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Dr Greger Larson
(email at greger.larson@durham.ac.uk)
Research Groups
Department of Archaeology
- Bioarchaeology Research Group
Research Projects
Department of Archaeology
- Bioarchaeology of pig domestication and husbandry
- Prehistoric origins of Orcadian cultural exchange networks: biomolecular and morphometric studies of Orkney voles
- Travelling companions and unwelcome guests: human dispersal and exchange networks in the Holocene
Research Interests
- The domestication of animals and plants
- Human migration trajectories
- Ancient DNA in archaeology
- Natural and artificial animal migration/translocation
Education
D.Phil, University of Oxford, UK, Zoology - 2006
Ph.D student, University of Colorado, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology - 2002
M.St., University of Oxford, UK, World Archaeology - 2000
BA, Claremont McKenna College, California, Environment Economics & Politics - 1996
Research Interests
I run a research lab whose primary interests are rooted in evolution, domestication, and civilization. We like asking big questions about the process of domestication and the patterns of human movement across the Old and New Worlds. Our primary datasets consist of modern and ancient DNA extracted from current and archaeological specimens which we analyse in our dedicated labs in the department.
For more information about who we are, what projects we're involved with, and a complete list of publications, visit our lab website at www.dur.ac.uk/greger.larson, or click on the personal pages link above.
In addition, please visit the same webpage for links to all the recent press associated with our research and publications (www.dur.ac.uk/greger.larson/DEADlab/press.html)
Publications
Journal papers: academic
- Larson, G & Burger, J (2013). A population genetics view of animal domestication. Trends in Genetics 29(4): 197-205.
- Ottoni, Claudio, Girdland Flink, Linus, Evin, Allowen, Geörgi, Christina, De Cupere, Eva, Van Neer, Wim, Bartosiewicz, Lásló, Linderholm, Anna, Barnett, Ross, Peters, Joris, Decorte, Ronny, Waelkens, Marc, Vanderheyden, Nancy, Ricaut, François-Xavier, Hoelzel, A. Rus, Mashkour, Marjan, Karimlu, Azadeh Fatemeh Mohaseb, Seno, Shiva Sheikhi, Daujat,Julie, Brock, Fiona, Pinhasi, Ron, Hongo, Hitomi, Perez-Enciso, Miguel, Rasumssen, Morten, Frantz, Laurent, Megens, Hendrik-Jan, Crooijmans, Richard, Groenen, Martien, Arbuckle, Benjamin, Benecke, Nobert, Strand Vidarsdottir, Una, Burger, Joachim, Cucchi, Thomas, Dobney, Keith & Larson, Greger (2013). Pig domestication and human-mediated dispersal in western Eurasia revealed through ancient DNA and geometric morphometrics. Molecular Biology and Evolution 30(4): 824-832.
- Larson, Greger, Karlsson, Elinor K., Perri, Angela, Webster, Matthew T., Ho, Simon Y. W., Peters, Joris, Stahl, Peter W., Piper, Philip J., Lingaas, Frode, Fredholm, Merete, Comstock, Kenine E., Modiano, Jaime F., Schelling, Claude, Agoulnik, Alexander I., Leegwater, Peter A., Dobney, Keith, Vigne, Jean-Denis, Vilàt, Carles, Andersson, Leif & Lindblad-Toh, Kerstin (2012). Rethinking dog domestication by integrating genetics, archeology, and biogeography. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 109(23): 8878-8883.
- Larson, Greger, Liu, Ranran, Zhao, Xingbo, Yuan, Jing, Fuller, Dorian, Barton, Loukas, Dobney, Keith, Fan, Qipeng, Gu, Zhiliang, Liu, Xiao-Hui, Luo, Yunbing, Lv, Peng, Andersson, Leif & Li, Ning (2010). Patterns of East Asian pig domestication, migration, and turnover revealed by modern and ancient DNA. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 107(17): 7686-7691
- Fang, M. Larson, G. Soares Ribeiro, H., Li, N. & Andersson, L. (2009). Contrasting Mode of Evolution at a Coat Color Locus in Wild and Domestic Pigs. PLoS Genetics 5(1): e1000341.
- Eriksson J. Larson G. Gunnarsson U., Bed'hom B. Tixier-Boichard M., Strömstedt, L., Wright, D., Jungerius, A. Vereijken, A. Randi, E. Jensen, P. & Andersson, L. (2008). Identification of the Yellow Skin Gene Reveals a Hybrid Origin of the Domestic Chicken. PLoS Genetics 4(2): e1000010.