PUBLICATIONS

Insights from our multidisciplinary collaboration have generated dozens of publications in our first four years, with more underway.

2021

pdf-icon2021 Nature

Bidirectional perisomatic inhibitory plasticity of a Fos neuronal network 

Nature 10.1038/s41586-020-3031-0

pdf-icon2021 Nature Neuroscience

Activity-dependent regulome of human GABAergic neurons reveals new patterns of gene regulation and neurological disease heritability

Nature Neuroscience 10.1038/s41593-020-00786-1

2020

pdf-icon2020 Cell

A Paleogenomic Reconstruction of the Deep Population History of the Andes.

Cell. 10.1016/j.cell.2020.04.015

pdf-icon2020 Science

Insights into human genetic variation and population history from 929 diverse genomes

Science.10.1126/science.aay5012

pdf-icon2020 Nature Communications

Genetic history from the Middle Neolithic to present on the Mediterranean island of Sardinia

Nature Communications. 10.1038/s41467-020-14523-6

pdf-icon2020 Nature Ecology and Evolution

The spread of steppe and Iranian-related ancestry in the islands of the western Mediterranean

Nature Ecology & Evolution. 10.1038/s41559-020-1102-0

pdf-icon2020 Nature

Ancient West African foragers in the context of African population history

Nature. 10.1038/s41586-020-1929-1

2019

pdf-icon2019 Book Chapter in “The Neocortex”

Evolution and Ontogenetic Development of Cortical Structures

A chapter in “The Neocortex” edited by W. Singer, T. J. Sejnowski and P. Rakic. MIT Press. ISBN 978-0-262-04324-3

pdf-icon2019 Book Chapter in “The Neocortex”

What Happens When It Goes Wrong? Using Human Genetics to Understand Human Brain Development and Evolution

A chapter in “The Neocortex” edited by W. Singer, T. J. Sejnowski and P. Rakic. MIT Press. ISBN 978-0-262-04324-3

pdf-icon2019 eLife

A Scalable Platform for the Development of Cell-Type-Specific Viral Drivers

eLife.10.7554/eLife.48089.

pdf-icon2019 Science

The formation of human populations in South and Central Asia

Science. 10.1126/science.aat7487

pdf-icon2019 Cell

An Ancient Harappan Genome Lacks Ancestry from Steppe Pastoralists or Iranian Farmers

Cell 10.1016/j.cell.2019.08.048

pdf-icon2019 Nature Communications

Ancient DNA from the skeletons of Roopkund Lake reveals Mediterranean migrants in India

Nature Communications. 10.1038/s41467-019-11357-9

pdf-icon2019 Science

Ancient DNA reveals a multistep spread of the first herders into sub-Saharan Africa

Science. 10.1126/science.aaw6275

pdf-icon2019 Nature Genetics

Recessive gene disruptions in autism spectrum disorder

Nature Genetics. 10.1038/s41588-019-0433-8

pdf-icon2019 Nature

Palaeo-Eskimo genetic ancestry and the peopling of Chukotka and North America

Nature. 10.1038/s41586-019-1251-y

pdf-icon2019 Nature Ecology and Evolution

Ancient genomes indicate population replacement in Early Neolithic Britain

Nature Ecology & Evolution. 10.1038/s41559-019-0871-9

pdf-icon2019 eLife

Polygenic adaptation on height is overestimated due to uncorrected stratification in genome-wide association studies

eLife. 10.7554/eLife.39702

pdf-icon2019 Archeology in Oceania

Revisiting ancient DNA insights into the human history of the Pacific Islands

Archaeology in Oceania. 10.1002/arco.5180

pdf-icon2019 Science

The genomic history of the Iberian Peninsula over the past 8000 years

Science.10.1126/science.aav4040

pdf-icon2019 Nature Communications

Ancient human genome-wide data from a 3000-year interval in the Caucasus corresponds with eco-geographic regions

Nature Communications. 10.1038/s41467-018-08220-8

2018

pdf-icon2018 American Journal of Medical Genetics

PSMD12 haploinsufficiency in a neurodevelopmental disorder with autistic features

American Journal of Medical Genetics. 10.1002/ajmg.b.32688

pdf-icon2018 Science Advances

Current evidence allows multiple models for the peopling of the Americas.

Science Advances. 10.1126/sciadv.aat5473

pdf-icon2018 Annual Reviews of Neuroscience

Evolutionary changes in transcriptional regulation: Insights into human behavior and neurological conditions

Annual Review of Neuroscience. 10.1146/annurev-neuro-080317-062104

pdf-icon2018 Developmental Cell

Making a notch in the evolution of the human cortex

Cell. 10.1016/j.devcel.2018-05-015

pdf-icon2018 Cell

Reconstructing the Deep Population History of Central and South America

Cell 10.1016/j.cell.2018.10.027

pdf-icon2018 Science

Ancient genomes document multiple waves of migration in Southeast Asian prehistory.

Science. 10.1016/j.cell.2018.10.027

pdf-icon2018 Nature

The genomic history of southeastern Europe.

Nature. doi:10.1038/nature25778.
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pdf-icon2018 Nature

Aspm knockout ferret reveals an evolutionary mechanism governing cerebral cortical size.

Nature. doi:10.1038/s41586-018-0035-0
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pdf-icon2018 Nature

The Beaker phenomenon and the genomic transformation of northwest Europe.

Nature. doi:10.1038/nature25738.

pdf-icon2018 Current Biology

Population Turnover in Remote Oceania Shortly after Initial Settlement.

Current Biology. doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2018.02.051.

pdf-icon2018 Nature Reviews Neuroscience

Lineage divergence of activity-driven transcription and evolution of cognitive ability.

Neuroscience. 2018;19(1):9–15.

pdf-icon2018 Science

Aging and neurodegeneration are associated with increased mutations in single human neurons.

Science. 359(6375):555–9.

2017

pdf-icon2017 Cell

Reconstructing Prehistoric African Population Structure

Cell 171, 59-71.

pdf-icon2017 Nature

Parallel palaeogenomic transects reveal complex genetic history of early European farmers.

Nature 551, 368-72. doi: 10.1038/nature24476

2016

pdf-icon2016 Cell

Mutations in Human Accelerated Regions Disrupt Cognition and Social Behavior.

Cell. 2016;167(2):341–354.e12.

pdf-icon2016 Nature

Evolution of Osteocrin as an activity-regulated factor in the primate brain.

Nature. 2016;539(7628):242–7.

2014

pdf-icon2014 Science

Evolutionarily dynamic alternative splicing of GPR56 regulates regional cerebral cortical patterning.

Science. 2014;343(6172):764–8.

2008

pdf-icon2008 Science

Identifying autism loci and genes by tracing recent shared ancestry.

Science. 2008 Jul 11;321(5886):218-23