| Unearthing Neanderthal population history using nuclear and mitochondrial DNA from cave sediments B Vernot, EI Zavala, A Gómez-Olivencia, Z Jacobs, V Slon, F Mafessoni, ... Science 372 (6542), eabf1667, 2021 | 145 | 2021 |
| Pleistocene sediment DNA reveals hominin and faunal turnovers at Denisova Cave EI Zavala, Z Jacobs, B Vernot, MV Shunkov, MB Kozlikin, AP Derevianko, ... Nature 595 (7867), 399-403, 2021 | 122 | 2021 |
| Genetic insights into the social organization of Neanderthals L Skov, S Peyrégne, D Popli, LNM Iasi, T Devièse, V Slon, EI Zavala, ... Nature 610 (7932), 519-525, 2022 | 91 | 2022 |
| Homo sapiens reached the higher latitudes of Europe by 45,000 years ago D Mylopotamitaki, M Weiss, H Fewlass, EI Zavala, H Rougier, AP Sümer, ... Nature 626 (7998), 341-346, 2024 | 40 | 2024 |
| Ancient DNA methods improve forensic DNA profiling of Korean War and World War II unknowns EI Zavala, JT Thomas, K Sturk-Andreaggi, J Daniels-Higginbotham, ... Genes 13 (1), 129, 2022 | 39* | 2022 |
| Ancient human DNA recovered from a Palaeolithic pendant E Essel, EI Zavala, E Schulz-Kornas, MB Kozlikin, H Fewlass, B Vernot, ... Nature 618 (7964), 328-332, 2023 | 38 | 2023 |
| Impact of DNA degradation on massively parallel sequencing-based autosomal STR, iiSNP, and mitochondrial DNA typing systems EI Zavala, S Rajagopal, GH Perry, I Kruzic, Ž Bašić, TJ Parsons, ... International Journal of Legal Medicine 133, 1369-1380, 2019 | 19 | 2019 |
| The ecology, subsistence and diet of ~45,000-year-old Homo sapiens at Ilsenhöhle in Ranis, Germany GM Smith, K Ruebens, EI Zavala, V Sinet-Mathiot, H Fewlass, ... Nature ecology & evolution 8 (3), 564-577, 2024 | 16 | 2024 |
| Quantifying and reducing cross‐contamination in single‐and multiplex hybridization capture of ancient DNA EI Zavala, A Aximu‐Petri, J Richter, B Nickel, B Vernot, M Meyer Molecular Ecology Resources 22 (6), 2196-2207, 2022 | 15 | 2022 |
| Making the most of soils in archaeology. A review RB Salisbury, ID Bull, S Cereda, E Draganits, K Dulias, K Kowarik, ... Archaeologia Austriaca 106, 319-334, 2022 | 11 | 2022 |
| Stable isotopes show Homo sapiens dispersed into cold steppes ~45,000 years ago at Ilsenhöhle in Ranis, Germany S Pederzani, K Britton, M Trost, H Fewlass, N Bourgon, J McCormack, ... Nature ecology & evolution 8 (3), 578-588, 2024 | 10 | 2024 |
| Computational analysis of human skeletal remains in ancient DNA and forensic genetics A Childebayeva, EI Zavala Iscience, 2023 | 6 | 2023 |
| Earliest modern human genomes constrain timing of Neanderthal admixture AP Sümer, H Rougier, V Villalba-Mouco, Y Huang, LNM Iasi, E Essel, ... Nature, 1-3, 2024 | 2 | 2024 |
| Chronological and genetic analysis of an Upper Palaeolithic female infant burial from Borsuka Cave, Poland H Fewlass, EI Zavala, Y Fagault, T Tuna, E Bard, JJ Hublin, M Hajdinjak, ... Iscience 26 (12), 2023 | 1 | 2023 |
| Benchmarking for genotyping and imputation using degraded DNA for forensic applications across diverse populations EI Zavala, RV Rohlfs, P Moorjani Forensic Science International: Genetics 75, 103177, 2025 | | 2025 |
| py_ped_sim-A flexible forward genetic simulator for complex family pedigree analysis M Guardado, C Perez, S Jackson, J Magaña, S Campana, E Samperio, ... bioRxiv, 2024 | | 2024 |
| Multiple sequence alignments of newly reconstructed and published cervid and human mtDNA E Zavala, E Essel, M Meyer, B Vernot (No Title), 2023 | | 2023 |
| Reconstructing human history and prehistory using ancient DNA from sediments and skeletal remains EI Zavala Universität Leipzig, 2022 | | 2022 |
