderthals didn’t just cross paths; they repeatedly interbred, shared genes, and even merged populations over nearly 250,000 years. These revelations suggest that Neanderthals never truly disappeared — they were absorbed. Their legacy lives on in our DNA, reshaping our understanding of what it means to be human.

ScienceDaily

Radical Anthropology Jul 1, 2025

Some dispute over dating of early entry to Sahul (#Pleistocene Greater #Australia) where the site of #Madjedbebe could be 64 Kya. How can this be consistent with a tight window of 50-55 Kya for the major ancestral migration of #Homosapiens from #Africa? Constraining those dates comes from the Neanderthal admixed sequences found today in all outofAfrican descendants.
BUT
Isn't it possible that the people who were in Sahul by 65 Kya (Madjedbebe etc) just don't happen to be ancestors for people today who got there a bit later? Can't both be right?

#archaeology #Palaeogenomics #OutofAfrica #migration

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/arco.70005

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