Greger Larson
@gregerlarson.bsky.social
A PNAS Special Feature exclusively about dogs? Woof!
Here are 3 of the 8 that we were involved with. Congrats to @lachiescarsbrook.bsky.social & @undeaddandy.bsky.social
Dingoes!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
German Shepherds!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Imputation!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Here are 3 of the 8 that we were involved with. Congrats to @lachiescarsbrook.bsky.social & @undeaddandy.bsky.social
Dingoes!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
German Shepherds!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Imputation!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Imputation of ancient canid genomes reveals inbreeding history over the past 10,000 years | PNAS
The multi-millennia-long history between dogs and humans has placed them at the forefront
of archaeological and genomic research. Despite ongoing e...
www.pnas.org
November 25, 2025 at 12:41 PM
A PNAS Special Feature exclusively about dogs? Woof!
Here are 3 of the 8 that we were involved with. Congrats to @lachiescarsbrook.bsky.social & @undeaddandy.bsky.social
Dingoes!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
German Shepherds!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Imputation!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Here are 3 of the 8 that we were involved with. Congrats to @lachiescarsbrook.bsky.social & @undeaddandy.bsky.social
Dingoes!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
German Shepherds!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Imputation!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
In the immortal words of Sir Mix-a-Lot: "And ugh, double-up, ugh, ugh".
2 doggy papers are so much better than 1. Both studies a testament to slow science & international collaboration between brilliant people. What it's all about.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
2 doggy papers are so much better than 1. Both studies a testament to slow science & international collaboration between brilliant people. What it's all about.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The emergence and diversification of dog morphology
Dogs exhibit an exceptional range of morphological diversity as a result of their long-term association with humans. Attempts to identify when dog morphological variation began to expand have been con...
www.science.org
November 13, 2025 at 7:30 PM
In the immortal words of Sir Mix-a-Lot: "And ugh, double-up, ugh, ugh".
2 doggy papers are so much better than 1. Both studies a testament to slow science & international collaboration between brilliant people. What it's all about.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
2 doggy papers are so much better than 1. Both studies a testament to slow science & international collaboration between brilliant people. What it's all about.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
What's that? The story of East Asian pig domestication as told through ancient DNA? Yes please! Congrats to everyone on such a fantastic and overdue story! Pigs are so great.
doi.org/10.1093/molb...
doi.org/10.1093/molb...
Ancient Genomics Reveals the Origin, Dispersal, and Human Management of East Asian Domestic Pigs
Abstract. Pigs are the most commercially important modern livestock animal in East Asia. Numerous aspects of their domestication history remain unclear, ho
doi.org
September 26, 2025 at 11:30 AM
What's that? The story of East Asian pig domestication as told through ancient DNA? Yes please! Congrats to everyone on such a fantastic and overdue story! Pigs are so great.
doi.org/10.1093/molb...
doi.org/10.1093/molb...
Reposted by Greger Larson
The sessions are co-organised by:
@gregerlarson.bsky.social
@elliecat.bsky.social
@mishaploid.bsky.social
@makenziemabryphd.bsky.social
@johnneddermeyer.bsky.social
@frozen-zoo.bsky.social
@undeaddandy.bsky.social
&
Jennifer Meadows
Evangelos Dimopoulos
@gregerlarson.bsky.social
@elliecat.bsky.social
@mishaploid.bsky.social
@makenziemabryphd.bsky.social
@johnneddermeyer.bsky.social
@frozen-zoo.bsky.social
@undeaddandy.bsky.social
&
Jennifer Meadows
Evangelos Dimopoulos
September 19, 2025 at 5:50 PM
The sessions are co-organised by:
@gregerlarson.bsky.social
@elliecat.bsky.social
@mishaploid.bsky.social
@makenziemabryphd.bsky.social
@johnneddermeyer.bsky.social
@frozen-zoo.bsky.social
@undeaddandy.bsky.social
&
Jennifer Meadows
Evangelos Dimopoulos
@gregerlarson.bsky.social
@elliecat.bsky.social
@mishaploid.bsky.social
@makenziemabryphd.bsky.social
@johnneddermeyer.bsky.social
@frozen-zoo.bsky.social
@undeaddandy.bsky.social
&
Jennifer Meadows
Evangelos Dimopoulos
Reposted by Greger Larson
Interested in giving a talk at the Plant and Animal Genome conference (PAG 33) in San Diego?
Together with several colleagues, we are arranging 5 interconnected sessions.
To submit an abstract, please fill out this Google Form before Oct 12th, 2025:
forms.gle/q7j275Di6umY...
Together with several colleagues, we are arranging 5 interconnected sessions.
To submit an abstract, please fill out this Google Form before Oct 12th, 2025:
forms.gle/q7j275Di6umY...
September 19, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Interested in giving a talk at the Plant and Animal Genome conference (PAG 33) in San Diego?
Together with several colleagues, we are arranging 5 interconnected sessions.
To submit an abstract, please fill out this Google Form before Oct 12th, 2025:
forms.gle/q7j275Di6umY...
Together with several colleagues, we are arranging 5 interconnected sessions.
To submit an abstract, please fill out this Google Form before Oct 12th, 2025:
forms.gle/q7j275Di6umY...
So it turns out that "small-island populations can provide long-term insurance against human-driven extinction". And as a result, "conservation efforts should prioritize habitat management over translocations". Super fun new paper from Aninta et al.!
www.pnas.org/doi/epub/10....
www.pnas.org/doi/epub/10....
www.pnas.org
June 24, 2025 at 4:20 PM
So it turns out that "small-island populations can provide long-term insurance against human-driven extinction". And as a result, "conservation efforts should prioritize habitat management over translocations". Super fun new paper from Aninta et al.!
www.pnas.org/doi/epub/10....
www.pnas.org/doi/epub/10....
Dogs? Dogs dogs dogs.
South American dogs? Ancient South American dogs?
Lots and lots of Ancient South American Dogs!
Huge effort by so many great people!
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
South American dogs? Ancient South American dogs?
Lots and lots of Ancient South American Dogs!
Huge effort by so many great people!
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
royalsocietypublishing.org
June 18, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Dogs? Dogs dogs dogs.
South American dogs? Ancient South American dogs?
Lots and lots of Ancient South American Dogs!
Huge effort by so many great people!
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
South American dogs? Ancient South American dogs?
Lots and lots of Ancient South American Dogs!
Huge effort by so many great people!
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Greger Larson and Beth Shapiro were asked to roast the field of ancient DNA at a conference in Stockholm on May 29, 2025.
First, a spoken work guide to help you know if you work in the field.
youtu.be/zSwmq0DUa8U
First, a spoken work guide to help you know if you work in the field.
youtu.be/zSwmq0DUa8U
You Work in Ancient DNA
YouTube video by Greger Larson
youtu.be
June 3, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Greger Larson and Beth Shapiro were asked to roast the field of ancient DNA at a conference in Stockholm on May 29, 2025.
First, a spoken work guide to help you know if you work in the field.
youtu.be/zSwmq0DUa8U
First, a spoken work guide to help you know if you work in the field.
youtu.be/zSwmq0DUa8U
Uh oh. What's this? Two unabashed extroverts given guitars and a remit to roast the field of ancient DNA? Sounds like trouble. One can only hope that if there is video footage, the people responsible have the good sense not to upload it for public viewing. No one wants to see this!
May 31, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Uh oh. What's this? Two unabashed extroverts given guitars and a remit to roast the field of ancient DNA? Sounds like trouble. One can only hope that if there is video footage, the people responsible have the good sense not to upload it for public viewing. No one wants to see this!
You know what the world absolutely does not need? Yet another definition for domestication. Get over yourselves people. C'mon!
Ok, maybe just one more. So much fun working with @elinork.bsky.social, Kathryn and Robin. www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
Ok, maybe just one more. So much fun working with @elinork.bsky.social, Kathryn and Robin. www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
www.pnas.org
May 16, 2025 at 11:00 AM
You know what the world absolutely does not need? Yet another definition for domestication. Get over yourselves people. C'mon!
Ok, maybe just one more. So much fun working with @elinork.bsky.social, Kathryn and Robin. www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
Ok, maybe just one more. So much fun working with @elinork.bsky.social, Kathryn and Robin. www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
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It’s here! Find out what we’ve been up to for the last 4 years #archaeology #earlymodern #shakespeare #boxofficebears
🎉We’re delighted that our first major #BoxOfficeBears paper is published Open Access today in @antiquityj.bsky.social
What do we know about the 🐻 and 🐶 that lived on Bankside? How big were they? What did they eat? How long did they live?🧵 of key findings below!
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
What do we know about the 🐻 and 🐶 that lived on Bankside? How big were they? What did they eat? How long did they live?🧵 of key findings below!
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
What does a bear-baiting assemblage look like? Interdisciplinary analysis of an Early Modern ‘sport’ | Antiquity | Cambridge Core
What does a bear-baiting assemblage look like? Interdisciplinary analysis of an Early Modern ‘sport’
www.cambridge.org
February 17, 2025 at 1:17 PM
It’s here! Find out what we’ve been up to for the last 4 years #archaeology #earlymodern #shakespeare #boxofficebears
More dog chat! Ella Al-Shamahi and I had a blast chatting about dogs and evolution and love and lots more. Enjoy our episode of the Why Do We Do That podcast on Radio 4 BBC sounds: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... And the director's cut here: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
BBC Radio 4 - Why Do We Do That?, Series 2, 4. Why do we love dogs?
Ella Al-Shamahi asks why do we love dogs?
www.bbc.co.uk
February 15, 2025 at 2:38 PM
More dog chat! Ella Al-Shamahi and I had a blast chatting about dogs and evolution and love and lots more. Enjoy our episode of the Why Do We Do That podcast on Radio 4 BBC sounds: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... And the director's cut here: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
It is impossible to get tired of talking about dogs and domestication. What a thrill to chat with Danny Nucci and Jason Burns on their What About... podcast. Enjoy all the serious silliness here:
thewhataboutpodcast.com/2025/02/13/w...
thewhataboutpodcast.com/2025/02/13/w...
What About... Artificial Selection w/Greger Larson
Danny and Jason put their best traits forward in a conversation with evolutionary geneticist Greger Larson on the topic of ARTIFICIAL SELECTION.
thewhataboutpodcast.com
February 15, 2025 at 2:33 PM
It is impossible to get tired of talking about dogs and domestication. What a thrill to chat with Danny Nucci and Jason Burns on their What About... podcast. Enjoy all the serious silliness here:
thewhataboutpodcast.com/2025/02/13/w...
thewhataboutpodcast.com/2025/02/13/w...
Evolution and cuckoos! So fun!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Evolution and genetic architecture of sex-limited polymorphism in cuckoos
Ancient haplotypes maintained via maternal inheritance govern female-limited color polymorphism in two cuckoo sister taxa.
www.science.org
April 26, 2024 at 9:44 AM
Evolution and cuckoos! So fun!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Good day for zombies! Braaiiiinnnsssss!
doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
March 21, 2024 at 9:28 AM
Good day for zombies! Braaiiiinnnsssss!
doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
Who loves ancient DNA and domestication? We do we do! Congrats to Lachie Scarsbrook on this super fun review. Lots more to come! doi.org/10.1016/B978...
February 9, 2024 at 11:11 AM
Who loves ancient DNA and domestication? We do we do! Congrats to Lachie Scarsbrook on this super fun review. Lots more to come! doi.org/10.1016/B978...