Nature Communications (Dec 2019)
A 5700 year-old human genome and oral microbiome from chewed birch pitch
- Theis Z. T. Jensen,
- Jonas Niemann,
- Katrine Højholt Iversen,
- Anna K. Fotakis,
- Shyam Gopalakrishnan,
- Åshild J. Vågene,
- Mikkel Winther Pedersen,
- Mikkel-Holger S. Sinding,
- Martin R. Ellegaard,
- Morten E. Allentoft,
- Liam T. Lanigan,
- Alberto J. Taurozzi,
- Sofie Holtsmark Nielsen,
- Michael W. Dee,
- Martin N. Mortensen,
- Mads C. Christensen,
- Søren A. Sørensen,
- Matthew J. Collins,
- M. Thomas P. Gilbert,
- Martin Sikora,
- Simon Rasmussen,
- Hannes Schroeder
Affiliations
- Theis Z. T. Jensen
- The Globe Institute, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen
- Jonas Niemann
- The Globe Institute, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen
- Katrine Højholt Iversen
- Department of Bio and Health Informatics, Technical University of Denmark
- Anna K. Fotakis
- The Globe Institute, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen
- Shyam Gopalakrishnan
- The Globe Institute, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen
- Åshild J. Vågene
- The Globe Institute, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen
- Mikkel Winther Pedersen
- The Globe Institute, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen
- Mikkel-Holger S. Sinding
- The Globe Institute, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen
- Martin R. Ellegaard
- The Globe Institute, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen
- Morten E. Allentoft
- The Globe Institute, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen
- Liam T. Lanigan
- The Globe Institute, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen
- Alberto J. Taurozzi
- The Globe Institute, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen
- Sofie Holtsmark Nielsen
- The Globe Institute, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen
- Michael W. Dee
- Centre for Isotope Research, University of Groningen
- Martin N. Mortensen
- The National Museum of Denmark, I.C. Modewegs Vej, Brede
- Mads C. Christensen
- The National Museum of Denmark, I.C. Modewegs Vej, Brede
- Søren A. Sørensen
- Museum Lolland-Falster, Frisegade 40
- Matthew J. Collins
- The Globe Institute, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen
- M. Thomas P. Gilbert
- The Globe Institute, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen
- Martin Sikora
- The Globe Institute, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen
- Simon Rasmussen
- Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen
- Hannes Schroeder
- The Globe Institute, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13549-9
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 10,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 10
Abstract
Birch pitch is thought to have been used in prehistoric times as hafting material or antiseptic and tooth imprints suggest that it was chewed. Here, the authors report a 5,700 year-old piece of chewed birch pitch from Denmark from which they successfully recovered a complete ancient human genome and oral microbiome DNA.
