Hannah Moots 🏺🧬
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Postdoctoral Researcher, Ancient DNA @CpgSthlm | Mobility in the Iron Age & Roman Mediterranean | Medieval Populations | Pleistocene Human-Envir. Interactions
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Joined November 2010
This month's issue of @archaeologymag has a wonderful series of articles about ancient DNA and the human past, weaving together the many allied fields involved in such research. We are so grateful for their coverage of the dynamic population of ancient Rome!
An international team of archaeologists has sampled DNA from 127 people buried over 12,000 years at 29 sites in Rome and its vicinity to better understand the genetic makeup of the residents of Rome and its empire.
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@DrDavidMiano ooh, this! I'll try to find the link and DM it to you. I did a screenshot rather than a repost because I didn't wanna drive traffic to the post
Longer response to this forthcoming, but in the meantime, let me just say as someone who works on the population genetics of Ancient Rome and the applicability of polygenic scores to ancient DNA data this study isn’t scientifically sound - and it’s full of dog whistles.
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@Patrick_Wyman We also had a fun sidebar about mobility and migration, and how ancient DNA can leverage the extensive anthropological literature and terminology on the topic - as well as a discussion of some personal and familial histories!
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RT @euglenadat: aDNA of Italic Iron Age Picenes out on @GenomeBiology! 🎉 In this work, by @FraRavasini and co-led…
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RT @ezgimou: Size çok güzel bir pazar videosu bırakıyorum. Bu yaz Füsun Özer ile ortak öğrencimiz Arda Sevkar @ekoevoder yüksek lisans tez…
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RT @H5P53: Curious about Denisovan introgressions? 🤔 @Linda_Ongaro & @emiliahsc's new review breaks down ❓ what we know, how we know it, an…
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RT @brad_dan: Our new paper on the dynamic ancient genomic history of the aurochs is out in Nature. Well done to all, esp. Conor Rossi. Fre…
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RT @CpgSthlm: New paper out by Adrian Lister (@NHM_London) and Love Dalén (@CpgSthlm): ”Mammoths, DNA and morphology”
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RT @PatriciaChrzan: ▪️ Open postdoc position ▪️ 🔎🧬🐘 I'm recruiting a postdoc to work with me on mapping the genomic legacy of the elephant…
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@FlintDibble @realsambee It's an excellent examination of misconceptions about ancient Greece and Rome promoted by the alt-right, how they try to coopt archaeology, art history, and genetics to make these claims, and what we can do as researchers to combat this and get the real story out there
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RT @Manigarm: Hello everyone and welcome to #RealArchaeology! A three-day online event spread out over multiple platforms, where actual arc…
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RT @Romanbioarch: 🚨🚨🚨 Big announcement incoming! We are thrilled to announce that ICORB 2025 will take place in Zagreb, Croatia from 31 AUG…
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