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It is finally out. A complex demographic history in northeastern Asia, and some Y. pestis to go with it (actually the most eastern to date): https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/7/2/eabc4587 #archaeogenetics #aDNA #CPGsthlm
In brief, it deals with “mammoth models and how to date them”.
We find that mammoths disappeared earlier in eastern Siberia than in other northern areas, and confirm the global extinction date on Wrangel at 4,000 years bp.
OA Paper:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277379121001207
Our researchers at #CPGSthlm are extremely careful with contamination. As demonstrated by @MaDehasque when casually commuting to the office this morning.
