Kay Prüfer

Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology — Germany

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

Forensic and Genetic Research(45), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology(33), Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies(32), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies(19), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies(19)

Publications96 total

Natural Selection of a Virus-Protective FUT2 Variant Following the Transition to Agriculture
Molecular Biology and Evolution·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
The genetic history of the Southern Caucasus from the Bronze Age to the Early Middle Ages: 5,000 years of genetic continuity despite high mobility
Cell·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Ancient DNA from the Green Sahara reveals ancestral North African lineage
Nature·2025· 11 citedOpen Access
RAB3GAP2 is a Regulator of Skeletal Muscle Endothelial Cell Proliferation and Associated with Capillary Density
SSRN Electronic Journal·2025Open Access
Earliest modern human genomes constrain timing of Neanderthal admixture
Nature·2024· 34 citedOpen Access
The Genetic History of the South Caucasus from the Bronze to the Early Middle Ages: 5000 years of genetic continuity despite high mobility
2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Ancient Plasmodium genomes shed light on the history of human malaria
Nature·2024· 32 citedOpen Access
Ancient DNA reveals children with Down syndrome in past societies. What can their burials tell us about their lives?
2024
Cases of trisomy 21 and trisomy 18 among historic and prehistoric individuals discovered from ancient DNA
Nature Communications·2024· 11 citedOpen Access
Homo sapiens reached the higher latitudes of Europe by 45,000 years ago
Nature·2024· 62 citedOpen Access
High-coverage genome of the Tyrolean Iceman reveals unusually high Anatolian farmer ancestry
Cell Genomics·2023· 34 citedOpen Access
Homo sapiens expanded into the Northern European Plains by 45,000 years ago
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)·2023Open Access
Homo sapiens expanded into the Northern European Plains by 45,000 years ago
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)·2023Open Access
Genomic analyses of hair from Ludwig van Beethoven
Current Biology·2023· 51 citedOpen Access
Population Genetics and Signatures of Selection in Early Neolithic European Farmers
Molecular Biology and Evolution·2022· 46 citedOpen Access
Genomic and dietary discontinuities during the Mesolithic and Neolithic in Sicily
iScience·2022· 33 citedOpen Access
Genome of a middle Holocene hunter-gatherer from Wallacea
Nature·2021· 105 citedOpen Access
Genomic analysis of Czech fossil reveals the oldest modern human skull from Europe
SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository·2021
A genome sequence from a modern human skull over 45,000 years old from Zlatý kůň in Czechia
Nature Ecology & Evolution·2021· 123 citedOpen Access
Present‐Day DNA Contamination in Ancient DNA Datasets
BioEssays·2020· 48 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Svante Pääbo(31), Janet Kelso(29), Matthias Meyer(20), Cesare de Filippo(12), Johannes Krause(11), Michael Lachmann(11), David Reich(10), А. П. Деревянко(10), Bence Viola(10), Richard E. Green(8), Udo Stenzel(8), Michael Dannemann(8), Fabrizio Mafessoni(8), Stéphane Peyrégne(8), Heng Li(7), Evan E. Eichler(7), Montgomery Slatkin(7), Nick Patterson(7), Qiaomei Fu(7), M.V. Shunkov(7)