Tracing the spread of Germanic languages using ancient genomics

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@article{allodium:10.1038/s41586-025-09064-1,
  title = {Tracing the spread of Germanic languages using ancient genomics},
  author = {Hugh McColl and Guus Kroonen and J. Víctor Moreno-Mayar and Frederik Valeur Seersholm and Gabriele Scorrano and Thomaz Pinotti and Tharsika Vimala and Søren M. Sindbæk and Per Ethelberg and Ralph Fyfe and Marie-José Gaillard and Hanne M. Ellegård Larsen and Morten Fischer Mortensen and Fabrice Demeter and Marie Louise S. Jørkov and Sophie Bergerbrant and Peter de Barros Damgaard and Morten E. Allentoft and Lasse Vinner and Charleen Gaunitz and Abigail Ramsøe and Isin Altinkaya and Rasmus Amund Henriksen and Evan K. Irving-Pease and K.-G. Sjögren and Serena Sabatini and Anders Fischer and William Barrie and Andrés Ingason and Anders Rosengren and Andrew Vaughn and Jialu Cao and Jacqueline Staring and Jesper Stenderup and Fulya Eylem Yediay and Torbjörn Ahlström and Irakli Akhvlediani and Sofie Laurine Albris and Vladimer Aslanishvili and Biyaslan Atabiev and E. V. Balanovskaya and Oleg Balanovsky and Pernille Bangsgaard and Maria Giovanna Belcastro and Nick Card and Philippe Charlier and Elizaveta Chernykh and Torben Trier Christiansen and Alfredo Coppa and Maura De Coster and Sean Dexter Denham and Sophie Desenne and Jane Downes and Karin Margarita Frei and Olivér Gábor and U. B. Gadiev and Johan Zakarias Gårdsvoll and Zanette Tsigaridas Glørstad and Jesper Hansen and Stijn Heeren and Merete Henriksen and Volker Heyd and Mette Høj and Mads Kähler Holst and Rimantas Jankauskas and Henrik Janson and Mads Dengsø Jessen and Jens Winther Johannsen and Torkel Johansen and Ole Thirup Kastholm and Anton Kern and Ruslan Khaskhanov and Katrine Ipsen Kjær and Vladimir Kolosov and Lisette M. Kootker and Klaudia Kyselicová and Anne Christine Larsen and Thierry Lejars and Mette Løvschal and Niels Lynnerup and Yvonne Magnusson and V. Yu. Malashev and Kristiina Mannermaa and Vyacheslav Masyakin and Anne Lene Melheim and Inga Merkyte and Vyacheslav Moiseyev and Stig Bergmann Møller and Erika Molnár and Nadja Mortensen and Eileen Murphy and Bjarne Henning Nielsen and Chatarina Ödman and Doris Pany-Kucera and Bettina Schulz Paulsson and Gertjan Plets and Marcia S. Ponce de León and Håkon Reiersen and Walter Reinhard and Antti Sajantila and Birgitte Skar and Vladimir Slavchev and Václav Smrčka and Lasse Sørensen and Georg Tiefengraber and Otto Christian Uldum and Helle Vandkilde and Jorge Vega and Daniele Vitali and Alexey Voloshinov and Sidsel Wåhlin and Holger Wendling and Anna Wessman and Helene Wilhelmson and Karin Wiltschke and João Zilhão and Christoph PE Zollikofer and Thorfinn Sand Korneliussen and Bruno Chaume and Jean-Paul Demoule and Thomas Werge and Line Olsen and Rasmus Nielsen and Lotte Hedeager and Kristian Kristiansen and Martin Sikora and Eske Willerslev},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Nature},
  doi = {10.1038/s41586-025-09064-1},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09064-1}
}

RIS

TY  - JOUR
TI  - Tracing the spread of Germanic languages using ancient genomics
AU  - Hugh McColl
AU  - Guus Kroonen
AU  - J. Víctor Moreno-Mayar
AU  - Frederik Valeur Seersholm
AU  - Gabriele Scorrano
AU  - Thomaz Pinotti
AU  - Tharsika Vimala
AU  - Søren M. Sindbæk
AU  - Per Ethelberg
AU  - Ralph Fyfe
AU  - Marie-José Gaillard
AU  - Hanne M. Ellegård Larsen
AU  - Morten Fischer Mortensen
AU  - Fabrice Demeter
AU  - Marie Louise S. Jørkov
AU  - Sophie Bergerbrant
AU  - Peter de Barros Damgaard
AU  - Morten E. Allentoft
AU  - Lasse Vinner
AU  - Charleen Gaunitz
AU  - Abigail Ramsøe
AU  - Isin Altinkaya
AU  - Rasmus Amund Henriksen
AU  - Evan K. Irving-Pease
AU  - K.-G. Sjögren
AU  - Serena Sabatini
AU  - Anders Fischer
AU  - William Barrie
AU  - Andrés Ingason
AU  - Anders Rosengren
AU  - Andrew Vaughn
AU  - Jialu Cao
AU  - Jacqueline Staring
AU  - Jesper Stenderup
AU  - Fulya Eylem Yediay
AU  - Torbjörn Ahlström
AU  - Irakli Akhvlediani
AU  - Sofie Laurine Albris
AU  - Vladimer Aslanishvili
AU  - Biyaslan Atabiev
AU  - E. V. Balanovskaya
AU  - Oleg Balanovsky
AU  - Pernille Bangsgaard
AU  - Maria Giovanna Belcastro
AU  - Nick Card
AU  - Philippe Charlier
AU  - Elizaveta Chernykh
AU  - Torben Trier Christiansen
AU  - Alfredo Coppa
AU  - Maura De Coster
AU  - Sean Dexter Denham
AU  - Sophie Desenne
AU  - Jane Downes
AU  - Karin Margarita Frei
AU  - Olivér Gábor
AU  - U. B. Gadiev
AU  - Johan Zakarias Gårdsvoll
AU  - Zanette Tsigaridas Glørstad
AU  - Jesper Hansen
AU  - Stijn Heeren
AU  - Merete Henriksen
AU  - Volker Heyd
AU  - Mette Høj
AU  - Mads Kähler Holst
AU  - Rimantas Jankauskas
AU  - Henrik Janson
AU  - Mads Dengsø Jessen
AU  - Jens Winther Johannsen
AU  - Torkel Johansen
AU  - Ole Thirup Kastholm
AU  - Anton Kern
AU  - Ruslan Khaskhanov
AU  - Katrine Ipsen Kjær
AU  - Vladimir Kolosov
AU  - Lisette M. Kootker
AU  - Klaudia Kyselicová
AU  - Anne Christine Larsen
AU  - Thierry Lejars
AU  - Mette Løvschal
AU  - Niels Lynnerup
AU  - Yvonne Magnusson
AU  - V. Yu. Malashev
AU  - Kristiina Mannermaa
AU  - Vyacheslav Masyakin
AU  - Anne Lene Melheim
AU  - Inga Merkyte
AU  - Vyacheslav Moiseyev
AU  - Stig Bergmann Møller
AU  - Erika Molnár
AU  - Nadja Mortensen
AU  - Eileen Murphy
AU  - Bjarne Henning Nielsen
AU  - Chatarina Ödman
AU  - Doris Pany-Kucera
AU  - Bettina Schulz Paulsson
AU  - Gertjan Plets
AU  - Marcia S. Ponce de León
AU  - Håkon Reiersen
AU  - Walter Reinhard
AU  - Antti Sajantila
AU  - Birgitte Skar
AU  - Vladimir Slavchev
AU  - Václav Smrčka
AU  - Lasse Sørensen
AU  - Georg Tiefengraber
AU  - Otto Christian Uldum
AU  - Helle Vandkilde
AU  - Jorge Vega
AU  - Daniele Vitali
AU  - Alexey Voloshinov
AU  - Sidsel Wåhlin
AU  - Holger Wendling
AU  - Anna Wessman
AU  - Helene Wilhelmson
AU  - Karin Wiltschke
AU  - João Zilhão
AU  - Christoph PE Zollikofer
AU  - Thorfinn Sand Korneliussen
AU  - Bruno Chaume
AU  - Jean-Paul Demoule
AU  - Thomas Werge
AU  - Line Olsen
AU  - Rasmus Nielsen
AU  - Lotte Hedeager
AU  - Kristian Kristiansen
AU  - Martin Sikora
AU  - Eske Willerslev
PY  - 2026
JO  - Nature
DO  - 10.1038/s41586-025-09064-1
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09064-1
ER  - 

APA

McColl, H., Kroonen, G., Moreno-Mayar, J. V., Seersholm, F. V., Scorrano, G., Pinotti, T., Vimala, T., Sindbæk, S. M., Ethelberg, P., Fyfe, R., Gaillard, M., Larsen, H. M. E., Mortensen, M. F., Demeter, F., Jørkov, M. L. S., Bergerbrant, S., Damgaard, P. D. B., Allentoft, M. E., Vinner, L., Gaunitz, C., Ramsøe, A., Altinkaya, I., Henriksen, R. A., Irving-Pease, E. K., Sjögren, K., Sabatini, S., Fischer, A., Barrie, W., Ingason, A., Rosengren, A., Vaughn, A., Cao, J., Staring, J., Stenderup, J., Yediay, F. E., Ahlström, T., Akhvlediani, I., Albris, S. L., Aslanishvili, V., Atabiev, B., Balanovskaya, E. V., Balanovsky, O., Bangsgaard, P., Belcastro, M. G., Card, N., Charlier, P., Chernykh, E., Christiansen, T. T., Coppa, A., Coster, M. D., Denham, S. D., Desenne, S., Downes, J., Frei, K. M., Gábor, O., Gadiev, U. B., Gårdsvoll, J. Z., Glørstad, Z. T., Hansen, J., Heeren, S., Henriksen, M., Heyd, V., Høj, M., Holst, M. K., Jankauskas, R., Janson, H., Jessen, M. D., Johannsen, J. W., Johansen, T., Kastholm, O. T., Kern, A., Khaskhanov, R., Kjær, K. I., Kolosov, V., Kootker, L. M., Kyselicová, K., Larsen, A. C., Lejars, T., Løvschal, M., Lynnerup, N., Magnusson, Y., Malashev, V. Y., Mannermaa, K., Masyakin, V., Melheim, A. L., Merkyte, I., Moiseyev, V., Møller, S. B., Molnár, E., Mortensen, N., Murphy, E., Nielsen, B. H., Ödman, C., Pany-Kucera, D., Paulsson, B. S., Plets, G., León, M. S. P. D., Reiersen, H., Reinhard, W., Sajantila, A., Skar, B., Slavchev, V., Smrčka, V., Sørensen, L., Tiefengraber, G., Uldum, O. C., Vandkilde, H., Vega, J., Vitali, D., Voloshinov, A., Wåhlin, S., Wendling, H., Wessman, A., Wilhelmson, H., Wiltschke, K., Zilhão, J., Zollikofer, C. P., Korneliussen, T. S., Chaume, B., Demoule, J., Werge, T., Olsen, L., Nielsen, R., Hedeager, L., Kristiansen, K., Sikora, M., & Willerslev, E. (2026). Tracing the spread of Germanic languages using ancient genomics. Nature. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09064-1