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Zou, Y., Tan, J., Zhou, J., Huang, Z., Yu, X., Han, K., Jin, L., Li, H., Wang, K. (2025) Ancient genomes from the Yellow River Bend reveal long-distance population interactions between the Central Plains, Steppe, and southern China. Cell Reports. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2025.116034
Qi, Y., Yin, Z., Wang, K. (2025-07-01) Ancient DNA reveals ancient kinship and social structures. Chinese Science Bulletin. https://doi.org/10.1360/csb-2025-0332
Zhang, Y., Wang, J., Yi, C., Su, Y., Yin, Z., Zhang, S., Jin, L., Stoneking, M., Yang, J., Wang, K., et al. (2025-06) An ancient regulatory variant of ACSF3 influences the coevolution of increased human height and basal metabolic rate via metabolic homeostasis. Cell Genomics. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xgen.2025.100855
Wang, K., Tobias, B., Pany-Kucera, D. et al. Ancient DNA reveals reproductive barrier despite shared Avar-period culture. Nature 638, 1007–1014 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-08418-5
Goldstein, S. T., Mueller, N. G., Janzen, A., Ogola, C., Dal Martello, R., Fernandes, R., Li, S., Iminjili, V., Juengst, S., Otwani, A. O., et al. (2024-07) Early agriculture and crop transitions at Kakapel Rockshelter in the Lake Victoria region of eastern Africa. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2023.2747
Geier, A., Trost, J., Wang, K., Schmid, C., Krawczyk, M., Schiffels, S. (2024-06) PNPLA3 fatty liver allele was fixed in Neanderthals and segregates neutrally in humans. Gut. https://doi.org/10.1136/gutjnl-2023-331594
Gnecchi-Ruscone, G. A., Rácz, Z., Samu, L., Szeniczey, T., Faragó, N., Knipper, C., Friedrich, R., Zlámalová, D., Traverso, L., Liccardo, S., et al. (2024-05-09) Network of large pedigrees reveals social practices of Avar communities. Nature. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07312-4
Wang, K., Prüfer, K.,Krause-Kyora, B.,et al. (2023) High-coverage genome of the Tyrolean Iceman reveals unusually high Anatolian farmer ancestry. Cell Genomics 3(9) (Cover Page)
Wang, K.* Yu, H., Radzeviciute, R. et al. (2023) Middle Holocene Siberian genomes reveal highly connected gene pools throughout North Asia. Current Biology 33(3): 423-433 (* correspondence).
Naegele, K., Rivollat, M., Yu, H., Wang, K.(2022) Ancient genomic research – From broad strokes to nuanced reconstructions of the past. Journal of Anthropological Sciences 100.
Wang, K., Bleasdale, M., Le Moyne, C. et al. (2022) 4000-year-old hair from the Middle Nile highlights unusual ancient DNA degradation pattern and a potential source of early eastern Africa pastoralists. Scientific Reports 12(20939)
Jeong, C. +, Wang, K.+, Wilkin, S., Taylor, W. T. T., et al (2020) A dynamic 6,000-year genetic history of Eurasia’s Eastern Steppe. Cell, 2020;183: 890–904.e29. (+equal contribution)
Wang, K.+, Goldstein, S.+, Bleasdale, M., et al (2020). Ancient genomes reveal complex patterns of population movement, interaction and replacement in sub-Saharan Africa. Science Advances, 2020;6: eaaz0183. (+equal contribution)
Schiffels, S., Wang, K. (2020) MSMC and MSMC2: The Multiple Sequentially Markovian Coalescent. In: Dutheil J. (eds) Statistical Population Genomics. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2090. Humana, New York, NY
Wang, K., Mathieson, I., O’Connell, J., Schiffels, S. (2020) Tracking human population structure through time from whole genome sequences. PLoS Genetics 16(3): e1008552.
Qi, Y., Yin, Z., Wang, K. (2025-07-01) Ancient DNA reveals ancient kinship and social structures. Chinese Science Bulletin. https://doi.org/10.1360/csb-2025-0332
Zhang, Y., Wang, J., Yi, C., Su, Y., Yin, Z., Zhang, S., Jin, L., Stoneking, M., Yang, J., Wang, K., et al. (2025-06) An ancient regulatory variant of ACSF3 influences the coevolution of increased human height and basal metabolic rate via metabolic homeostasis. Cell Genomics. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xgen.2025.100855
Wang, K., Tobias, B., Pany-Kucera, D. et al. Ancient DNA reveals reproductive barrier despite shared Avar-period culture. Nature 638, 1007–1014 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-08418-5
Goldstein, S. T., Mueller, N. G., Janzen, A., Ogola, C., Dal Martello, R., Fernandes, R., Li, S., Iminjili, V., Juengst, S., Otwani, A. O., et al. (2024-07) Early agriculture and crop transitions at Kakapel Rockshelter in the Lake Victoria region of eastern Africa. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2023.2747
Geier, A., Trost, J., Wang, K., Schmid, C., Krawczyk, M., Schiffels, S. (2024-06) PNPLA3 fatty liver allele was fixed in Neanderthals and segregates neutrally in humans. Gut. https://doi.org/10.1136/gutjnl-2023-331594
Gnecchi-Ruscone, G. A., Rácz, Z., Samu, L., Szeniczey, T., Faragó, N., Knipper, C., Friedrich, R., Zlámalová, D., Traverso, L., Liccardo, S., et al. (2024-05-09) Network of large pedigrees reveals social practices of Avar communities. Nature. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07312-4
Wang, K., Prüfer, K.,Krause-Kyora, B.,et al. (2023) High-coverage genome of the Tyrolean Iceman reveals unusually high Anatolian farmer ancestry. Cell Genomics 3(9) (Cover Page)
Wang, K.* Yu, H., Radzeviciute, R. et al. (2023) Middle Holocene Siberian genomes reveal highly connected gene pools throughout North Asia. Current Biology 33(3): 423-433 (* correspondence).
Naegele, K., Rivollat, M., Yu, H., Wang, K.(2022) Ancient genomic research – From broad strokes to nuanced reconstructions of the past. Journal of Anthropological Sciences 100.
Wang, K., Bleasdale, M., Le Moyne, C. et al. (2022) 4000-year-old hair from the Middle Nile highlights unusual ancient DNA degradation pattern and a potential source of early eastern Africa pastoralists. Scientific Reports 12(20939)
Jeong, C. +, Wang, K.+, Wilkin, S., Taylor, W. T. T., et al (2020) A dynamic 6,000-year genetic history of Eurasia’s Eastern Steppe. Cell, 2020;183: 890–904.e29. (+equal contribution)
Wang, K.+, Goldstein, S.+, Bleasdale, M., et al (2020). Ancient genomes reveal complex patterns of population movement, interaction and replacement in sub-Saharan Africa. Science Advances, 2020;6: eaaz0183. (+equal contribution)
Schiffels, S., Wang, K. (2020) MSMC and MSMC2: The Multiple Sequentially Markovian Coalescent. In: Dutheil J. (eds) Statistical Population Genomics. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2090. Humana, New York, NY
Wang, K., Mathieson, I., O’Connell, J., Schiffels, S. (2020) Tracking human population structure through time from whole genome sequences. PLoS Genetics 16(3): e1008552.