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Greger Larson @gregerlarson.bsky.social · 12d

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...

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

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Love Dalén @lovedalen.bsky.social · 19d

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

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Love Dalén @lovedalen.bsky.social · 19d

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...

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Greger Larson @gregerlarson.bsky.social · Jun 24

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

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Greger Larson @gregerlarson.bsky.social · Jun 18

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/...

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Greger Larson @gregerlarson.bsky.social · Jun 3

Then, Greger and Beth performed an original song entitled:

MFaDNA
youtu.be/Z62RTsgpHc4

MFaDNA

YouTube video by Greger Larson

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Greger Larson @gregerlarson.bsky.social · Jun 3

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

You Work in Ancient DNA

YouTube video by Greger Larson

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Greger Larson @gregerlarson.bsky.social · May 31

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!

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Greger Larson @gregerlarson.bsky.social · May 16

Dogs. Dogs, dogs, dogs, dogs, dogs. Dogs? Dogs!

www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

Wolf to woof: Did we make dogs? - ABC listen

The relationship between humans and big scary wolves has come a long way to give us tiny fluffy lap dogs with very discerning tastes in expensive food. Whose idea was it? Was it the wolves who wanted...

www.abc.net.au

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Greger Larson @gregerlarson.bsky.social · May 16

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....

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

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Hannah O’Regan @palaeohan.bsky.social · Feb 17

It’s here! Find out what we’ve been up to for the last 4 years #archaeology #earlymodern #shakespeare #boxofficebears

Archaeobears @archaeobears.bsky.social · Feb 17

🎉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 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’

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Greger Larson @gregerlarson.bsky.social · Feb 15

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

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Greger Larson @gregerlarson.bsky.social · Feb 15

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...

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

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Greger Larson @gregerlarson.bsky.social · Apr 26

Evolution and cuckoos! So fun!
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

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Greger Larson @gregerlarson.bsky.social · Mar 21

Good day for zombies! Braaiiiinnnsssss!
doi.org/10.1098/rspb...

Greger Larson @gregerlarson.bsky.social · Feb 9

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...

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