Centre for Palaeogenetics
@cpgsthlm.bsky.social
CPG brings scientists from diverse disciplines together in a state-of-the-art aDNA research facility, and is jointly run by Stockholm University and the Swedish Museum of Natural History.
More info: https://www.palaeogenetics.com
More info: https://www.palaeogenetics.com
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1/ Just back from fieldwork in the Klondike (Yukon #Canada)
We had a great time, with a fantastic team from CPG (@cpgsthlm.bsky.social) + local Yukon collaborators, digging out ancient permafrost in search for Ice Age remains dating back roughly 900,000 - 600,000 years 🦣🐭🦴🧬
And we found A LOT…
We had a great time, with a fantastic team from CPG (@cpgsthlm.bsky.social) + local Yukon collaborators, digging out ancient permafrost in search for Ice Age remains dating back roughly 900,000 - 600,000 years 🦣🐭🦴🧬
And we found A LOT…
August 18, 2026 at 11:43 AM
1/ Just back from fieldwork in the Klondike (Yukon #Canada)
We had a great time, with a fantastic team from CPG (@cpgsthlm.bsky.social) + local Yukon collaborators, digging out ancient permafrost in search for Ice Age remains dating back roughly 900,000 - 600,000 years 🦣🐭🦴🧬
And we found A LOT…
We had a great time, with a fantastic team from CPG (@cpgsthlm.bsky.social) + local Yukon collaborators, digging out ancient permafrost in search for Ice Age remains dating back roughly 900,000 - 600,000 years 🦣🐭🦴🧬
And we found A LOT…
🚨 A #CPGSthlm -led study uses a large-scale ancient DNA dataset to uncover the origins of Upper Paleolithic mammoth bone accumulations 🦣🦴🦴🦴🦴🧬
In contrast to dispersed sites, accumulations are female-biased, suggesting they resulted from human exploitation! 🏹🍖
OA paper👉 www.cell.com/current-biol...
In contrast to dispersed sites, accumulations are female-biased, suggesting they resulted from human exploitation! 🏹🍖
OA paper👉 www.cell.com/current-biol...
July 31, 2026 at 9:35 AM
🚨 A #CPGSthlm -led study uses a large-scale ancient DNA dataset to uncover the origins of Upper Paleolithic mammoth bone accumulations 🦣🦴🦴🦴🦴🧬
In contrast to dispersed sites, accumulations are female-biased, suggesting they resulted from human exploitation! 🏹🍖
OA paper👉 www.cell.com/current-biol...
In contrast to dispersed sites, accumulations are female-biased, suggesting they resulted from human exploitation! 🏹🍖
OA paper👉 www.cell.com/current-biol...
July 2, 2026 at 1:15 PM
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♥️ THANK YOU ♥️
We are overwhelmed by the positive comments and are incredibly happy that everyone enjoyed their time in Stockholm!
#ICP2026 was only possible with the hard work of the organizing committee and a marvellous team of ECR volunteers 🟠 at @cpgsthlm.bsky.social
We are overwhelmed by the positive comments and are incredibly happy that everyone enjoyed their time in Stockholm!
#ICP2026 was only possible with the hard work of the organizing committee and a marvellous team of ECR volunteers 🟠 at @cpgsthlm.bsky.social
June 27, 2026 at 10:58 AM
♥️ THANK YOU ♥️
We are overwhelmed by the positive comments and are incredibly happy that everyone enjoyed their time in Stockholm!
#ICP2026 was only possible with the hard work of the organizing committee and a marvellous team of ECR volunteers 🟠 at @cpgsthlm.bsky.social
We are overwhelmed by the positive comments and are incredibly happy that everyone enjoyed their time in Stockholm!
#ICP2026 was only possible with the hard work of the organizing committee and a marvellous team of ECR volunteers 🟠 at @cpgsthlm.bsky.social
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Wake up you sleepy heads, rub your eyes and get out of bed! 😴
Our final plenary talk is by the great Beth Shapiro, on the use of ancient DNA to reconstruct the bison's evolutionary history.
#ICP2026 🦬🧬🦴🧪
Our final plenary talk is by the great Beth Shapiro, on the use of ancient DNA to reconstruct the bison's evolutionary history.
#ICP2026 🦬🧬🦴🧪
June 26, 2026 at 7:36 AM
Wake up you sleepy heads, rub your eyes and get out of bed! 😴
Our final plenary talk is by the great Beth Shapiro, on the use of ancient DNA to reconstruct the bison's evolutionary history.
#ICP2026 🦬🧬🦴🧪
Our final plenary talk is by the great Beth Shapiro, on the use of ancient DNA to reconstruct the bison's evolutionary history.
#ICP2026 🦬🧬🦴🧪
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Welcome to #ICP2026 🎉
Registration is open today at Aula Magna until 18:00.
The Welcome Reception🥂 at the Swedish Museum of Natural History (Naturhistoriska riksmuseet) 🦴🏛️ will start at 18:00. Don't miss it!!
Full conference info 👉 icp2026.palaeogenomics.org
#ancientDNA 🧪🦣🧬🦴🦠
Registration is open today at Aula Magna until 18:00.
The Welcome Reception🥂 at the Swedish Museum of Natural History (Naturhistoriska riksmuseet) 🦴🏛️ will start at 18:00. Don't miss it!!
Full conference info 👉 icp2026.palaeogenomics.org
#ancientDNA 🧪🦣🧬🦴🦠
June 22, 2026 at 10:30 AM
Welcome to #ICP2026 🎉
Registration is open today at Aula Magna until 18:00.
The Welcome Reception🥂 at the Swedish Museum of Natural History (Naturhistoriska riksmuseet) 🦴🏛️ will start at 18:00. Don't miss it!!
Full conference info 👉 icp2026.palaeogenomics.org
#ancientDNA 🧪🦣🧬🦴🦠
Registration is open today at Aula Magna until 18:00.
The Welcome Reception🥂 at the Swedish Museum of Natural History (Naturhistoriska riksmuseet) 🦴🏛️ will start at 18:00. Don't miss it!!
Full conference info 👉 icp2026.palaeogenomics.org
#ancientDNA 🧪🦣🧬🦴🦠
Isabelle Feinauer is currently defending their PhD thesis on the genomic consequences of postglacial recolonization of Scandinavian mammals with Morten Tange Olsen as the opponent.
Good luck, Isa!
Good luck, Isa!
June 12, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Isabelle Feinauer is currently defending their PhD thesis on the genomic consequences of postglacial recolonization of Scandinavian mammals with Morten Tange Olsen as the opponent.
Good luck, Isa!
Good luck, Isa!
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Meet our keynote speakers 💁♂️
MATTIAS JAKOBSSON (@humanevouu.bsky.social)
Mattias is a leader in employing large-scale genomic datasets to reconstruct the demographic history and evolutionary processes of past human populations.
Check the full conference program👉 icp2026.palaeogenomics.org/program/
MATTIAS JAKOBSSON (@humanevouu.bsky.social)
Mattias is a leader in employing large-scale genomic datasets to reconstruct the demographic history and evolutionary processes of past human populations.
Check the full conference program👉 icp2026.palaeogenomics.org/program/
June 8, 2026 at 6:24 AM
Meet our keynote speakers 💁♂️
MATTIAS JAKOBSSON (@humanevouu.bsky.social)
Mattias is a leader in employing large-scale genomic datasets to reconstruct the demographic history and evolutionary processes of past human populations.
Check the full conference program👉 icp2026.palaeogenomics.org/program/
MATTIAS JAKOBSSON (@humanevouu.bsky.social)
Mattias is a leader in employing large-scale genomic datasets to reconstruct the demographic history and evolutionary processes of past human populations.
Check the full conference program👉 icp2026.palaeogenomics.org/program/
🧬 New paper in Cell!
Analysis of 12 cave lion genomes shows that cave lions and modern lions may have diverged more than three times earlier than previously thought – as early as 1.7 million years ago!
AND…they interbred when temperatures dropped!
Paper: www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
🧵 1/9
Analysis of 12 cave lion genomes shows that cave lions and modern lions may have diverged more than three times earlier than previously thought – as early as 1.7 million years ago!
AND…they interbred when temperatures dropped!
Paper: www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
🧵 1/9
June 3, 2026 at 8:31 PM
🧬 New paper in Cell!
Analysis of 12 cave lion genomes shows that cave lions and modern lions may have diverged more than three times earlier than previously thought – as early as 1.7 million years ago!
AND…they interbred when temperatures dropped!
Paper: www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
🧵 1/9
Analysis of 12 cave lion genomes shows that cave lions and modern lions may have diverged more than three times earlier than previously thought – as early as 1.7 million years ago!
AND…they interbred when temperatures dropped!
Paper: www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
🧵 1/9
#CPGStlhm 's PhD candidate @officialernst.bsky.social is currently defending his thesis on using metagenomics sedimentary DNA to reconstruct past ecosystems 🧬🏞️ in Sweden with Laura Epp as opponent.
Good luck, Ernst!
Good luck, Ernst!
May 22, 2026 at 12:40 PM
#CPGStlhm 's PhD candidate @officialernst.bsky.social is currently defending his thesis on using metagenomics sedimentary DNA to reconstruct past ecosystems 🧬🏞️ in Sweden with Laura Epp as opponent.
Good luck, Ernst!
Good luck, Ernst!
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Grattis till Anders Götherström professor i molekylär arkeologi vid Stockholms universitet och forskningsledare vid @cpgsthlm.bsky.social som har valts in som ny ledamot i KVA. @gotherstrom.bsky.social @scienceacademyswe.bsky.social
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www.su.se/nyheter/nyhe...
May 13, 2026 at 12:11 PM
Grattis till Anders Götherström professor i molekylär arkeologi vid Stockholms universitet och forskningsledare vid @cpgsthlm.bsky.social som har valts in som ny ledamot i KVA. @gotherstrom.bsky.social @scienceacademyswe.bsky.social
www.su.se/nyheter/nyhe...
www.su.se/nyheter/nyhe...
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For more than a century, vast mammoth bone deposits in Central Europe have puzzled scientists. Now EU-funded researchers are revealing what they tell us about how Ice Age humans hunted and survived. Research project including @cpgsthlm.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu @horizoneu.bsky.social bit.ly/4uko4PN
Mammoth bones reveal secrets of Ice Age hunters
Shortly before the peak of the last Ice Age, herds of woolly mammoths roamed across Central Europe, following seasonal routes through a vast, frigid landscape of grassland and tundra. Across the regio...
projects.research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu
May 5, 2026 at 8:23 AM
For more than a century, vast mammoth bone deposits in Central Europe have puzzled scientists. Now EU-funded researchers are revealing what they tell us about how Ice Age humans hunted and survived. Research project including @cpgsthlm.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu @horizoneu.bsky.social bit.ly/4uko4PN
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What do mammoth bone accumulation sites scattered across Europe tell about ancient humans? 🦴🦣🧬
Check this nice piece about our MAMBA project in the Horizon Magazine.
Article ➡️ bit.ly/4uko4PN
Check this nice piece about our MAMBA project in the Horizon Magazine.
Article ➡️ bit.ly/4uko4PN
Mammoth bones reveal secrets of Ice Age hunters
Shortly before the peak of the last Ice Age, herds of woolly mammoths roamed across Central Europe, following seasonal routes through a vast, frigid landscape of grassland and tundra. Across the regio...
bit.ly
April 30, 2026 at 2:31 PM
What do mammoth bone accumulation sites scattered across Europe tell about ancient humans? 🦴🦣🧬
Check this nice piece about our MAMBA project in the Horizon Magazine.
Article ➡️ bit.ly/4uko4PN
Check this nice piece about our MAMBA project in the Horizon Magazine.
Article ➡️ bit.ly/4uko4PN
New paper alert 🚨
A study led by #CPGSthlm researchers found DNA from a bear in 9.6k year old lake sediments. This potentially rewrites the history of brown bears in Scandinavia! 🧬🐻🐾🏔️🧊
Check @officialernst.bsky.social thread 👉
bsky.app/profile/offi...
OA article 👉 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
A study led by #CPGSthlm researchers found DNA from a bear in 9.6k year old lake sediments. This potentially rewrites the history of brown bears in Scandinavia! 🧬🐻🐾🏔️🧊
Check @officialernst.bsky.social thread 👉
bsky.app/profile/offi...
OA article 👉 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
April 22, 2026 at 6:22 AM
New paper alert 🚨
A study led by #CPGSthlm researchers found DNA from a bear in 9.6k year old lake sediments. This potentially rewrites the history of brown bears in Scandinavia! 🧬🐻🐾🏔️🧊
Check @officialernst.bsky.social thread 👉
bsky.app/profile/offi...
OA article 👉 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
A study led by #CPGSthlm researchers found DNA from a bear in 9.6k year old lake sediments. This potentially rewrites the history of brown bears in Scandinavia! 🧬🐻🐾🏔️🧊
Check @officialernst.bsky.social thread 👉
bsky.app/profile/offi...
OA article 👉 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Meet our keynote speakers 💁♂️
CRISTINA VALDIOSERA (@universidadburgos.bsky.social)
Cristina is a leading expert in ancient human DNA, focusing on the genomic history of past populations and the impact of cultural shifts on human evolution.
Conference info & registration 👉 icp2026.palaeogenomics.org
CRISTINA VALDIOSERA (@universidadburgos.bsky.social)
Cristina is a leading expert in ancient human DNA, focusing on the genomic history of past populations and the impact of cultural shifts on human evolution.
Conference info & registration 👉 icp2026.palaeogenomics.org
April 21, 2026 at 9:09 AM
Meet our keynote speakers 💁♂️
CRISTINA VALDIOSERA (@universidadburgos.bsky.social)
Cristina is a leading expert in ancient human DNA, focusing on the genomic history of past populations and the impact of cultural shifts on human evolution.
Conference info & registration 👉 icp2026.palaeogenomics.org
CRISTINA VALDIOSERA (@universidadburgos.bsky.social)
Cristina is a leading expert in ancient human DNA, focusing on the genomic history of past populations and the impact of cultural shifts on human evolution.
Conference info & registration 👉 icp2026.palaeogenomics.org
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📢 Next #HAAMeeting at #ICP2026! @palaeogenomics.bsky.social
🗓 June 22
📍Stockholm 🇸🇪 (hybrid)
🎤 Poster presenters + no-talk attendees: apply for a flash talk by May 27:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
More info coming soon 👀
haam-community.github.io/events/2026/...
#ancientDNA #paleogenomics
🗓 June 22
📍Stockholm 🇸🇪 (hybrid)
🎤 Poster presenters + no-talk attendees: apply for a flash talk by May 27:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
More info coming soon 👀
haam-community.github.io/events/2026/...
#ancientDNA #paleogenomics
Submission form for a flash talk at the Second HAAMeeting (ICP 2026 Pre-Conference meeting)
Did you NOT get a talk at ICP2026 scheduled from 23rd to 26th of June in Stockholm (Sweden) and you're focusing on anything related to human (modern or ancient) DNA, mobility, demographic history, or ...
docs.google.com
April 21, 2026 at 1:57 PM
📢 Next #HAAMeeting at #ICP2026! @palaeogenomics.bsky.social
🗓 June 22
📍Stockholm 🇸🇪 (hybrid)
🎤 Poster presenters + no-talk attendees: apply for a flash talk by May 27:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
More info coming soon 👀
haam-community.github.io/events/2026/...
#ancientDNA #paleogenomics
🗓 June 22
📍Stockholm 🇸🇪 (hybrid)
🎤 Poster presenters + no-talk attendees: apply for a flash talk by May 27:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
More info coming soon 👀
haam-community.github.io/events/2026/...
#ancientDNA #paleogenomics
We present DNAharvester 🎉🦴🚜🧬
A pipeline to process highly degraded ancient DNA data that integrates metagenomic filtering, competitive mapping, multiple alignment strategies, reference bias evaluation and much more.
GitHub: github.com/NBISweden/DN...
Preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
A pipeline to process highly degraded ancient DNA data that integrates metagenomic filtering, competitive mapping, multiple alignment strategies, reference bias evaluation and much more.
GitHub: github.com/NBISweden/DN...
Preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
April 21, 2026 at 12:04 PM
We present DNAharvester 🎉🦴🚜🧬
A pipeline to process highly degraded ancient DNA data that integrates metagenomic filtering, competitive mapping, multiple alignment strategies, reference bias evaluation and much more.
GitHub: github.com/NBISweden/DN...
Preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
A pipeline to process highly degraded ancient DNA data that integrates metagenomic filtering, competitive mapping, multiple alignment strategies, reference bias evaluation and much more.
GitHub: github.com/NBISweden/DN...
Preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Meet our keynote speakers 💁♂️
RICHARD GREEN (UCSC Paleogenomics Lab)
Ed is a pioneer in developing novel molecular and computational approaches to recover, sequence, and analyze DNA from challenging, low-quality samples.
Conference info & registration 👉 icp2026.palaeogenomics.org
RICHARD GREEN (UCSC Paleogenomics Lab)
Ed is a pioneer in developing novel molecular and computational approaches to recover, sequence, and analyze DNA from challenging, low-quality samples.
Conference info & registration 👉 icp2026.palaeogenomics.org
April 10, 2026 at 11:31 AM
Meet our keynote speakers 💁♂️
RICHARD GREEN (UCSC Paleogenomics Lab)
Ed is a pioneer in developing novel molecular and computational approaches to recover, sequence, and analyze DNA from challenging, low-quality samples.
Conference info & registration 👉 icp2026.palaeogenomics.org
RICHARD GREEN (UCSC Paleogenomics Lab)
Ed is a pioneer in developing novel molecular and computational approaches to recover, sequence, and analyze DNA from challenging, low-quality samples.
Conference info & registration 👉 icp2026.palaeogenomics.org
Come join us in Stockholm as a PhD student for the next 4 years!
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!
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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/...
April 3, 2026 at 8:41 AM
Come join us in Stockholm as a PhD student for the next 4 years!
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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/...
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/...
April 1, 2026 at 12:19 PM
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/...
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/...
New paper alert 🚨
Researchers at #CPGStlhm have analyzed ancient genomes from an Islamic cemetery in Ibiza (950–1150 CE) 🏖️
They found a highly diverse community with ancestry from Europe and North Africa!
The paper was published in @natcomms.nature.com
OA link www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Researchers at #CPGStlhm have analyzed ancient genomes from an Islamic cemetery in Ibiza (950–1150 CE) 🏖️
They found a highly diverse community with ancestry from Europe and North Africa!
The paper was published in @natcomms.nature.com
OA link www.nature.com/articles/s41...
March 27, 2026 at 11:37 AM
New paper alert 🚨
Researchers at #CPGStlhm have analyzed ancient genomes from an Islamic cemetery in Ibiza (950–1150 CE) 🏖️
They found a highly diverse community with ancestry from Europe and North Africa!
The paper was published in @natcomms.nature.com
OA link www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Researchers at #CPGStlhm have analyzed ancient genomes from an Islamic cemetery in Ibiza (950–1150 CE) 🏖️
They found a highly diverse community with ancestry from Europe and North Africa!
The paper was published in @natcomms.nature.com
OA link www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Dogs were established as distinct species already during Ice Age. New study in Nature has uncovered earliest genetic evidence for the existence of dogs and indicates that dogs were widely distributed by 14,000 years ago across large geographic areas. @cpgsthlm.bsky.social www.su.se/english/news...
March 26, 2026 at 6:22 AM
Dogs were established as distinct species already during Ice Age. New study in Nature has uncovered earliest genetic evidence for the existence of dogs and indicates that dogs were widely distributed by 14,000 years ago across large geographic areas. @cpgsthlm.bsky.social www.su.se/english/news...
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Trots att brunbjörnen nästan utrotades i början på 1900-talet så har varken inavelsgraden eller individernas genetiska variation påverkats. Detta överraskande resultat kan troligtvis förklaras med genetiskt utbyte via vandrande hanbjörnar. Studie från @cpgsthlm.bsky.social
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March 25, 2026 at 6:19 AM
Trots att brunbjörnen nästan utrotades i början på 1900-talet så har varken inavelsgraden eller individernas genetiska variation påverkats. Detta överraskande resultat kan troligtvis förklaras med genetiskt utbyte via vandrande hanbjörnar. Studie från @cpgsthlm.bsky.social
www.su.se/nyheter/nyhe...
www.su.se/nyheter/nyhe...
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Check out our bear-y cool paper about Scandinavian brown bears published today in Royal Society Open Science!🐻 More about it in the thread🧵 @cpgsthlm.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
Temporal genomics reveals widespread but unexpected consequences of a bottleneck in the Scandinavian brown bear
Abstract. After the last ice age, the brown bear (Ursus arctos) recolonized Scandinavia, likely from two different source populations, resulting in two sub
doi.org
March 25, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Check out our bear-y cool paper about Scandinavian brown bears published today in Royal Society Open Science!🐻 More about it in the thread🧵 @cpgsthlm.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
doi.org/10.1098/rsos...