Recent Publications – Warinner Group

Bronze Age Yersinia pestis genome from sheep sheds light on hosts and evolution of a prehistoric plague lineage

Light-Maka I, Hermes TR, Raffaela AB, Semerau L, Kosintsev P, Alekseeva V, Kim D, Hanage W, Herbig A, Jeong C, Warinner C, Key F. (2025) Bronze Age Yersinia pestis genome from sheep sheds light on […]

Open science, communication, and collaboration for the future of palaeoproteomics

Dekker JAA, Peters C, Winter RM, Collins MJ, Dickinson MR, Harvey VL, Hill E, Nair B, Tsutaya T, Viñas-Caron LC, Warinner C, Welker F, Fagernäs Z. Open science, communication, and collaboration for the future of […]

Global natural history infrastructure requires international solidarity, support, and investment in local capacity: lessons from Mongolia

Boldgiv B, Lkhagva A, Edwards S, Stenseth NC, Bayarsaikhan J, Altangerel D, Usukhjargal D, Dovchin B, Gombobaatar S, Batsaikhan N, Warinner C, Hart I, Galbreath K, Greiman SE, Malaney J, Murdoch JD, McLean B, DeWitte […]

Recent Publications

Streptococcus abundance and oral site tropism in humans and non-human primates reflects host and lifestyle differences

Velsko IM, Warinner C. (2025) Streptococcus abundance and oral site tropism in humans and non-human primates reflects host and lifestyle differences. NPJ Biofilms and Microbiomes 11(19), https://doi.org/10.1038/s41522-024-00642-1

Biocultural Taphonomies and Analysis of an Emerging Terminal Classic (AD 750-900) Maya Deathway

Kelmelis S, Walden JP, Green Mink K, Hoggarth JA, Ebert C, Freiwald C, Watkins TB, Izzo VSR, Biggie M, Thompson RA, Warinner C, Awe JJ. (2025) Biocultural Taphonomies and Analysis of an Emerging Terminal Classic […]

Ancient DNA data holds insights into past organisms and ecosystems – handle them with more care

Bergstrom A, Fellows Yates J, Warinner C. (2024) Ancient DNA holds insights into past organisms and ecosystems – handle them with more care. Nature, https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-03993-z

The birth of Bronze Age pastoralism where Europe meets Asia

Reinhold S, Warinner C. (2024) Research Briefing: The birth of Bronze Age pastoralism where Europe meets Asia. Nature, https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-03832-1

Exploring the potential of dental calculus to shed light on past human migrations in Oceania

Velsko IM, Fagernäs Z, Tromp M, Bedford S, Buckley HR, Clark G, Dudgeon J, Flexner J, Leal-Tamarii A, Lewis CM, Matisoo-Smith E, Nägele K, Ozga AT, Rohrlach AB, Posth C, Shing R, Spriggs M, Willie […]

The rise and transformation of Bronze Age pastoralists in the Caucasus

Ghalichi A, Reinhold S, Rohrlach AB, Kalmykov AA, Childebayeva A, Yu H, Aron F, Semerau L, Bastert-Lamprichs K, Belinskiy AB, Berezina NY, Berezin YB, Broomandkhoshbacht N, Buzhilova AP, Erlikh VR, EVteev AA, Fehren-Schmitz L, Gambashidze […]

Ancient genomes reveal insights into ritual life at Chichén Itzá

Barquera R, del Castillo-Chávez O, Nägele K, Hernández-Zaragoza DI, Szolek A, Rohrlach AB, Childebayeva A, Penman B, Acuña-Alonzo V, Bianco RA, Ramallo P, Lara-Riegos JC, Moo-Mezeta ME, Torres-Romero JC, Tzec-Puch CI, Kohlbacher O, Warinner C, Krause […]