Benjamin Peter
@benmpeter.bsky.social
Population Geneticist, University of Rochester (now) and MPI-EVA (still).
Also check out the dispatch by Shigeki Nakagome: www.cell.com/current-biol..., and (of course) our new preprint on the genome of a 200,000 year old Denisovan www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Human evolution: Tracing ancient journeys through Denisovan DNA
Variation in Denisovan ancestry across East Asia reflects complex demography and multiple introgression waves. A new study reports that the Jomon population, early diverged ancient hunter-gatherers…
www.cell.com
October 20, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Also check out the dispatch by Shigeki Nakagome: www.cell.com/current-biol..., and (of course) our new preprint on the genome of a 200,000 year old Denisovan www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
The most surprising insight is that the Jomon, early inhabitants of the Japanese Archipelago, have much less Denisovan ancestry than all other East Asians - thus the Jomon (partially) descend from a lineage that predates the gene flow between modern-humans and Denisovans
October 20, 2025 at 6:14 PM
The most surprising insight is that the Jomon, early inhabitants of the Japanese Archipelago, have much less Denisovan ancestry than all other East Asians - thus the Jomon (partially) descend from a lineage that predates the gene flow between modern-humans and Denisovans
This study, led by my PhD student Jiaqi Yang, maps how Denisovan ancestry spread across Europe and Asia. We find several early Europeans with (trace amounts of) Denisovan gene flow, likely due to old migrations throughout Eurasia. There is no evidence of direct contact of Europeans with Denisovans
October 20, 2025 at 6:14 PM
This study, led by my PhD student Jiaqi Yang, maps how Denisovan ancestry spread across Europe and Asia. We find several early Europeans with (trace amounts of) Denisovan gene flow, likely due to old migrations throughout Eurasia. There is no evidence of direct contact of Europeans with Denisovans