Louise Loe

TL;DR: Using rarecoal, a new method, it is estimated that on average the contemporary East English population derives 38% of its ancestry from Anglo-Saxon migrations, while the Iron Age samples share ancestors with multiple Northern European populations including Britain.

TL;DR: It is concluded that the Viking diaspora was characterized by substantial transregional engagement: distinct populations influenced the genomic makeup of different regions of Europe, and Scandinavia experienced increased contact with the rest of the continent.

TL;DR: Overall, this work finds that there are systematic microbial differences between plaque and calculus related to biofilm physiology, and recognizing these differences is important for accurate data interpretation in studies comparing dentalplate and calculus.

TL;DR: An 18th and 19th century cemetery population associated with St Saviour's Almshouse burial ground in Southwark, London, is applied to assess whether, or how, early dietary history, including weaning age, influenced health and nutritional status.

TL;DR: This first comprehensive characterization of the human dental calculus metabolome using a multi-platform approach indicates that certain metabolite classes have higher potential for recovery over long time scales and may serve as appropriate targets for oral microbiome evolutionary studies.