Nature Communications (May 2022)
Palaeogenomic analysis of black rat (Rattus rattus) reveals multiple European introductions associated with human economic history
- He Yu,
- Alexandra Jamieson,
- Ardern Hulme-Beaman,
- Chris J. Conroy,
- Becky Knight,
- Camilla Speller,
- Hiba Al-Jarah,
- Heidi Eager,
- Alexandra Trinks,
- Gamini Adikari,
- Henriette Baron,
- Beate Böhlendorf-Arslan,
- Wijerathne Bohingamuwa,
- Alison Crowther,
- Thomas Cucchi,
- Kinie Esser,
- Jeffrey Fleisher,
- Louisa Gidney,
- Elena Gladilina,
- Pavel Gol’din,
- Steven M. Goodman,
- Sheila Hamilton-Dyer,
- Richard Helm,
- Jesse C. Hillman,
- Nabil Kallala,
- Hanna Kivikero,
- Zsófia E. Kovács,
- Günther Karl Kunst,
- René Kyselý,
- Anna Linderholm,
- Bouthéina Maraoui-Telmini,
- Nemanja Marković,
- Arturo Morales-Muñiz,
- Mariana Nabais,
- Terry O’Connor,
- Tarek Oueslati,
- Eréndira M. Quintana Morales,
- Kerstin Pasda,
- Jude Perera,
- Nimal Perera,
- Silvia Radbauer,
- Joan Ramon,
- Eve Rannamäe,
- Joan Sanmartí Grego,
- Edward Treasure,
- Silvia Valenzuela-Lamas,
- Inge van der Jagt,
- Wim Van Neer,
- Jean-Denis Vigne,
- Thomas Walker,
- Stephanie Wynne-Jones,
- Jørn Zeiler,
- Keith Dobney,
- Nicole Boivin,
- Jeremy B. Searle,
- Ben Krause-Kyora,
- Johannes Krause,
- Greger Larson,
- David Orton
Affiliations
- He Yu
- Department of Archaeogenetics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
- Alexandra Jamieson
- Palaeogenomics & Bio-Archaeology Research Network, Research Laboratory for Archaeology and History of Art, University of Oxford
- Ardern Hulme-Beaman
- Department of Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology, University of Liverpool
- Chris J. Conroy
- Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley
- Becky Knight
- Department of Archaeology, University of York
- Camilla Speller
- BioArCh, Department of Archaeology, University of York
- Hiba Al-Jarah
- BioArCh, Department of Archaeology, University of York
- Heidi Eager
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University
- Alexandra Trinks
- Palaeogenomics & Bio-Archaeology Research Network, Research Laboratory for Archaeology and History of Art, University of Oxford
- Gamini Adikari
- Postgraduate Institute of Archaeology
- Henriette Baron
- Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum, Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Archäologie
- Beate Böhlendorf-Arslan
- Christian Archaeology and Byzantine Art History, Philipps University of Marburg
- Wijerathne Bohingamuwa
- Department of History and Archaeology, University of Ruhuna
- Alison Crowther
- Department of Archaeology, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
- Thomas Cucchi
- Archaeozoology, Archaeobotany, Societies, Practices, Environments (AASPE-UMR7209), CNRS, National Museum of Natural History (MNHN)
- Kinie Esser
- Archeoplan Eco
- Jeffrey Fleisher
- Department of Anthropology, Rice University
- Louisa Gidney
- Archaeological Services, University of Durham
- Elena Gladilina
- Ukrainian Scientific Center of Ecology of the Sea
- Pavel Gol’din
- Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
- Steven M. Goodman
- Negaunee Integrative Research Center, Field Museum of Natural History
- Sheila Hamilton-Dyer
- Department of Archaeology & Anthropology, Bournemouth University (Visiting Fellow)
- Richard Helm
- Canterbury Archaeological Trust
- Jesse C. Hillman
- 6 Fell View Park, Gosforth, Seascale
- Nabil Kallala
- L’Ecole Tunisienne de l’Histoire et l’Anthropologie
- Hanna Kivikero
- Department of Culture, University of Helsinki
- Zsófia E. Kovács
- Freelance archaeozoologist, Liliom u. 4. 1/1
- Günther Karl Kunst
- VIAS Vienna Institute for Archaeological Science, University of Vienna
- René Kyselý
- Department of Natural Sciences and Archaeometry, Institute of Archaeology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague
- Anna Linderholm
- Palaeogenomics & Bio-Archaeology Research Network, Research Laboratory for Archaeology and History of Art, University of Oxford
- Bouthéina Maraoui-Telmini
- Institut National de Patrimoine
- Nemanja Marković
- Institute of Archaeology
- Arturo Morales-Muñiz
- Departmento de Biología, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
- Mariana Nabais
- Institute of Archaeology, University College London
- Terry O’Connor
- BioArCh, Department of Archaeology, University of York
- Tarek Oueslati
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, University of Lille
- Eréndira M. Quintana Morales
- Department of Anthropology, University of California, Santa Cruz
- Kerstin Pasda
- Department of Philosophy, Institute of Prehistoric Archaeology, Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nürnberg
- Jude Perera
- Department of Archaeology, Sir Marcus Fernando Mawatha
- Nimal Perera
- Department of Archaeology, Sir Marcus Fernando Mawatha
- Silvia Radbauer
- Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austrian Archaeological Institute
- Joan Ramon
- Consell Insular d’Eivissa i Formentera
- Eve Rannamäe
- Department of Archaeology, Institute of History and Archaeology, University of Tartu
- Joan Sanmartí Grego
- Secció de Prehistòria i Arqueologia, University of Barcelona
- Edward Treasure
- Department of Archaeology, Durham University
- Silvia Valenzuela-Lamas
- Archaeology of Social Dynamics, IMF-CSIC
- Inge van der Jagt
- Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands
- Wim Van Neer
- Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
- Jean-Denis Vigne
- Archaeozoology, Archaeobotany, Societies, Practices, Environments (AASPE-UMR7209), CNRS, National Museum of Natural History (MNHN)
- Thomas Walker
- Department of Archaeology, University of Reading
- Stephanie Wynne-Jones
- Department of Archaeology, University of York
- Jørn Zeiler
- ArchaeoBone
- Keith Dobney
- Department of Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology, University of Liverpool
- Nicole Boivin
- Department of Archaeology, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
- Jeremy B. Searle
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University
- Ben Krause-Kyora
- Institute of Clinical Molecular Biology, Kiel University
- Johannes Krause
- Department of Archaeogenetics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
- Greger Larson
- Palaeogenomics & Bio-Archaeology Research Network, Research Laboratory for Archaeology and History of Art, University of Oxford
- David Orton
- BioArCh, Department of Archaeology, University of York
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30009-z
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 13,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 13
Abstract
‘Archaeogenetic analysis of black rat remains reveals that this species was introduced into temperate Europe twice, in the Roman and medieval periods. This population turnover was likely associated with multiple historical and environmental factors.’
