Anne Stone
@acstone.bsky.social
Prof at ASU, anthropological geneticist, gardener, mom of 1. I dabble in stained glass, embroidery, and print making in my copious free time.
Opinions my own
Opinions my own
I actually couldn’t limit myself to one paper, but Origin Stories chose one. The other one is not yet out in a journal, but is on bioRxiv: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
A high-coverage genome from a 200,000-year-old Denisovan
Denisovans, an extinct sister group of Neandertals who lived in Eastern Eurasia during the Middle and Late Pleistocene, are known only from a handful of skeletal remains and limited genetic data, incl...
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January 2, 2026 at 1:21 AM
I actually couldn’t limit myself to one paper, but Origin Stories chose one. The other one is not yet out in a journal, but is on bioRxiv: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
I should note that I give my 2 cents on this podcast as well, discussing Yoo et al. (2025) www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Complete sequencing of ape genomes - Nature
Complete sequences of chromosomes telomere-to-telomere from chimpanzee, bonobo, gorilla, Bornean orangutan, Sumatran orangutan and siamang provide a comprehensive and valuable resource for future evol...
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January 2, 2026 at 1:17 AM
I should note that I give my 2 cents on this podcast as well, discussing Yoo et al. (2025) www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The energy I’m going into 2026 with
a woman in a blue dress is holding a blue light saber
Alt: a woman in a blue dress is holding a blue light saber
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January 1, 2026 at 3:01 AM
The energy I’m going into 2026 with
My paperweight has three shades of blue and bubbles but I don’t get to see it until it comes out of the kiln tomorrow
December 30, 2025 at 6:58 PM
My paperweight has three shades of blue and bubbles but I don’t get to see it until it comes out of the kiln tomorrow
And there were balloons!!!!
December 15, 2025 at 6:27 PM
And there were balloons!!!!
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Review: Ancient DNA insights into diverse pathogens and their hosts by @blevinske.bsky.social, @paleogenomics.bsky.social, Verena J. Schuenemann & @acstone.bsky.social
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Ancient DNA insights into diverse pathogens and their hosts
Nature Reviews Genetics - Ancient DNA techniques are being applied to study increasingly diverse pathogens of the past. The authors review the latest insights into pathogen–host coevolution,...
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December 15, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Review: Ancient DNA insights into diverse pathogens and their hosts by @blevinske.bsky.social, @paleogenomics.bsky.social, Verena J. Schuenemann & @acstone.bsky.social
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Para obtener una buena descripción general de lo que el ADN antiguo puede decirnos sobre los patógenos (¡producido por estudiantes de pregrado y posgrado en mi laboratorio!), consulte: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwQP...
Análisis del ADN antiguo: ¿Por qué estudiar enfermedades antiguas?
YouTube video by StoneLab
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December 3, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Para obtener una buena descripción general de lo que el ADN antiguo puede decirnos sobre los patógenos (¡producido por estudiantes de pregrado y posgrado en mi laboratorio!), consulte: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwQP...
For a nice overview of what ancient DNA can tell us about pathogens (produced by undergraduate and graduate students in my lab!) see: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxOE...
Ancient DNA Analysis: Why Study ancient Disease?
YouTube video by StoneLab
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December 3, 2025 at 6:08 PM
For a nice overview of what ancient DNA can tell us about pathogens (produced by undergraduate and graduate students in my lab!) see: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxOE...
Alas no! I was there midday between downpours
November 19, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Alas no! I was there midday between downpours