Long DNA segments shared between two individuals, known as identity-by-descent (IBD),
reveal recent genealogical connections. Here we introduce ancIBD, a method for identifying …

The indigenous population of the Canary Islands, which colonized the archipelago around
the 3rd century CE, provides both a window into the past of North Africa and a unique model …

Previous studies suggested that the copy number of the human salivary amylase gene,
AMY1, correlates with starch-rich diets. However, evolutionary analyses are hampered by …

Ancient genomic analyses are often restricted to utilizing pseudohaploid data due to low
genome coverage. Leveraging low-coverage data by imputation to calculate phased diploid …

Long DNA sequences shared between two individuals, known as Identical by descent (IBD)
segments, are a powerful signal for identifying close and distant biological relatives because …

This chapter aims to review studies of the genetics of the inhabitants of Mesolithic and
Neolithic Britain from the late 5th to the end of the 3rd millennium cal BC. We lay out the …

We present a method for detecting evidence of natural selection in ancient DNA time-series
data that leverages an opportunity not utilized in previous scans: testing for a consistent …

Genetic risk for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is highly elevated in genetic isolates, like
the island population of Malta in the south of Europe, providing a unique opportunity to …

The Neolithic (ie, farming and stockbreeding) spread from the Near East across Europe
since about 9000 years before the common era (BCE) until about 4000 yr BCE. It followed …

Soqotra, an island situated at the mouth of the Gulf of Aden in the northwest Indian Ocean
between Africa and Arabia, is home to~ 60,000 people subsisting through fishing and semi …