Media coverage

Mysterious ‘Battle Axe Culture’ reveals its secrets thanks to DNA discovery, Fox News

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 was featured in the Fox News.

These Megalithic Tombs Contain the Remains of More Than 10 Generations of Stone Age Europeans, DNA Analysis Reveals, Newsweek

Our study by Sánchez-Quinto and others (2019), Megalithic tombs in western and northern Neolithic Europe were linked to a kindred society attracted attention from Newsweek.

Happy 350,000th birthday: Study pushes back Homo sapiens origins, Reuters

Our study, Southern African ancient genomes estimate modern human divergence to 350,000 to 260,000 years ago, published in Science by Carina Schlebusch and others (2017), received ample media attention.

Some of the media reports are listed below:

Viking warrior discovered in Sweden was a woman, researchers confirm, The Independent

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.

De var de första svenskarna, SVT

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 in the SVT Nyheter (15.05.2017) (in Swedish):

There’s no such thing as a ‘pure’ European—or anyone else, Science News

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) dives into diversity and migrations.

16 May 2017

Thousands of horsemen may have swept into Bronze Age Europe, transforming the local population, Science News

Europeans may be descendants of a massive migration of men from the Russian steppe.

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.”

Jakobsson Lab research 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.

Så spreds jordbruket till Europa, UNT

The local newspaper reported on the paper, “The Demographic Development of the First Farmers in Anatolia”

UNT, 5 Aug 2016

Här spåras stenålderns migration, Forskning & Framsteg

15 Mar 2016

By extracting DNA from skeletons, archaeologists can map ancient migration patterns and life destinies with a wealth of detail that was previously completely unimaginable. A new picture of our origins is emerging.

An article explaining and summarizing our research was published in Forskning & Framsteg, 15 Mar 2016 (in Swedish)

Ancient DNA cracks puzzle of Basque origins, BBC News

Our 2015 paper “Ancient genomes link early farmers from Atapuerca in Spain to modern-day Basques” was picked by the British press.

Uppsala University Podcasts – #8 Mattias Jakobsson

11 Nov 2015

Uppsala University presented Mattias Jakobsson and his research in one of the podcasts (in Swedish)

African neighbours divided by their genes, Nature

Complex African history described in the 2012 Science paper “Genomic variation in seven Khoe-San groups reveals adaptation and complex African history” sparked the interest of media outlets.

Farming ‘spread by migrant wave’, BBC News

The 2012 Science paper: “Origins and Genetic Legacy of Neolithic Farmers and Hunter-Gatherers in Europe” appears in several media outlets.

Genes shed light on spread of agriculture in Stone Age Europe

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. 26 Apr 2012