Researcher Portfolio
Gnecchi Ruscone, Guido Alberto
Archaeogenetics, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Max Planck Society, Department of Archaeogenetics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Max Planck Society, Genetic History, Department of Archaeogenetics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Max Planck Society, MHAAM, Department of Archaeogenetics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Max Planck Society
Researcher Profile
Position: Archaeogenetics, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Max Planck Society
Position: Department of Archaeogenetics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Max Planck Society
Position: Genetic History, Department of Archaeogenetics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Max Planck Society
Position: MHAAM, Department of Archaeogenetics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Max Planck Society
Additional IDs: ORCID:
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6490-8101
Researcher ID: https://pure.mpg.de/cone/persons/resource/persons231930
Publications
: Wang, K. *., Tobias, B., Pany-Kucera, D., Berner, M., Eggers, S., Gnecchi-Ruscone, G. A., Zlámalová, D., Gretzinger, J., Ingrová, P., Rohrlach, A. B., Tuke, J., Traverso, L., Klostermann, P., Koger, R., Friedrich, R., Wiltschke-Schrotta, K., Kirchengast, S., Liccardo, S., Wabnitz, S., Vida, T., Geary, P. J., Daim, F., Pohl, W., Krause, J. *., & Hofmanová, Z. *. (2025). Ancient DNA reveals reproductive barrier despite shared Avar-period culture (advance online). Nature. doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08418-5. [PubMan] : Gnecchi-Ruscone, G. A. (2025). Women were at the centre of social networks in Iron Age Britain (advance online). Nature. doi:10.1038/d41586-024-04214-3. [PubMan] : Gnecchi Ruscone, G. A., Rácz, Z., Liccardo, S., Lee, J., Huang, Y., Traverso, L., Radzeviciute, R., Hajnal, Z., Szécsényi-Nagy, A., Gyuris, B., Mateovics-László, O., Bernert, Z., Szeniczey, T., Hajdu, T., Mészáros, B., Bálint, M., Mende, B. G., Miller, B., Samashev, Z., Childebayeva, A., Djansugurova, L., Geary, P., Ringbauer, H., Vida, T., Jeong, C., Pohl, W., Krause, J., & Hofmanová, Z. (2025). Ancient genomes reveal trans-Eurasian connections between the European Huns and the Xiongnu Empire. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 122(9): e2418485122. doi:10.1073/pnas.2418485122. [PubMan] : Gnecchi-Ruscone, G. A. *., Rácz, Z., Samu, L., Szeniczey, T., Faragó, N., Knipper, C., Friedrich, R., Zlámalová, D., Traverso, L., Liccardo, S., Wabnitz, S., Popli, D. R., Wang, K., Radzeviciute, R., Gulyás, B., Koncz, I., Balogh, C., Lezsák, G. M., Mácsai, V., Bunbury, M. M. E., Spekker, O., le Roux, P., Szécsényi-Nagy, A., Mende, B. G., Colleran, H., Hajdu, T., Geary, P., Pohl, W., Vida, T., Krause, J. *., & Hofmanová, Z. *. (2024). Network of large pedigrees reveals social practices of Avar communities. Nature, 629(8011), 376-383. doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07312-4. [PubMan] : Skourtanioti, E., Ringbauer, H., Gnecchi Ruscone, G. A., Bianco, R. A., Burri Promerová, M., Freund, C., Furtwängler, A., Martins, N. F. G., Knolle, F., Neumann, G. U., Tiliakou, A., Agelarakis, A., Andreadaki-Vlazaki, M., Betancourt, P., Hallager, B. P., Jones, O. A., Kakavogianni, O., Kanta, A., Karkanas, P., Kataki, E., Kissas, K., Koehl, R., Kvapil, L., Maran, J., McGeorge, P. J. P., Papadimitriou, A., Papathanasiou, A., Papazoglou-Manioudaki, L., Paschalidis, K., Polychronakou-Sgouritsa, N., Preve, S., Prevedorou, E.-A., Price, G., Protopapadaki, E., Schmidt-Schultz, T., Schultz, M., Shelton, K., Wiener, M. H., Krause, J., Jeong, C., & Stockhammer, P. W. (2023). Ancient DNA reveals admixture history and endogamy in the prehistoric Aegean. Nature Ecology & Evolution, s41559-022-01952-3. doi:10.1038/s41559-022-01952-3. [PubMan] : Skourtanioti, E. *., Ringbauer, H., Gnecchi Ruscone, G. A., Bianco, R. A., Burri, M., Freund, C., Furtwängler, A., Gomes Martins, N. F., Knolle, F., Neumann, G., Tiliakou, A., Agelarakis, A., Andreadaki-Vlazaki, M., Betancourt, P., Hallager, B. P., Jones, O. A., Kakavogianni, O., Kanta, A., Karkanas, P., Kataki, E., Kissas, K., Koehl, R., Kvapil, L., Maran, J., McGeorge, P. J. P., Papadimitriou, A., Papathanasiou, A., Papazoglou-Manioudaki, L., Paschalidis, K., Polychronakou-Sgouritsa, N., Preve, S., Prevedorou, E.-A., Price, G., Protopapadaki, E., Schmidt-Schultz, T., Schultz, M., Shelton, K., Wiener, M. H., Krause, J. *., Jeong, C. *., & Stockhammer, P. W. *. (2023). Ancient DNA reveals admixture history and endogamy in the prehistoric Aegean. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 7, 290-303. doi:10.1038/s41559-022-01952-3. [PubMan] : Penske, S. E., Rohrlach, A. B., Childebayeva, A., Gnecchi Ruscone, G. A., Schmid, C., Spyrou, M. A., Neumann, G., Atanassova, N., Beutler, K., Boyadzhiev, K., Boyadzhiev, Y., Bruyako, I., Chohadzhiev, A., Govedarica, B., Karaucak, M., Krauss, R., Leppek, M., Manzura, I., Privat, K., Ross, S., Slavchev, V., Sobotkova, A., Toderaş, M., Valchev, T., Ringbauer, H., Stockhammer, P. W., Hansen, S., Krause, J., & Haak, W. (2023). Early contact between late farming and pastoralist societies in southeastern Europe. Nature, 620, 358-365. doi:10.1038/s41586-023-06334-8. [PubMan] : Spyrou, M. A. *., Musralina, L., Gnecchi Ruscone, G. A., Kocher, A., Borbone, P.-G., Khartanovich, V. I., Buzhilova, A., Djansugurova, L., Bos, K. I., Kühnert, D., Haak, W., Slavin, P. *., & Krause, J. *. (2022). The source of the Black Death in fourteenth-century central Eurasia. Nature, 606, 718-724. doi:10.1038/s41586-022-04800-3. [PubMan] : Spyrou, M. A., Musralina, L., Gnecchi Ruscone, G. A., Kocher, A., Borbone, P.-G., Khartanovich, V. I., Buzhilova, A., Djansugurova, L., Bos, K. I., Kühnert, D., Haak, W., Slavin, P., & Krause, J. (2022). The source of the Black Death in fourteenth-century central Eurasia. Nature, 606(7915): s41586-022-04800-3, pp. 718-724. doi:10.1038/s41586-022-04800-3. [PubMan] : Gnecchi-Ruscone, G. A. *., Szécsényi-Nagy, A., Koncz, I., Csiky, G., Rácz, Z., Rohrlach, A. B., Brandt, G., Rohland, N., Csáky, V., Cheronet, O., Szeifert, B., Rácz, T. Á., Benedek, A., Bernert, Z., Berta, N., Czifra, S., Dani, J., Farkas, Z., Hága, T., Hajdu, T., Jászberényi, M., Kisjuhász, V., Kolozsi, B., Major, P., Marcsik, A., Kovacsóczy, B. N., Balogh, C., Lezsák, G. M., Ódor, J. G., Szelekovszky, M., Szeniczey, T., Tárnoki, J., Tóth, Z., Tutkovics, E. K., Mende, B. G., Geary, P., Pohl, W., Vida, T., Pinhasi, R., Reich, D., Hofmanová, Z., Jeong, C. *., & Krause, J. *. (2022). Ancient genomes reveal origin and rapid trans-Eurasian migration of 7th century Avar elites. Cell, 185(8), 1402-1413.e21. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2022.03.007. [PubMan] : Traverso, L., Gnecchi Ruscone, G. A., Hiß, A. N., Herbig, A., Hofmanová, Z., & Krause, J. (2022). The origin and genetic history of the Avars. In Grenzüberschreitungen – Reiternomaden in Mitteleuropa, ihre östlichen Wurzeln und Verbindungen = Crossing boundaries – Mounted nomads in Central Europe, their eastern roots and connections. Halle (Saale): Landesamt für Denkmalpflege und Archäologie Sachsen-Anhalt, Landesmuseum für Vorgeschichte. [PubMan] : Kocher, A., Papac, L., Barquera Lozano, R. J., Key, F. M., Spyrou, M. A., Hübler, R., Rohrlach, A. B., Aron, F., Stahl, R., Wissgott, A., van Bömmel, F., Pfefferkorn, M., Mittnik, A., Villalba-Mouco, V., Neumann, G., Rivollat, M., Loosdrecht, M. S. v. d., Majander, K., Tukhbatova, R. I., Musralina, L., Ghalichi, A., Penske, S. E., Sabin, S., Michel, M., Gretzinger, J., Nelson, E. A., Ferraz da Silva, T., Nägele, K., Parker, C. E., Keller, M., Guevara, E., Feldman, M., Eisenmann, S., Skourtanioti, E., Giffin, K., Gnecchi Ruscone, G. A., Friederich, S., Schimmenti, V., Khartanovich, V., Karapetian, M. K., Chaplygin, M. S., Kufterin, V. V., Khokhlov, A. A., Chizhevsky, A. A., Stashenkov, D. A., Kochkina, A. F., Tejedor-Rodríguez, C., de Lagrán, Í.-G.-M., Arcusa-Magallón, H., Garrido-Pena, R., Royo-Guillén, J. I., Novácek, J., Rottier, S., Kacki, S., Saintot, S., Kaverzneva, E., Belinskiy, A. B., Velemínský, P., Limburský, P., Kostka, M., Loe, L., Popescu, E., Clarke, R., Lyons, A., Mortimer, R., Sajantila, A., de Armas, Y. C., Godoy, S. T. H., Hernández-Zaragoza, D. I., Pearson, J., Binder, D., Lefranc, P., Kantorovich, A. R., Maslov, V. E., Lai, L., Zoledziewska, M., Beckett, J. F., Langová, M., Danielisová, A., Ingman, T., Atiénzar, G. G., de Ibáñez, M. P. M., Romero, A., Sperduti, A., Beckett, S., Salter, S. J., Zilivinskaya, E. D., Vasilev, D. V., von Heyking, K., Burger, R. L., Salazar, L. C., Amkreutz, L., Navruzbekov, M., Rosenstock, E., Alonso-Fernández, C., Slavchev, V., Kalmykov, A. A., Atabiev, B. C., Batieva, E., Calmet, M. A., Llamas, B., Schultz, M., Krauß, R., Jiménez-Echevarría, J., Francken, M., Shnaider, S., de Knijff, P., Altena, E., de Vijver, K. V., Fehren-Schmitz, L., Tung, T. A., Lösch, S., Dobrovolskaya, M., Makarov, N., Read, C., Twest, M. V., Sagona, C., Ramsl, P. C., Akar, M., Yener, K. A., Ballestero, E. C., Cucca, F., Mazzarello, V., Utrilla, P., Rademaker, K., Fernández-Domínguez, E., Baird, D., Semal, P., Márquez-Morfín, L., Roksandic, M., Steiner, H., Salazar-García, D. C., Shishlina, N., Erdal, Y. S., Hallgren, F., Boyadzhiev, Y., Boyadzhiev, K., Küßner, M., Sayer, D., Onkamo, P., Skeates, R., Rojo-Guerra, M., Buzhilova, A., Khussainova, E., Djansugurova, L. B., Beisenov, A. Z., Samashev, Z., Massy, K., Mannino, M., Moiseyev, V., Mannermaa, K., Balanovsky, O., Deguilloux, M.-F., Reinhold, S., Hansen, S., Kitov, E. P., Dobeš, M., Ernée, M., Meller, H., Alt, K. W., Prüfer, K., Warinner, C. G., Schiffels, S., Stockhammer, P. W., Bos, K. I., Posth, C., Herbig, A., Haak, W., Krause, J., & Kühnert, D. (2021). Ten millennia of hepatitis B virus evolution. Science, 374(6564): abi5658, pp. 182-188. doi:10.1126/science.abi5658. [PubMan] : Posth, C., Zaro, V., Spyrou, M. A., Vai, S., Gnecchi Ruscone, G. A., Modi, A., Peltzer, A., Mötsch, A., Nägele, K., Vågene, Å. J., Nelson, E. A., Radzeviciute, R., Freund, C., Bondioli, L. M., Cappuccini, L., Frenzel, H., Pacciani, E., Boschin, F., Capecchi, G., Martini, I., Moroni, A., Ricci, S., Sperduti, A., Turchetti, M. A., Riga, A., Zavattaro, M., Zifferero, A., Heyne, H. O., Fernández-Domínguez, E., Kroonen, G. J., McCormick, M., Haak, W., Lari, M., Barbujani, G., Bondioli, L., Bos, K. I., Caramelli, D., & Krause, J. (2021). The origin and legacy of the Etruscans through a 2000-year archeogenomic time transect. Science Advances, 7(39): eabi7673, pp. 1-13. doi:10.1126/sciadv.abi7673. [PubMan] : Posth, C. *., Zaro, V., Spyrou, M. A., Vai, S., Gnecchi Ruscone, G. A., Modi, A., Peltzer, A., Mötsch, A., Nägele, K., Vågene, Å. J., Nelson, E. A., Radzeviciute, R., Freund, C., Bondioli, L. M., Cappuccini, L., Frenzel, H., Pacciani, E., Boschin, F., Capecchi, G., Martini, I., Moroni, A., Ricci, S., Sperduti, A., Turchetti, M. A., Riga, A., Zavattaro, M., Zifferero, A., Heyne, H. O., Fernández-Domínguez, E., Kroonen, G. J., McCormick, M., Haak, W., Lari, M., Barbujani, G., Bondioli, L., Bos, K. I., Caramelli, D. *., & Krause, J. *. (2021). The origin and legacy of the Etruscans through a 2000-year archeogenomic time transect. Science Advances, 7(39): eabi7673. doi:10.1126/sciadv.abi7673. [PubMan] : Ingman, T., Eisenmann, S., Skourtanioti, E., Akar, M., Ilgner, J., Gnecchi Ruscone, G. A., le Roux, P., Shafiq, R., Neumann, G. U., Keller, M., Freund, C., Marzo, S., Lucas, M., Krause, J., Roberts, P., Yener, K. A., & Stockhammer, P. W. (2021). Human mobility at Tell Atchana (Alalakh), Hatay, Turkey during the 2nd millennium BC: Integration of isotopic and genomic evidence. PLoS One, 16(6): e0241883. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0241883. [PubMan] : Ingman, T., Eisenmann, S., Skourtanioti, E., Akar, M., Ilgner, J., Gnecchi Ruscone, G. A., le Roux, P., Shafiq, R., Neumann, G. U., Keller, M., Freund, C., Marzo, S., Lucas, M., Krause, J., Roberts, P., Yener, K. A., & Stockhammer, P. W. (2021). Human mobility at Tell Atchana (Alalakh), Hatay, Turkey during the 2nd millennium BC: integration of isotopic and genomic evidence. PLoS One, 16(6): 0241883, pp. e0241883. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0241883. [PubMan] : Gnecchi-Ruscone, G. A. *., Khussainova, E., Kahbatkyzy, N., Musralina, L., Spyrou, M. A., Bianco, R. A., Radzeviciute, R., Martins, N. F. G., Freund, C., Iksan, O., Garshin, A., Zhaniyazov, Z., Bekmanov, B., Kitov, E., Samashev, Z., Beisenov, A., Berezina, N., Berezin, Y., B{í}ró, A. Z., Évinger, S., Bissembaev, A., Akhatov, G., Mamedov, A., Onggaruly, A., Voyakin, D., Chotbayev, A., Kariyev, Y., Buzhilova, A., Djansugurova, L., Jeong, C. *., & Krause, J. *. (2021). Ancient genomic time transect from the Central Asian Steppe unravels the history of the Scythians. Science Advances, 7(13): eabe4414. doi:10.1126/sciadv.abe4414. [PubMan] : Landini, A., Yu, S., Gnecchi Ruscone, G. A., Abondio, P., Ojeda-Granados, C., Sarno, S., De Fanti, S., Gentilini, D., Blasio, D., M., A., Jin, H., Nguyen, T. T., Romeo, G., Prata, C., Bortolini, E., Luiselli, D., Pettener, D., & Sazzini, M. (2021). Genomic adaptations to cereal-based diets contribute to mitigate metabolic risk in some human populations of East Asian ancestry. Evolutionary Applications, 13090. doi:10.1111/eva.13090. [PubMan] : Feldman, M., Gnecchi Ruscone, G. A., Lamnidis, T. C., & Posth, C. (2021). Where Asia meets Europe – recent insights from ancient human genomics. Annals of human biology, 48(3): 1949039, pp. 191-202. doi:10.1080/03014460.2021.1949039. [PubMan] : Feldman, M., Gnecchi Ruscone, G. A., Lamnidis, T. C., & Posth, C. (2021). Where Asia meets Europe – recent insights from ancient human genomics. Annals of Human Biology, 48(3), 191-202. doi:10.1080/03014460.2021.1949039. [PubMan] : Ongaro, L., Scliar, M. O., Flores, R., Raveane, A., Marnetto, D., Sarno, S., Gnecchi Ruscone, G. A., Alarcón-Riquelme, M. E., Patin, E., Wangkumhang, P., Hellenthal, G., Gonzalez-Santos, M., King, R. J., Kouvatsi, A., Balanovsky, O., Balanovska, E., Atramentova, L., Turdikulova, S., Mastana, S., Marjanovic, D., Mulahasanovic, L., Leskovac, A., Lima-Costa, M. F., Pereira, A. C., Barreto, M. L., Horta, B. L., Mabunda, N., May, C. A., Moreno-Estrada, A., Achilli, A., Olivieri, A., Semino, O., Tambets, K., Kivisild, T., Luiselli, D., Torroni, A., Capelli, C., Tarazona-Santos, E., Metspalu, M., Pagani, L., & Montinaro, F. (2019). The Genomic Impact of European Colonization of the Americas. Current Biology, 29(23): 2019.09.076, pp. 3974-3986.e4. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2019.09.076. [PubMan] : Gnecchi Ruscone, G. A., Sarno, S., Fanti De, S., Gianvincenzo, L., Giuliani, C., Boattini, A., Bortolini, E., Corcia Di, T., Mellado, C. S., Jesus, T., Francia, D., Gentilini, D., Blasio Di, A. M., Cosimo Di, P., Cilli, E., Gonzalez-Martin, A., Franceschi, C., Franceschi, Z. A., Rickards, O., Sazzini, M., Luiselli, D., & Pettener, D. (2019). Dissecting the Pre-Columbian genomic ancestry of Native Americans along the Andes-Amazonia divide. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 36(6): msz066, pp. 1254-1269. doi:10.1093/molbev/msz066. [PubMan] : Gnecchi Ruscone, G. A., Sarno, S., Fanti De, S., Gianvincenzo, L., Giuliani, C., Boattini, A., Bortolini, E., Corcia Di, T., Mellado, C. S., Jesus, T., Francia, D., Gentilini, D., Blasio Di, A. M., Cosimo Di, P., Cilli, E., Gonzalez-Martin, A., Franceschi, C., Franceschi, Z. A., Rickards, O., Sazzini, M., Luiselli, D., & Pettener, D. (2019). Dissecting the Pre-Columbian genomic ancestry of Native Americans along the Andes-Amazonia divide. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 36(6): msz066, pp. 1254-1269. doi:10.1093/molbev/msz066. [PubMan]