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Dep. of Archaeogenetics at MPI-EVA

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Ancient DNA, pathogens, archaeogenetics, Yersinia pestis, ancient pathogen genomics

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Max-Planck-Gesellschaft: Leipzig, DE

2018-10-01 to present | PhD Student (Archaeogenetics)
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Gunnar U. Neumann

Education and qualifications (2)

Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen: Tubingen, Baden-Württemberg, DE

2016-10 to 2018-11 | M.Sc. Archaeological Sciences (Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultaet)
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Gunnar U. Neumann

Freie Universität Berlin: Berlin, Berlin, DE

1999-10 to 2007-01 | Diploma Biochemistry (Biologie, Chemie, Pharmazie)
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Works (34)

Tracing social mechanisms and interregional connections in Early Bronze Age Societies in Lower Austria

2025-02-10 | Preprint
DOI: 10.1101/2025.02.10.636471
Contributors: Anja Furtwängler; Katharina Rebay-Salisbury; Gunnar Neumann; Fabian Kanz; Harald Ringbauer; Raffaela Bianco; Tanja Schmidt; Lena Semerau; Rita Radzeviciute; Rodrigo Barquera et al.
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Ancient Plasmodium genomes shed light on the history of human malaria

Nature
2024-07-04 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07546-2
Part of ISSN: 0028-0836
Part of ISSN: 1476-4687
Contributors: Megan Michel; Eirini Skourtanioti; Federica Pierini; Evelyn K. Guevara; Angela Mötsch; Arthur Kocher; Rodrigo Barquera; Raffaela Angelina Bianco; Selina Carlhoff; Lorenza Coppola Bove et al.
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The Genetic History of the South Caucasus from the Bronze to the Early Middle Ages: 5000 years of genetic continuity despite high mobility

2024-06-13 | Preprint
DOI: 10.1101/2024.06.11.597880
Contributors: Eirini Skourtanioti; Xiaowen Jia; Nino Tavartkiladze; Liana Bitadze; Ramaz Shengelia; Nikoloz Tushabramishvili; Gunnar U. Neumann; Raffaela Angelina Bianco; Angela Mötsch; Kay Prüfer et al.
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Facilitating accessible, rapid, and appropriate processing of ancient metagenomic data with AMDirT

F1000Research
2024-05-28 | Journal article
DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.134798.2
Part of ISSN: 2046-1402
Contributors: Maxime Borry; Adrian Forsythe; Aida Andrades Valtueña; Alexander Hübner; Anan Ibrahim; Andrea Quagliariello; Anna E. White; Arthur Kocher; Åshild J. Vågene‬; Bjørn Peare Bartholdy et al.
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Yersinia pestis im frühbronzezeitlichen Gräberfeld von Drasenhofen. Die derzeit ältesten Pesttoten Österreichs in ihrem kulturhistorischen Kontext

Archaeologia Austriaca
2023 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1553/archaeologia107s137
Contributors: Gunnar U. Neumann; Fabian Kanz; Anja Furtwängler; Kurt Fiebig; Domnika Verdianu; Philipp W. Stockhammer; Katharina Rebay-Salisbury
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Early contact between late farming and pastoralist societies in southeastern Europe

Nature
2023-08-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-06334-8
Contributors: Sandra Penske; Adam B. Rohrlach; Ainash Childebayeva; Guido Gnecchi-Ruscone; Clemens Schmid; Maria A. Spyrou; Gunnar U. Neumann; Nadezhda Atanassova; Katrin Beutler; Kamen Boyadzhiev et al.
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14th century Yersinia pestis genomes support emergence of pestis secunda within Europe

PLOS Pathogens
2023-07-18 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1011404
Part of ISSN: 1553-7374
Contributors: Cody E. Parker; Alina N. Hiss; Maria A. Spyrou; Gunnar U. Neumann; Philip Slavin; Elizabeth A. Nelson; Sarah Nagel; Xandra Dalidowski; Susanne Friederich; Johannes Krause et al.
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Plagued for millennia: The complex transmission and ecology of prehistoric Yersinia pestis

TheScienceBreaker
2023-07-18 | Journal article
DOI: 10.25250/thescbr.brk723
Contributors: Aida Andrades Valtueña; Gunnar U. Neumann; Alexander Herbig
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Ancient DNA reveals admixture history and endogamy in the prehistoric Aegean

Nature Ecology & Evolution
2023-01-16 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41559-022-01952-3
Contributors: Eirini Skourtanioti; Harald Ringbauer; Guido Alberto Gnecchi Ruscone; Raffaela Angelina Bianco; Marta Burri; Cäcilia Freund; Anja Furtwängler; Nuno Filipe Gomes Martins; Florian Knolle; Gunnar U. Neumann et al.
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Ancient Yersinia pestis and Salmonella enterica genomes from Bronze Age Crete

Current Biology
2022-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2022.06.094
Part of ISSN: 0960-9822
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Gunnar U. Neumann

Stone Age Yersinia pestis genomes shed light on the early evolution, diversity, and ecology of plague

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2022-04-26 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2116722119
Part of ISSN: 0027-8424
Part of ISSN: 1091-6490
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Using Y-chromosome capture enrichment to resolve haplogroup H2 shows new evidence for a two-path Neolithic expansion to Western Europe

Scientific Reports
2021-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-94491-z
Part of ISSN: 2045-2322
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Gunnar U. Neumann

Ten millennia of hepatitis B virus evolution.

Science (New York, N.Y.)
2021-10-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1126/science.abi5658
PMID: 34618559
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Gunnar U. Neumann

Mycobacterium leprae diversity and population dynamics in medieval Europe from novel ancient genomes.

BMC biology
2021-10-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1186/s12915-021-01120-2
PMID: 34610848
PMC: PMC8493730
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Dynamic changes in genomic and social structures in third millennium BCE central Europe

Science Advances
2021-08-27 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abi6941
Contributors: Luka Papac; Michal Ernée; Miroslav Dobeš; Michaela Langová; Adam B. Rohrlach; Franziska Aron; Gunnar U. Neumann; Maria A. Spyrou; Nadin Rohland; Petr Velemínský et al.
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Human mobility at Tell Atchana (Alalakh), Hatay, Turkey during the 2nd millennium BC: Integration of isotopic and genomic evidence

PLOS ONE
2021-06-30 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0241883
Part of ISSN: 1932-6203
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A-Z of ancient DNA protocols for shotgun Illumina Next Generation Sequencing v2

2021-06-15 | Preprint
DOI: 10.17504/protocols.io.bvt9n6r6
Contributors: James A Fellows Yates; Franziska Aron; Gunnar U Neumann; Irina Velsko; Eirini Skourtanioti; Eleftheria Orfanou; Zandra Fagernäs; Raphaela Stahl; Aida Andrades Valtuena; Christina Warinner et al.
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Full-UDG treated double-stranded ancient DNA library preparation for Illumina sequencing

protocols.io
2021-03-12 | Journal article | Author
DOI: dx.doi.org/10.17504/protocols.io.btacniaw
Contributors: Gunnar U. Neumann
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Ancient genomes reveal social and genetic structure of Late Neolithic Switzerland

Nature Communications
2020-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-15560-x
Part of ISSN: 2041-1723
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Gunnar U. Neumann

(Non-UDG treated) double-stranded modern dental calculus DNA library preparation for Illumina sequencing v1

2020-12-04 | Preprint
DOI: 10.17504/protocols.io.bqd7ms9n
Contributors: Franziska Aron; Irina Velsko; Gunnar U Neumann; Christina Warinner; Guido Brandt
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Tooth Sampling from the inner pulp chamber for ancient DNA Extraction v2

2020-12-04 | Preprint
DOI: 10.17504/protocols.io.bqebmtan
Contributors: Gunnar U Neumann; Aida Andrades Valtuena; James A Fellows Yates; Raphaela Stahl; Guido Brandt
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Non-UDG treated double-stranded DNA library preparation for Illumina sequencing ofancient dental calculus v1

2020-12-03 | Preprint
DOI: 10.17504/protocols.io.bqcsmswe
Contributors: Franziska Aron; Gunnar U Neumann; Christina Warinner; Guido Brandt
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Full-UDG treated double-stranded ancient DNA library preparation for Illumina sequencing v1

2020-12-02 | Preprint
DOI: 10.17504/protocols.io.bqbpmsmn
Contributors: Franziska Aron; Gunnar U Neumann; Guido Brandt
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Full-UDG treated double-stranded ancient DNA library preparation for Illumina sequencing ofancient dental calculus (reduced input DNA) v1

2020-10-02 | Preprint
DOI: 10.17504/protocols.io.bmysk7we
Contributors: Franziska Aron; Christina Warinner; Gunnar U Neumann; Guido Brandt
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Half-UDG treated double-stranded ancient DNA library preparation for Illumina sequencing v1

2020-09-18 | Preprint
DOI: 10.17504/protocols.io.bmh6k39e
Contributors: Franziska Aron; Gunnar U Neumann; Guido Brandt
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A-Z of ancient DNA protocols for shotgun Illumina Next Generation Sequencing v1

2020-08-24 | Preprint
DOI: 10.17504/protocols.io.bj8nkrve
Contributors: James A Fellows Yates; Franziska Aron; Gunnar U Neumann; Irina Velsko; Eirini Skourtanioti; Eleftheria Orfanou; Zandra Fagernäs; Raphaela Stahl; Aida Andrades Valtuena; Christina Warinner et al.
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Genomic History of Neolithic to Bronze Age Anatolia, Northern Levant, and Southern Caucasus

Cell
2020-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2020.04.044
Part of ISSN: 0092-8674
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Paleolithic to Bronze Age Siberians Reveal Connections with First Americans and across Eurasia

Cell
2020-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2020.04.037
Part of ISSN: 0092-8674
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Emergence of human-adapted Salmonella enterica is linked to the Neolithization process

Nature Ecology & Evolution
2020-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41559-020-1106-9
Part of ISSN: 2397-334X
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Phylogeography of the second plague pandemic revealed through analysis of historical Yersinia pestis genomes

Nature Communications
2019-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-12154-0
Part of ISSN: 2041-1723
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Non-UDG treated double-stranded ancient DNA library preparation for Illumina sequencing v1

2019-12-17 | Preprint
DOI: 10.17504/protocols.io.bakricv6
Contributors: Franziska Aron; Gunnar U Neumann; Guido Brandt
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Tooth Sampling from the inner pulp chamber for ancient DNA Extraction v1

2019-12-17 | Preprint
DOI: 10.17504/protocols.io.bakqicvw
Contributors: Gunnar U Neumann; Aida Andrades Valtuena; James A Fellows Yates; Raphaela Stahl; Guido Brandt
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Ancient Yersinia pestis genomes from across Western Europe reveal early diversification during the First Pandemic (541–750)

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2019-06-18 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1820447116
Part of ISSN: 0027-8424
Part of ISSN: 1091-6490
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Ratio of mitochondrial to nuclear DNA affects contamination estimates in ancient DNA analysis

Scientific Reports
2018-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-32083-0
Part of ISSN: 2045-2322
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Gunnar U. Neumann
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