Daniel Fernandes
A5051733386- Forensic and Genetic Research
- Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies
- Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
- Genetic diversity and population structure
- Race, Genetics, and Society
- Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications
- Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
- Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research
- Non-Destructive Testing Techniques
- Paleopathology and ancient diseases
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies
- Drilling and Well Engineering
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
- History of Colonial Brazil
- Maritime and Coastal Archaeology
- Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research
- Human-Animal Interaction Studies
- Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management
- dental development and anomalies
- Bone and Joint Diseases
- Identification and Quantification in Food
- Oil and Gas Production Techniques
University of Vienna
2018-2025
University of Coimbra
2012-2024
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
2021-2024
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
2024
Instituto Florestal
2024
Centre for Research in Anthropology
2022-2023
Romanian Academy
2023
University of Bucharest
2023
Pennsylvania State University
2023
National Museum of 21st Century Arts
2022
Ancient human movements through Asia DNA has allowed us to begin tracing the history of across globe. Narasimhan et al. identify a complex pattern migrations and admixture events in South Central by performing genetic analysis more than 500 people who lived over past 8000 years (see Perspective Schaefer Shapiro). They establish key phases population prehistory Eurasia, including spread farming peoples from Near East, with both westward eastward. The known as Yamnaya Bronze Age also moved...
Genomics of the Iberian Peninsula Ancient DNA studies have begun to help us understand genetic history and movements people across globe. Focusing on Peninsula, Olalde et al. report genome-wide data from 271 ancient individuals Iberia (see Perspective by Vander Linden). The findings provide a comprehensive time transect region. Linguistics analysis archaeological human remains dating about 7000 years ago present elucidate impact prehistoric historic migrations Europe North Africa. Science ,...
The invention and development of next or second generation sequencing methods has resulted in a dramatic transformation ancient DNA research allowed shotgun entire genomes from fossil specimens. However, although there are exceptions, most specimens contain only low (~ 1% less) percentages endogenous DNA. skeletal element for which systematically higher content compared to other elements been shown is the petrous part temporal bone. In this study we investigate whether (a) different parts...
Southeast Asia is home to rich human genetic and linguistic diversity, but the details of past population movements in region are not well known. Here, we report genome-wide ancient DNA data from 18 Asian individuals spanning Neolithic period through Iron Age (4100 1700 years ago). Early farmers Man Bac Vietnam exhibit a mixture East (southern Chinese agriculturalist) deeply diverged eastern Eurasian (hunter-gatherer) ancestry characteristic Austroasiatic speakers, with similar as far south...
Ancient Rome was the capital of an empire ~70 million inhabitants, but little is known about genetics ancient Romans. Here we present 127 genomes from 29 archaeological sites in and around Rome, spanning past 12,000 years. We observe two major prehistoric ancestry transitions: one with introduction farming another prior to Iron Age. By founding genetic composition region approximated that modern Mediterranean populations. During Imperial period, Rome's population received net immigration...
Abstract The grey wolf ( Canis lupus ) was the first species to give rise a domestic population, and they remained widespread throughout last Ice Age when many other large mammal went extinct. Little is known, however, about history possible extinction of past populations or where progenitors present-day dog lineage familiaris lived 1–8 . Here we analysed 72 ancient genomes spanning 100,000 years from Europe, Siberia North America. We found that were highly connected Late Pleistocene, with...
By sequencing 727 ancient individuals from the Southern Arc (Anatolia and its neighbors in Southeastern Europe West Asia) over 10,000 years, we contextualize Chalcolithic period Bronze Age (about 5000 to 1000 BCE), when extensive gene flow entangled it with Eurasian steppe. Two streams of migration transmitted Caucasus Anatolian/Levantine ancestry northward, Yamnaya pastoralists, formed on steppe, then spread southward into Balkans across Armenia, where they left numerous patrilineal...
Ancient DNA research in the past decade has revealed that European population structure changed dramatically prehistoric period (14,000–3000 years before present, YBP), reflecting widespread introduction of Neolithic farmer and Bronze Age Steppe ancestries. However, little is known about how from historical onward (3000 YBP - present). To address this, we collected whole genomes 204 individuals Europe Mediterranean, many which are first their region (e.g. Armenia France). We found most...
Ancient DNA (aDNA) research involves invasive and destructive sampling procedures that are often incompatible with anthropological, anatomical, bioarcheological analyses requiring intact skeletal remains. The osseous labyrinth inside the petrous bone has been shown to yield higher amounts of endogenous than any other element; however, accessing this in cases a complete or reconstructed skull causing major structural damage cranial vault base. Here, we describe novel base drilling method...
Literary and archaeological sources have preserved a rich history of Southern Europe West Asia since the Bronze Age that can be complemented by genetics. Mycenaean period elites in Greece did not differ from general population included both people with some steppe ancestry others, like Griffin Warrior, without it. Similarly, central area Urartian Kingdom around Lake Van lacked characteristic kingdom's northern provinces. Anatolia exhibited extraordinary continuity down to Roman Byzantine...
Abstract The genetic formation of Central and South Asian populations has been unclear because an absence ancient DNA. To address this gap, we generated genome-wide data from 362 individuals, including the first eastern Iran, Turan (Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan), Bronze Age Kazakhstan, Asia. Our reveal a complex set sources that ultimately combined to form ancestry Asians today. We document southward spread Eurasian Steppe, correlating with archaeologically known expansion...
Abstract Ancient DNA studies have revolutionized the study of extinct species and populations, providing insights on phylogeny, phylogeography, admixture demographic history. However, inferences behaviour sociality been far less frequent. Here, we investigate complete mitochondrial genomes Late Pleistocene cave bears middle Holocene brown that each inhabited multiple geographically proximate caves in northern Spain. In bears, find that, although most were occupied simultaneously, almost...
Abstract Ancient DNA genome-wide analyses of Neolithic individuals from central and southern Europe indicate an overall population turnover pattern in which migrating farmers Anatolia the Near East largely replaced autochthonous Mesolithic hunter-gatherers. However, genetic history transition areas lying north European core region involved different levels admixture with Here we analyse data 17 spanning Middle to Early Bronze Age (4300-1900 BCE) order assess north-central Poland, local...