2015

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  2015.12.16

  The Greenland Ice Sheet during the 20th Century – a missing link in IPCC’s climate report

  For the very first time, climate researchers from the Centre for GeoGenetics at theNatural History Museum of Denmark, together with a national and aninternational team of researchers, publish in the scientific journal … »

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  2015.12.09

  Top 10 discoveries of 2015: Tracing slave origins.

  The AIA's Archaeology Magazine has chosen research carried out by Hannes Schroeder from CGG as one of the most compelling findings of 2015. … »

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  2015.11.23

  Adapting to -70 degrees in Siberia: a tale of Yakutian horses

  From an evolutionary perspective it happened almost overnight. In less than 800 years Yakutian horses adapted to temperatures of -70 degrees found in the extreme environments of eastern Siberia. … »

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  2015.11.02

  Bugs collected on rooftop for 18 years reveal climate change effects

  Study of insects on the roof of Zoological Museum has revealed local insect community turnover due to climate change. … »

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  2015.10.27

  More than pony-rides

  In the 19. October issue of Current Biology, Ludovic Orlando presents why the equid family represents such a fascinating field of investigation for him and his group. … »

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  2015.10.23

  Plague Infected Humans Much Earlier Than Previously Thought

  However, it was at least another thousand years until the bacterium that causes the disease, Yersinia pestis, acquired key changes in virulence genes, allowing it to spread via fleas and evade the host immune system. “We … »

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  2015.10.05

  Do your master project at Centre for GeoGenetics?

  At the moment there is an opportunity to do master projects within ancient human genomics. Qualifications You have an education within a relevant scientific discipline (e.g. biology, archaeology). You have a documented … »

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  2015.10.01

  Reducing costs of whole genome sequencing from the extraction stage

  Ancient DNA is often only preserved in minute amounts in archeological material such as fossilized bones and teeth. Making sure that all ancient DNA molecules preserved are effectively extracted is, thus, essential in … »

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  2015.09.24

  After 100 years in captivity, a look at the world’s last truly wild horses

  In the 1870s, the world’s last truly wild horses, known as Przewalski’s horses, lived in the Asian steppes of Mongolia and China. But by the 1960s, those wild horses were no longer free. Only one captive population … »

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  2015.08.12

  Eline Lorenzen profiled in Science's "Career profiles"

  In Science's special issue (25. July 2015) "From mammoths to Neandertals, ancient DNA unlocks the mysteries of the past" Centre for GeoGenetics' Assistant Professor Eline Lorenzen is profiled in the article "Journeying … »

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  2015.07.21

  The population history of Native Americans

  There is archaeological evidence of modern humans in the Americas by approx. 15 thousand years ago (KYA). However, there is still debate over exactly when and how many times the ancestors of present-day Native Americans … »

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  2015.07.06

  Reconstruction of genome-wide methylation maps

  Last year, a group of researchers at the Centre for GeoGenetics discovered that ancient epigenetic information could be extracted from next-generation sequencing data (Pedersen et al. Genome Research 2014). This … »

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  2015.06.18

  Kennewick Man: solving a scientific controversy

  When Kennewick Man was discovered in 1996 initial cranial analysis suggested that he was a historic-period Euro-American. Later radiocarbon dating of the bones revealed an age of ca. 8,000-9,000 years BP making him … »

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  2015.06.17

  Improving access to endogenous DNA in ancient bones and teeth

  Damgaard PB, Margaryan A, Schroeder H, Orlando L, Willerslev E, Allentoft ME. Improving access to endogenous DNA in ancient bones and teeth. Scientific Reports 5, Article no. 11184, doi:10.1038/srep11184. 17. June 2015 … »

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  2015.06.10

  When modern Eurasia was born

  Modern European and Central Asian peoples are genetically speaking not more than acouple of thousand years old. … »

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  2015.06.02

  B10K - Towards decoding all bird genomes

  Today we formally announce the launch of the Bird 10,000 genomes (B10K) project, an initiative to generate representative draft genome sequences from all extant bird species within the next five years. This will be the … »

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  2015.03.18

  Ancient protein analysis solve a Darwinian mystery

  STRANGEST ANIMALS  The evolutionary puzzle surrounding what Charles Darwin called the ‘strangest animals ever discovered’ has now been solved by an international team of researchers. Their remarkable technical feat in … »

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  2015.03.09

  Poorly preserved DNA from African slaves reveals their origins

  An analysis of DNA extracted from the tooth roots of three 17th century slaves reveals that they hailed from Bantu-speaking groups in northern Cameroon and non-Bantu speakers living in present-day Nigeria and Ghana. … »

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  2015.02.06

  'Stupidity virus' found to be a contamination

  A paper in the scientific journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) at the end of October 2014 drew a considerable amount of public interest, with headlines in mainstream media like 'scientists … »