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Mattias Sherman
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PhD student in ancient genomics @ the Crick, London | wolf domestication, canine evolution, aDNA damage 🦴🐕🧬
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Thank you also to the @gensocuk.bsky.social who sponsored this event!! As a committee of ECRs with no access to other sources of funding, we really appreciate their support of this event.

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A husky-like dog on the left facing a grey wolf on the right, on both side of the event name, with a black, star-specked background.
January 31, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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Many thanks to our fantastic speakers, @anders-bergstrom.bsky.social, William Marsh, Jessica Peto, Nathan Michielsen, and @shyama-mama.bsky.social!!

And special thanks to the rest of the organising committee: Alex Strang, Andy Walton, Pia Aastad, and @poojaswali.bsky.social!!

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Nathan Michielsen standing arms-crossed behind a Natural History Museum lectern presenting his project on the establishment of dingoes in Australia. The current (title) slide is entitled "Reconstructing the colonization and establishment of dingoes in Australia". Dr Anders Bergstrom standing behind a Natural History Museum gesturing towards the projected slide, presenting his work on dog origins. The current slide entitled "A lack of consensus in the genetic literature" shows on the left a map of Afro-Eurasia with red arrows pointing to different hypothetical domestication centers. On the right is a phylogeny of dogs and wolves based on mitochondrial DNA.
January 31, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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Very happy with how our Ancient Canines Symposium went yesterday which we organised as part of the London Ancient DNA Network!! Such good talks (and pub chats) for the first of many events to bring together our local #aDNA community!

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Jessica Peto standing behind a Natural History Museum lectern presenting her PhD work on the zooarchaeological and genetic history of wolves in Britain. The current slide entitled "The Last Wolf" shows historical illustrations of wolf hunting. Dr William Marsh standing behind a Natural History Museum lectern presenting his work on ancient dogs. The current slide entitled "Background - Magdalenian at Gough's Cave" shows geological scale temperature fluctuations and a map indicating the location of Gough's Cave. Shyam Ravishankar standing behind a Natural History Museum lectern presenting his work on dingo population structure and genetic history. The current slide entitled "Conclusions" shows the different conclusions drawn from his work as well as a picture of an adult dingo caring for its pups.
January 31, 2025 at 4:13 PM