NORCE Norway Postdoctoral in Paleogenomics 2026 | HigherJobz Apply for NORCE Norway Postdoctoral Position in Paleogenomics 2026. Funded Arctic research role in Bergen. Deadline 24 April 2026. Apply now.

🌊 Postdoctoral Position in Paleogenomics – NORCE Norwegian Research Centre, Norway
🧬 Work on Arctic Ocean climate change using sediment DNA & metagenomics methods
🎓 Eligibility: PhD in molecular biology/paleogenomics
⏰ Deadline: 24 Apr 2026
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#Postdoc #Paleogenomics

#paleogenomics

History and geography of our Canis lupus familiaris for 14,300 years, 5000 years longer than we knew.

Key points and link to the other OA paper in the 🧵(Tks!)

🚨New abstract deadline for #INQUA in beautiful India is approaching soon! 🇮🇳

Deadline: 31.3.2026

If you are working on #sedaDNA🧬 you have the choice between two sessions!

Here is one:
Sedimentary #ancientDNA and #paleogenomics: Tracing #ecosystem change and #climate dynamics through time

New #preprint with Carina Schlebusch
@cschlebu.bsky.social
as one of the co-authors: #Ancient #Pathogen #Genomics in #Africa–Current Evidence and Future Directions. #humanpast #genetics #paleogenomics #aDNA www.preprints.org/manuscript/2...

Interbreeding between Neanderthals and modern humans was strongly sex biased Sex biases in admixture and other demographic processes are recurrent features throughout human evolution. For admixture between Neanderthals and anatomically modern humans (AMHs), sex bias has been p...

Novel insight into where the #Neanderthal DNA that persists in people today comes from: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... @sarahtishkoff.bsky.social #PaleoGenomics #EvolutionaryBiology #TranslationalScience

The X Chromosome That Rewrote What We Know About Neanderthal Sex A new study finds the interbreeding between our species was not random — and the pattern written into ancient DNA is strange enough to demand explanation.

A new study flips what we thought we knew about Neanderthal-human interbreeding. It wasn’t random, and it wasn’t balanced. The X chromosome tells a strange, specific story. #HumanEvolution #Neanderthals #Paleogenomics www.anthropology.net/p/the-x-chro...

📣 One week left for submitting your abstracts for #INQUA 2027!

#sedaDNA #ancientDNA #paleogenomics

First confirmation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex from medieval Ireland by aDNA analysis – palaeopathological and microbial findings Eight burials from the multi-period rural settlement site of Ranelagh near Roscommon town, Ireland, with palaeopathological lesions suggestive of skel…

Recovering Mycobacterium tuberculosis 🦠 from ancient samples is notoriously difficult. But, in this new study, the elusive M. tuberculosis DNA was detected in five individuals from medieval Ireland.
doi.org/10.1016/j.tu...
#MetagenomicsMonday #SPAAM #aDNA #paleogenomics #tuberculosis #TB #pathogen

Paleogenomics Reveals a Loss of Bovine Lineages in Mid-latitude Asia Over the Last 200,000 Years Abstract. Bovines have a complex yet poorly understood evolutionary history that is characterized by admixture and diversity loss during the Late Pleistoce

The Altai wasn’t just home to Denisovans. 🏔️🧬Ancient DNA revealed unexpected bovine diversity 🦬, including a mysterious yak-like lineage (yak "X") now seemingly lost to time.
academic.oup.com/gbe/article/...
#MetagenomicsMonday #ancientDNA #aDNA #paleogenomics #zooarchaeology #denisovacave #altai

The Short Bones That Spoke: Diagnosing a Rare Genetic Disorder in a 12,000-Year-Old Family Ancient DNA and clinical genetics converge on a mother and daughter buried in Ice Age Italy, revealing the earliest confirmed case of a rare growth disorder and a quiet story of care in prehistory.

Ancient DNA from an Ice Age burial in Italy reveals a mother and daughter linked by a rare growth disorder, marking the earliest genetic diagnosis in humans and offering new evidence for care of disabled individuals in prehistory. #Paleogenomics #Archaeology #HumanEvolution

The dispersal of domestic cats from North Africa to Europe around 2000 years ago The domestic cat (Felis catus) descends from the African wildcat Felis lybica lybica. Its global distribution alongside humans testifies to its successful adaptation to anthropogenic environments.…

How and when did domestic cats conquer the world? 🐈 The aDNA study recently published in Science tells a fascinating story about the human-mediated dispersal of our purring furry friends.
doi.org/10.1126/scie...
#MetagenomicsMonday #SPAAM #aDNA #paleogenomics #cats #zooarcheology #domestication

Population structure and inter-species admixture within a likely extinct yet formerly widespread Hawaiian honeycreeper Abstract. The Hawaiian honeycreepers simultaneously represent one of the most spectacular avian adaptive radiations and are one of the most endangered avia

Check out this new paper on the inter-species admixture 🧬 within an extinct and yummy-sounding avian species 🦜 - the honeycreeper! 🍯
doi.org/10.1098/rsbl...
#MetagenomicsMonday #SPAAM #aDNA #paleogenomics #museumscience #avian #honeycreeper

One month left for submitting your abstracts for #INQUA 2027!
#sedaDNA #ancientDNA #paleogenomics

Scientists sequence a woolly rhino genome from a 14,400-year-old wolf’s stomach https://arstechni.ca #megafaunalextinction #paleogenomics #paleoecology #woollyrhino #Megafauna #Science #science #siberia

CarpeDeam: a de novo metagenome assembler for heavily damaged ancient datasets - Genome Biology De novo assembly of ancient metagenomic datasets is a challenging task. Ultra-short fragment size and characteristic postmortem damage patterns of sequenced ancient DNA molecules leave current tools…

Dreaming of a de novo assembly of your pesky short ancient sequences? 🧬 A new tool, CarpeDeam, may just help your dreams come true. 🧬🖥️
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#MetagenomicsMonday #ancientDNA #aDNA #paleogenomics #bioinformatics

SPAAM Newsletter #8 Hello from the SPAAM Steering Committee in the New Year 2026!

We are excited to share with you the latest SPAAM Newsletter!
Inside, you’ll find: announcements, opportunities and publication highlights.
www.spaam-community.org/assets/media...
We hope you enjoy this edition!
#SPAAM #aDNA #Newsletter #paleogenomics #metagenomics

Ancient DNA of the Toronto Subway Deer adds to the extinction list of ice age megafauna Abstract. The Late Pleistocene was a time of global megafaunal extinctions that were particularly severe in North America. The continent lost many mammal t

Starting 2026 strong with the first #MetagenomicsMonday 🧬post this year! Its 1976, deer remains are found in a Toronto subway and its antlers look.. well, different! 🦌 Is it an extinct megafauna species that disappeared by the end of ice age?📄
doi.org/10.1098/rsbl...
#SPAAM #aDNA #paleogenomics

Hybrid Legacies: Evolutionary Consequences of Neandertal Introgression and Implications for Autism A minority of Neandertal-derived alleles persists in the modern human genome, contributing to neurodivergence, including autism, as well as other cognitive traits. These introgressed variants may be ...

Our newest article in #Bioessays exploring the relationship between #Neandertal DNA and #autism. Enjoy! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #anthropology #paleoanthropology #paleogenomics #genetics #evolution

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In 2022 Svante Pääbo was given the #NobelPrize for establishing the scientific discipline #paleogenomics and sequencing the genome of a #Neanderthal. Providing a unique resource for scientists to better understand human evolution.

Is There a Little Wolf in Your Chihuahua?

Paleogenomics: "Nearly two-thirds of modern dog breeds, including even Chihuahuas, contain traces of recent wolf DNA." #dogs #wolves #paleogenomics #evolution

The Wolves Who Crossed the Water How two ancient canids marooned on a Baltic island reveal a forgotten chapter in the long, uneasy relationship between humans and wolves.

Ancient wolves found on a remote Baltic island show signs of human provisioning, injury care, and isolation. Their presence hints at overlooked forms of wolf management long before true domestication. #Archaeology #Paleogenomics #Wolves #HumanEvolution www.anthropology.net/p/the-wolves...

Genetic 'Ghosts' of a Long-Lost People Found in South America All the science news you can handle in a single feed

Genetic 'Ghosts' of a Long-Lost People Found in South America #Science #Biology #Genetics #Paleogenomics #Ancestry

RNA Recovered from Siberian Mammoth That Died 39,000 Years Ago - As researchers continue to probe the permafrost and refine molecular techniques, Yuka’s legacy may pave the way for unprecedented insights

RNA Recovered from Siberian Mammoth That Died 39,000 Years Ago wiobs.com/rna-recovere... #MammothRNA #AncientLife #Paleogenomics #SiberianPermafrost #ScientificBreakthrough

https://www.cell.com/ajhg/fulltext/S0002-9297(25)00402-1 No description available

Paleogenomics reveals 1000s of years of population history but needs strict reporting standards for 10X better transparency! #Paleogenomics PMID:41197624, Am J Hum Genet 2025, @AJHGNews www.cell.com/ajhg/fulltext/S0002-9297... #Medsky #Pharmsky #RNA #ASHG #ESHG 🧪

Original post on mastodon.social

13-Nov-2025
#Paleogenomics: #humans and #dogs spread across Eurasia together
((well it would have been surprising if dogs had spread on their own ...))
A genomic study shows that over the last 10,000 years, diverse Eurasian cultures kept and spread genetically distinct dog populations […]

Oldest ever RNA sample recovered from woolly mammoth RNA from an exceptionally well preserved woolly mammoth gives us a window on gene activity in an animal that died nearly 40,000 years ago

Oldest ever RNA sample recovered from woolly mammoth #Science #Biology #Genetics #WoollyMammoth #RNAResearch #Paleogenomics

World’s oldest RNA extracted from ice age woolly mammoth A young woolly mammoth now known as Yuka was frozen in the Siberian permafrost for about 40,000 years before it was discovered by local tusk hunters in 2010. The hunters soon handed it over to scientists,...

World’s oldest RNA extracted from ice age woolly mammoth #Science #Biology #Genetics #RNAResearch #WoollyMammoth #Paleogenomics

Woolly Mammoth Unlocks Reveals the World’s Oldest RNA RNA has been extracted from an ancient woolly mammoth, providing insight into its last moments on Earth

Woolly Mammoth Unlocks Reveals the World’s Oldest RNA #Science #Biology #Genetics #WoollyMammoth #RNA #Paleogenomics

Scientists found paratyphoid & relapsing fever DNA in teeth from Napoleon's 1812 army, not just typhus. Of 500,000 soldiers who invaded Russia, only 50,000 survived the disease-ravaged retreat.

#Napoleon #Paleogenomics #Archaeology #ParatyphoidFever #Lithuania #Vilnius #TheLolgic #Russia #France