Media coverage
2019
“Mysterious ‘Battle Axe Culture’ reveals its secrets thanks to DNA discovery”
Our study on the Battle Axe Culture, presented in the research paper by Malmström et al. 2019. “The genomic ancestry of the Scandinavian Battle Axe Culture people and their relation to the broader Corded Ware horizon” were featured in the Fox News.
You can find out more in our news item.
Megalithic tombs linked to a kindred society in northern Neolithic Europe
Our study on megalithic tombs (2019) attracted attention from Newsweek. You can read more in our news item or on Newsweek
“These Megalithic Tombs Contain the Remains of More Than 10 Generations of Stone Age Europeans, DNA Analysis Reveals”
By Aristos Georgiou
Science and Health Reporter
2017
Ancient DNA pushes human emergence back
Our study on the South African ancient genomes (2017) retrieved ample media attention. You can read more in our news item.
Some of the media reports are listed below:
in English:
Other newspapers that have picked up our study included: The Washington Post, NBC, ABC News, The New York Times, The Japan Times
in Swedish:
- Sverige Radio (including a short podcast)
- Friatider
In Russian:
In German:
Viking warrior was a woman, genetic study confirms
The international press picked up our 2017 study (“A female Viking warrior confirmed by genomics”) that uncovered a high-ranking Viking warrior to be a woman. The study created excitement all over the world reflected in a long list of reports published by media.
in English
- New York Times
- Science
- The Guardian
- Newsweek
- CNN
- Washington Post
- National Geographic
- The Independent
- Forbes
- Science alert
- New York Post
- True Viral News
- Newshub
- MSN New Zealand
- Ancient Origins
- Truth or Not
- U.S. News
- ScienceNewsline
- F3News
- The Mail On Sunday
- Signs of the Times
- Science Blog
- Past Horizons
- Raw Story
- International Business Times
- Laboratory Equipment
- Follownews
- Archaeology Magazine
- Mail Online UK
- App.ViralNewsChart.com
- Russia Today
- PhysOrg.com
- The Local Sweden
“De var de första svenskarna”
Our work on the settlement of ancient Sweden was broadcast by the Swedish TV as part of the documentary series “Vetenskapens Värld” (sesong 26, episode 17 – in Swedish).
The findings were also presented the accompanying article in SVT Nyheter (15.05.2017)(in Swedish):
Most of us are a mishmash of many migrations
The Ann Gibbons’ article in Science News “There’s no such thing as a ‘pure’ European—or anyone else.” (based on the interview with Mattias Jakobsson, among others); 16 May 2017
Sex-biased migration wave into Neolithic Europe
The migration wave into Neolithic Europe was sex-biased as described in our paper: “Ancient X chromosomes reveal contrasting sex bias in Neolithic and Bronze Age Eurasian migrations.”
- Science (21.02.2017)
- NZZ (Neue Zuericher Zeitung, 23.02.2017)
- Sverige Radio SR (22.02.2017)
- UNT (Så spreds jordbruket till Europa; 21.02.2017)
2016
Our work reported by the Swedish Radio. On several occasions.
Our research became a subject for a series of popular science reports in the Swedish radio.
- Ny dna-analys: De tog jordbruket till Europa (Sverige Radio, SR, 05.08.2016)
Based on the paper: Gülsah Merve Kilinc et al. The Demographic Development of the First Farmers in Anatolia. Current Biology, 2016. - DNA-jakten som kom in i värmen (Sverige Radio, SR, 20.10.2015)
- Basker har samma ursprung som andra européer (Sverige Radio, SR, 10.09.2015)
Reference article: Günther et al: “Ancient genomes link early farmers from Atapuerca in Spain to modern-day Basques”, PNAS 2015. - Avlägsen rest rustar tibetaner (Sverige Radio, SR, 03.07.2014)
Reference paper: Huerta-Sánchez E. et al, Altitude adaptation in Tibetans caused by introgression of Denisovan-like DNA, Nature 3 juli 2014.
The local newspaper highlights one of our papers on demographic development
“The Demographic Development of the First Farmers in Anatolia” paper in Uppsala Nya Tidning; 5 Aug 2016
Feature story in Forskning & Framsteg
Our work on ancient humans appears in Forskning & Framsteg
15 Mar 2016
2015
The ancient genome link to modern Basques
The 2015 paper “Ancient genomes link early farmers from Atapuerca in Spain to modern-day Basques” in the British press:
Podbean – #8 Forskarpodden
11 Nov 2015
- Uppsala Univerity UU Forskarpodden (podcast) with Mattias Jakobsson (in Swedish)
2012
Complex African history reported by the world media
The 2012 Science paper “Genomic variation in seven Khoe-San groups reveals adaptation and complex African history” in the media:
- CBS News
- Science News
- Nature
- Science daily
- Spiegel (in German)
- AAAS
- Swedish public television (SVT) (in Swedish)
- Swedish radio (SR1, SR2) (in Swedish)
- Uppsala Nya Tidning (in Swedish)
- Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish)
Origins and genetic legacy of Neolithic Europeans appears in many media outlets
The 2012 Science paper: “Origins and Genetic Legacy of Neolithic Farmers and Hunter-Gatherers in Europe” in the media:
- Uppsala Nya Tidning (TV interview with Dr. Sugden, and print article) (in Swedish)
- Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish)
- Sveriges Radio (1, 2) (in Swedish)
- Ny Teknik (in Swedish)
- Spiegel Online (in German)
- Der Standard (in German)
- Focus Online (in German)
- Le Figaro (in French)
- Los Angeles Times
- The Wall Street Journal
- BBC News
- NPR blog
- CNN KETK
- The Guardian
- La Repubblica (in Italian)
Genes shed light on spread of agriculture in Stone Age Europe
26 Apr 2012
One of the most debated developments in human history is the transition from hunter-gatherer to agricultural societies. The Swedish-Danish research team presents the genetic findings which show that agriculture spread to Northern Europe via migration from Southern Europe.
An interview with Mattias Jakobsson, Department of Ecology and Genetics, Evolutionary Biology, Uppsala University.