NEOMATRIX
We held our third joint lab meeting on the 2nd of March. It was a half-day virtual event comprising four talks, each followed with a Q&A and discussion…
Our researchers described the genetic identity of the oldest human-made hybrid animal called “kunga”, a 4,500-year-old equid which was bred for warfare in ancient Mesopotamia. The study concludes…
From November 29th to December 2nd 2021, we had a computational workshop in Heraklion, Crete, as part of the NEOMATRIX project. The workshop was led by Dr. Pavlos…
Our researchers led a successful analysis of ancient DNA from petrous bones of this extinct Mediterranean species despite the region’s notoriously adverse environmental conditions for DNA preservation. Their…
The latest article by our researchers suggests that sheep were domesticated in different areas, along with the first sheep domesticated in Anatolia ten thousand years ago. The article…
We held our second joint lab meeting on the 13th of October. It was a half-day virtual event comprising four talks, each followed with a Q&A and discussion…
Dr. Argyro Nafplioti from the Foundation of Research and Technology (FORTH) and Dr. Dimitra Mylona from the Institute for Aegean Prehistory (INSTAP) Study Center for East Crete selected…
The latest article by our researchers shows that inbreeding decreased over time and that the decrease appears linked with population size increase enabled by agriculture. The article is…
Online joint lab meetings are regular activities included in the routine of NEOMATRIX, intended for standardizing protocols and pipelines across the partners as well as sharing research results.…
The newest article by our researchers questions genetic relatedness among co-burials in domestic buildings using 59 ancient genomes from Neolithic Anatolia. The results suggest non-biological kinship patterns in…