A 5700 year-old human genome and oral microbiome from chewed birch pitch.
Theis ZT Jensen,
Jonas Niemann,
Katrine Højholt Iversen,
Anna K Fotakis,
Shyam Gopalakrishnan,
Åshild J Vågene,
Mikkel Winther Pedersen,
Mikkel-Holger S Sinding,
Martin R Ellegaard,
Morten E Allentoft,
Liam T Lanigan,
Alberto J Taurozzi,
Sofie Holtsmark Nielsen,
Michael W Dee,
Martin N Mortensen,
Mads C Christensen,
Søren A Sørensen,
Matthew J Collins,
M Thomas P Gilbert,
Martin Sikora,
Simon Rasmussen,
Hannes Schroeder
Feb 13, 2020
The rise of ancient genomics has revolutionised our understanding of human prehistory but this work depends on the availability of suitable samples. Here we present a complete ancient human genome and oral microbiome sequenced...