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Twenty-one #ancient sheeppox #virus #genomes 🦠🧬show that #SPPV was circulating in sheep 🐑 more than 3,700 years ago and shed new light on its genomic #evolution and host #adaptation.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Three thousand five hundred years of sheeppox virus evolution inferred from archaeological and codicological genomes
Sheeppox virus (SPPV) is a major livestock pathogen causing economic hardship through reduced production and death of vulnerable sheep, with written descriptions of sheeppox-like disease recorded…
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October 12, 2026 at 7:02 AM
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Ancient DNA from 16th-century #Medici remains reveals traces of #Plasmodium #falciparum and P. #malariae 🦟🧬, including a previously uncharacterized P. falciparum haplotype.
doi.org/10.1016/j.is...

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October 5, 2026 at 7:01 AM
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When #skeletal #lesions tell an ambiguous story, can ancient DNA help? 🦴🧬
This study combines #palaeopathology, #CT imaging and #aDNA to investigate multiple lytic lesions in a 10th-century individual from Latvia.
doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
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Multidisciplinary Exploration of Computed‐Tomographic and Ancient‐<fc>DNA</fc> Data of an Iron Age Skull From Latvia With Multiple Lytic Bone Lesions: Differential Diagnosis Between Metastatic Carcinoma, Multiple Myeloma and Skeletal Tuberculosis
In this study we used a combined computed tomographic and archaeogenetic approach to analyse a skull and vertebra with lytic lesions from a disturbed grave in the Čunkāni-Dreņģeri cemetery in…
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September 14, 2026 at 7:01 AM
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Ancient #genomes 🧬🦠 reveal possible gene flow between #Funnelbeaker farmers and Pitted Ware foragers, and distinct #Yersinia #pestis strains across cultural groups.
www.nature.com/articles/s42...

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Ancestry, admixture, and pathogens in contemporaneous Neolithic farmers and foragers on the Island of Gotland - Communications Biology
Neolithic farmers and foragers in Gotland coexisted for 500 years, ancient DNA suggests limited intermixing, shared ancestry with mainland groups, isolation, and evidence of distinct Yersinia pestis…
www.nature.com
September 7, 2026 at 7:00 AM
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Anyone for beaker boy bones in glass boxes this side of B'ham?

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uclarchaeology.bsky.social UCL Institute of Archaeology @uclarchaeology.bsky.social · Nov 20
A belated welcome to @boothicus.bsky.social Dr Tom Booth

See & hear Tom on "Who Are Our Ancestors and Why Does It Matter? – A Question of Science with Brian Cox

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📲 profiles.ucl.ac.uk/104583-tom-b...

📸 Michael Bowles | The Francis Crick Institute @crick.ac.uk
Dr Tom Booth, last human on the right on the "Who Are Our Ancestors And Why Does It Matter?" panel Michael Bowles | The Francis Crick Institute Dr Tom Booth, on the right on the "Who Are Our Ancestors And Why Does It Matter?" panel Michael Bowles | The Francis Crick Institute
November 28, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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Hola #ancientpathogens community! 🦴 🧬 🦠 Final program for APG is 🆙 And it looks 🔥🔥🔥Abstracts book coming soon!
We still have seats available. Join us to build a community path for the ancient pathogen genomics field 🛣️

🔗 Details: liigh.unam.mx/apg/

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March 24, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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🌍 Hello #AncientPathogens community! 🦴🧬🦠

APG's Preliminary Program is up!
Registration waivers for LMIC trainees (thanks to Novogene & Twist Bioscience)! 🙌Abstract deadline extended! ⏳

🔗 Details: liigh.unam.mx/apg/

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Program for the Ancient Pathogen Genomics symposium between April 12-13 2025.
February 18, 2025 at 3:11 PM