The research focus of our group entails the genetic analysis of ancient human, pathogen, and animal diversity. We apply cutting-edge computational pipelines and molecular biology methodologies to extract genomic information from ancient specimens, to aid the understanding of human history and evolution over tens of millennia. Our interests span from reconstructing the demographic history of Neanderthal populations to tracking human dispersals during the Late Pleistocene and early Holocene across Eurasia. Moreover, our team investigates the genetic history of early inhabitants of the Asia-Pacific region and the peopling of the Americas. In more recent periods, our group is engaged in reconstructing the mobility, admixture and living conditions of historical populations through the genomic analysis of humans and their associated pathogens. Our research expands beyond human fossils by investigating multiple ancient DNA sources including ancient animal and plant remains, coprolites, and cave sediments, as part of the Leibniz Science Campus "Geogenomic Archaeology Campus Tübingen (GACT)".
Dept. Archaeo- and Palaeogenetics Hölderlinstraße 12, 72074 Tübingen
