The possibility of studying humans, animals, plants, and other forms of life that lived in the past using DNA analysis is providing new insight into history, often with important implications for understanding our contemporary world. Ancient DNA can support investigation of e.g. prehistoric migrations and interactions, cultural practices, and development of agriculture, as well as research into evolution, ecology, and biodiversity.
This symposium was organized to present the forefront and breadth of ancient DNA analysis and its value in context of other information in order to facilitate cross-disciplinary projects.
The event was organized by the Centre for Palaeogenetics at Stockholm University and Swedish Museum of Natural History, in collaboration with SciLifeLab Ancient DNA unit and the National Genomics Infrastructure.
Timestamps
00:56 - Anders Götherström, Dept. of Archaeology and classical studies, Stockholm
University, Sweden
09:00 - Changing social dynamics in the light of ancient DNA: the
Southwest Asian evidence,
Mehmet Somel, Dept. of Biological Sciences, Middle East Technical University,
Turkey
52:00 - African history – inferences from modern and ancient DNA
Carina Schlebusch, Dept. of Organismal Biology, Uppsala University, Sweden
1:11:50 - When Archaeology ask Questions with Key Genetic Signature!
Caroline Ahlström Arcini, the Archaeologists, National Historical Museums, Sweden
1:29:50 - Ancient DNA from foragers, farmers and herders in Neolithic Scandinavia
Helena Malmström, Dept. of Organismal Biology, Uppsala University, Sweden
1:53:05 - Keynote presentation: Reconstructing past animal communities from ancient
environmental DNA
Pete Heintzman, Dept. of Geological Sciences, Stockholm University
2:33:00 - Infrastructure support for ancient DNA research
Tom Martin, SciLifeLab National Genomics Infrastructure, Sweden
Magnus Lundgren, SciLifeLab Ancient DNA unit, Sweden
2:48:00 - Herbarium evolutionary holo-genomics using historic herbarium specimens
Michael Martin, Dept. of Natural History, University Museum, Norwegian University
of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway
3:12:50 - Optical duplicates, optical duplicates: the effect of loading concentration on library complexity
Marianne Dehasque, Dept. of Zoology, Stockholm University, Sweden
3:27:40 - Identifying admixture and ghost lineages in (ancient) genomes
Tom van der Valk, Dept. of Bioinformatics and Genetics, Swedish museum of natural
history