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Ripan S. Malhi

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Department of Anthropology
607 S Mathews Ave.
M/C 148
Urbana, IL 61801

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Additional Campus Affiliations

Professor, Anthropology
Professor, Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior
Professor, American Indian Studies Program
Professor, Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology

Recent Publications

de Flamingh, A., Gnoske, T. P., Kerbis Peterhans, J. C., Simeonovski, V. A., Gitahi, N., Mwebi, O., Agwanda, B. R., Catchen, J. M., Roca, A. L., & Malhi, R. S. (2024). Compacted hair in broken teeth reveals dietary prey of historic lions. Current Biology, 34(21), 5104-5111.e4. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2024.09.029

de Flamingh, A., Gnoske, T. P., Rivera-Colón, A. G., Simeonovski, V. A., Kerbis Peterhans, J. C., Yamaguchi, N., Witt, K. E., Catchen, J., Roca, A. L., & Malhi, R. S. (2024). Genomic analysis supports Cape Lion population connectivity prior to colonial eradication and extinction. Journal of Heredity, 115(2), 155-165. Article esad081. https://doi.org/10.1093/jhered/esad081

Rider, D. F., Wolf, A. C. E., Murray, J., De Flamingh, A., Dos Santos, A. L. C., Lanoë, F., Zedeño, M. N., DeGiorgio, M., Lindo, J., & Malhi, R. S. (2024). Genomic analyses correspond with deep persistence of peoples of Blackfoot Confederacy from glacial times. Science Advances, 10(14), Article eadl6595. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adl6595

Thomas, A. E., Hill, M. E., Stricker, L., Lavin, M., Givens, D., de Flamingh, A., Witt, K. E., Malhi, R. S., & Kitchen, A. (2024). The Dogs of Tsenacomoco: Ancient DNA Reveals the Presence of Local Dogs at Jamestown Colony in the Early Seventeenth Century. American Antiquity, 89(3), 341-359. https://doi.org/10.1017/aaq.2024.25

Aqil, A., Gill, S., Gokcumen, O., Malhi, R. S., Reese, E. A., Smith, J. L., Heaton, T. T., & Lindqvist, C. (2023). A paleogenome from a Holocene individual supports genetic continuity in Southeast Alaska. iScience, 26(5), Article 106581. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2023.106581

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