Ke Wang

Check out our preprint on the evolutionary history of spindle genes in humans. We found evidence for positive selection on some genes, and a haplotype that was contributed from modern humans to Neandertals ~200,000 ya before it came back 50,000 ya. 1/6 shorturl.at/aerBQ

New @HistoGenes study from my group at @MPI_EVA_Leipzig. Led by @kwangwangk, Bendeguz Tobias and Doris Pany-Kucera: interdisciplinarity in action! Thanks to all coauthors for inspiring collaboration! nature.com/articles/s4158…

Our latest interdisciplinary study reveals the story of East Asia meeting Europe in Lower Austria during 6th-9th centuries & their Peaceful coexistence (shared cultural feature) despite genetic difference! We reconstruct the past family pedigree inc. >450 individuals (a society!)

My 2015 comment on the Daoxian early H. sapiens teeth from China

Wie hat sich das Bild von #Ötzi verändert? Johannes Krause und sein Team @MPI_EVA_Leipzig haben neue Erkenntnisse aus den Genen der Gletschermumie gewonnen. Ein #Podcast mit dem Archäogenetiker 🎧 mpg.de/podcasts/oetzi #Forschungsquartett @detektorfm

#Ötzi: dark skin, bald head, Anatolian ancestry. High-quality sequencing of his genome gives new insights. Study in @CellGenomics by an intl. team led by Ke Wang, Johannes Krause & @AlbZink. @MPI_EVA_Leipzig @EURAC @oetzimuseum tinyurl.com/yc6xrysj & cell.com/cell-genomics/…

A new preprint by Alexis Simon "The contribution of gene flow, selection, and genetic drift to five thousand years of human allele frequency change". Alexis's thread follows 1/n biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

We think the mutation spectrum is evolving b/c it tends to cluster by population and species. Now in a study led by Annabel Beichman, we measure the mutation spectrum’s phylogenetic signal across 100 million years of mammalian evolution biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh…

Officially out, our work trying to delineate and understand selection happening during admixture in Neolithic Europe. We find that admixed Neolithic populations inherit more hunter-gatherer ancestry at the MHC region than expected by chance. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

The age of IBD in ancient DNA is nigh! doi.org/10.1101/2023.0… In this preprint, we describe "ancIBD", a method to detect long shared haplotypes (known as IBD segments) in human ancient DNA data, and showcase applications. 🧬💀 (1/5)

Middle Holocene Siberian genomes reveal highly connected gene pools throughout North Asia: Current Biology cell.com/current-biolog…

We find 4000y.o. mummified hair from Sudan i) preserves ultra-short ancient DNA fragments with high interior aDNA damage, and ii) is genetically close to early eastern African pastoralists. Looking forward to seeing more hair aDNA & African aDNA.❤️Africa nature.com/articles/s4159…

In case anyone needs to see a @NobelPrize winner get tossed into a pond :) Congratulations, Svante!

So happy that the first paper from our @HistoGenes project is up! We find striking similarity of elite Avar genomic data to Northeast Asia: the historical mystery of Avar origin may be less mysterious now. Great work of Guido from our lab and many others! cell.com/cell/fulltext/…

New Paper Alert! Pleased to have worked with terrific colleagues from Chinese, French and Spanish organisations to report on some new wonderful archaeological findings from Xiamabei, Nihewan Basin, #China @Nature, Thread 1/5

As we rise up the academic ladder it’s up to us to make a simple choice every day. Don’t be a dick.

The Tarim Basin mummies' surprising origins : Genomic study by an intl. team incl. Chao Ning, Yinquiu Cui & @twarinner reveals an indigenous Bronze Age population that was genetically isolated but culturally cosmopolitan. @Nature bit.ly/3CjGYLW & nature.com/articles/s4158…