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A 5700 year-old human genome and oral microbiome from chewed birch pitch.
Nature communications - 17 Dec 2019
Jensen Theis Z T, Niemann Jonas, Iversen Katrine Højholt, Fotakis Anna K, Gopalakrishnan Shyam, Vågene Åshild J, Pedersen Mikkel Winther, Sinding Mikkel-Holger S, Ellegaard Martin R, Allentoft Morten E, Lanigan Liam T, Taurozzi Alberto J, Nielsen Sofie Holtsmark, Dee Michael W, Mortensen Martin N, Christensen Mads C, Sørensen Søren A, Collins Matthew J, Gilbert M Thomas P, Sikora Martin, Rasmussen Simon, Schroeder Hannes
Abstract excerpt
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 from a 5700 year-old piece of chewed birch pitch from Denmark. We sequence the human genome to an average depth of 2.3× and find that the individual who chewed the pitch was female and that...
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