Dr Adam Rohrlach
School of Biological Sciences
College of Sciences
I research human history via ancient DNA at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, an affiliated lecturer in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Adelaide and a former associate lecturer of statistics in the School of Mathematical Sciences. My areas of interest are bioinformatics, Y chromosomal studies population genetics and genetic relatedness analyses.
| Date | Position | Institution name |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 - ongoing | Affiliate Lecturer | University of Adelaide |
| 2021 - ongoing | Postdoctoroal Researcher | Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology |
| 2019 - 2021 | Postdoctoral Researcher | Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History |
| 2017 - 2024 | Associate Lecturer | University of Adelaide |
| Date | Institution name | Country | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 - 2018 | University of Adelaide | Australia | PhD |
| 2012 - 2014 | University of Adelaide | Austalia | M.Phil |
| 2009 - 2011 | University of Adelaide | Australia | B Ma Sc |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2026 | Higgins, D., & Rohrlach, A. B. (2026). Evidentiary value of tooth presence/absence patterns for human identification. Forensic Science International, 379, 6 pages. |
| 2025 | Davidson, R., Ravishankar, S., Souilmi, Y., Roca-Rada, X., Sobek, C., Taufik, L., . . . Pérez, V. (2025). The necessity for authentication of ancient DNA from archaeological artefacts. Journal of Archaeological Science, 181, 9 pages. |
| 2025 | Bretos Ezcurra, M., Rohrlach, A. B., Papac, L., Royo Guillén, J. I., Barquera, R., Gómez Lecumberri, F., . . . Villalba-Mouco, V. (2025). Genomic insights from a final Bronze Age community buried in a collective tumulus in an Urnfield settlement in Northeastern Iberia. Communications Biology, 8(1), 12 pages. |
| 2025 | Barquera, R., Sitter, T. L., Kirkpatrick, C. L., Ramirez, D. A., Kocher, A., Spyrou, M. A., . . . Bos, K. I. (2025). Ancient genomes reveal a deep history of Treponema pallidum in the Americas. Nature, 640(8057), 186-193. Scopus10 WoS10 Europe PMC5 |
| 2025 | Sümer, A. P., Rougier, H., Villalba-Mouco, V., Huang, Y., Iasi, L. N. M., Essel, E., . . . Krause, J. (2025). Earliest modern human genomes constrain timing of Neanderthal admixture. Nature, 638(8051), 711-717. Scopus26 WoS22 Europe PMC13 |
| 2025 | Wang, K., Tobias, B., Pany-Kucera, D., Berner, M., Eggers, S., Gnecchi-Ruscone, G. A., . . . Hofmanová, Z. (2025). Ancient DNA reveals reproductive barrier despite shared Avar-period culture.. Nature, 638(8052), 1007-1014. Scopus15 WoS17 Europe PMC6 |
| 2025 | Rohrlach, A. B., Tuke, J., Popli, D. R., & Haak, W. (2025). BREADR: An R Package for the Bayesian Estimation of Genetic Relatedness from Low-coverage Genotype Data. Journal of Open Source Software, 10(108), 7916. |
| 2025 | Nägele, K., Kinaston, R., Gaffney, D., Walworth, M., Rohrlach, A. B., Carlhoff, S., . . . Krause, J. (2025). The impact of human dispersals and local interactions on the genetic diversity of coastal Papua New Guinea over the past 2,500 years. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 9(6), 908-923. Scopus1 WoS1 |
| 2025 | Perkins, H., Rohrlach, A., Hughes, T., Forrest, A., & Higgins, D. (2025). 3D imaging for dental identification: a pilot investigation of a novel segmentation method using an intra oral scanning device. Forensic Science Medicine and Pathology, 21(3), 1213-1221. Scopus1 |
| 2024 | Michel, M., Skourtanioti, E., Pierini, F., Guevara, E. K., Mötsch, A., Kocher, A., . . . Krause, J. (2024). Ancient Plasmodium genomes shed light on the history of human malaria. Nature, 631(8019), 125-133. Scopus26 WoS20 Europe PMC17 |
| 2024 | Barquera, R., Del Castillo-Chávez, O., Nägele, K., Pérez-Ramallo, P., Hernández-Zaragoza, D. I., Szolek, A., . . . Krause, J. (2024). Ancient genomes reveal insights into ritual life at Chichén Itzá. Nature, 630(8018), 912-919. Scopus11 WoS8 Europe PMC7 |
| 2024 | Childebayeva, A., Fricke, F., Rohrlach, A. B., Huang, L., Schiffels, S., Vesakoski, O., . . . Haak, W. (2024). Bronze age Northern Eurasian genetics in the context of development of metallurgy and Siberian ancestry. Communications Biology, 7(1), 12 pages. Scopus8 WoS3 Europe PMC2 |
| 2024 | Gretzinger, J., Gibbon, V. E., Penske, S. E., Sealy, J. C., Rohrlach, A. B., Salazar-García, D. C., . . . Schiffels, S. (2024). 9,000 years of genetic continuity in southernmost Africa demonstrated at Oakhurst rockshelter. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 8(11), 2121-2134. Scopus4 WoS3 Europe PMC2 |
| 2024 | Ghalichi, A., Reinhold, S., Rohrlach, A. B., Kalmykov, A. A., Childebayeva, A., Yu, H., . . . Haak, W. (2024). The rise and transformation of Bronze Age pastoralists in the Caucasus. Nature, 635(8040), 917-925. Scopus5 WoS6 Europe PMC5 |
| 2024 | Velsko, I. M., Fagernäs, Z., Tromp, M., Bedford, S., Buckley, H. R., Clark, G., . . . Warinner, C. (2024). Exploring the potential of dental calculus to shed light on past human migrations in Oceania. Nature Communications, 15(1), 10191-1-10191-17. Scopus5 WoS7 Europe PMC8 |
| 2024 | Rivollat, M., Rohrlach, A. B., Ringbauer, H., Childebayeva, A., Mendisco, F., Barquera, R., . . . Haak, W. (2024). Inferences on regional networks from local genetic trees, the example of the Neolithic site of Gurgy 'les Noisats'. Bulletins Et Memoires De La Societe D Anthropologie De Paris, 36. |
| 2024 | Rohrlach, A. B., Rivollat, M., de-Miguel-Ibáñez, P., Moilanen, U., Liira, A. -M., Teixeira, J. C., . . . Prüfer, K. (2024). Cases of trisomy 21 and trisomy 18 among historic and prehistoric individuals discovered from ancient DNA. Nature Communications, 15(1), 1294-1-1294-8. Scopus11 WoS10 Europe PMC8 |
| 2024 | Orfanou, E., Zach, B., Rohrlach, A. B., Schneider, F. N., Paust, E., Lucas, M., . . . Roberts, P. (2024). Biomolecular evidence for changing millet reliance in Late Bronze Age central Germany. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 13 pages. Scopus4 WoS4 Europe PMC2 |
| 2024 | Penske, S., Küßner, M., Rohrlach, A. B., Knipper, C., Nováček, J., Childebayeva, A., . . . Haak, W. (2024). Kinship practices at the early bronze age site of Leubingen in Central Germany. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 15 pages. Scopus5 WoS6 Europe PMC4 |
| 2023 | Villalba-Mouco, V., van de Loosdrecht, M. S., Rohrlach, A. B., Fewlass, H., Talamo, S., Yu, H., . . . Haak, W. (2023). A 23,000-year-old southern Iberian individual links human groups that lived in Western Europe before and after the Last Glacial Maximum.. Nature ecology & evolution, 7(4), 597-609. Scopus30 WoS31 Europe PMC18 |
| 2023 | Posth, C., Yu, H., Ghalichi, A., Rougier, H., Crevecoeur, I., Huang, Y., . . . Krause, J. (2023). Palaeogenomics of Upper Palaeolithic to Neolithic European hunter-gatherers.. Nature, 615(7950), 117-126. Scopus129 WoS118 Europe PMC85 |
| 2023 | Posth, C., Yu, H., Ghalichi, A., Rougier, H., Crevecoeur, I., Huang, Y., . . . Krause, J. (2023). Author Correction: Palaeogenomics of Upper Palaeolithic to Neolithic European hunter-gatherers.. Nature, 616(7956), E5. Scopus1 WoS2 Europe PMC1 |
| 2023 | Rohrlach, A., Tuke, J., Popli, D., & Haak, W. (2023). BREADR: An R Package for the Bayesian Estimation of Genetic Relatedness from Low-coverage Genotype Data. Europe PMC5 |
| 2023 | Penske, S., Rohrlach, A. B., Childebayeva, A., Gnecchi-Ruscone, G., Schmid, C., Spyrou, M. A., . . . Haak, W. (2023). Early contact between late farming and pastoralist societies in southeastern Europe. Nature, 620(7973), 358-365. Scopus29 WoS26 Europe PMC23 |
| 2023 | Rivollat, M., Rohrlach, A. B., Ringbauer, H., Childebayeva, A., Mendisco, F., Barquera, R., . . . Haak, W. (2023). Extensive pedigrees reveal the social organization of a Neolithic community.. Nature, 620(7974), 600-606. Scopus60 WoS51 Europe PMC45 |
| 2023 | Childebayeva, A., Fricke, F., Rohrlach, A. B., Huang, L., Schiffels, S., Vesakoski, O., . . . Haak, W. (2023). Bronze Age Northern Eurasian Genetics in the Context of Development of Metallurgy and Siberian Ancestry. |
| 2023 | Carlhoff, S., Kutanan, W., Rohrlach, A. B., Posth, C., Stoneking, M., Nägele, K., . . . Krause, J. (2023). Genomic portrait and relatedness patterns of the Iron Age Log Coffin culture in northwestern Thailand. Nature Communications, 14(1), 9 pages. Scopus7 WoS6 Europe PMC6 |
| 2023 | Rivollat, M., Rohrlach, A. B., & Ringbauer, H. (2023). Neolithic Community Revealed Using Ancient DNA Data. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS PART A, 191(12), 2797-2798. |
| 2022 | Gnecchi-Ruscone, G. A., Szécsényi-Nagy, A., Koncz, I., Csiky, G., Rácz, Z., Rohrlach, A. B., . . . Krause, J. (2022). Ancient genomes reveal origin and rapid trans-Eurasian migration of 7<sup>th</sup> century Avar elites.. Cell, 185(8), 1402-1413. Scopus58 WoS50 Europe PMC42 |
| 2022 | Rivollat, M., Thomas, A., Ghesquière, E., Rohrlach, A. B., Späth, E., Pemonge, M. -H., . . . Deguilloux, M. -F. (2022). Ancient DNA gives new insights into a Norman Neolithic monumental cemetery dedicated to male elites.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 119(18), 9 pages. Scopus23 WoS20 Europe PMC22 |
| 2022 | Yu, H., van de Loosdrecht, M. S., Mannino, M. A., Talamo, S., Rohrlach, A. B., Childebayeva, A., . . . Krause, J. (2022). Genomic and dietary discontinuities during the Mesolithic and Neolithic in Sicily.. iScience, 25(5), 28 pages. Scopus24 WoS23 Europe PMC23 |
| 2022 | Childebayeva, A., Rohrlach, A. B., Barquera, R., Rivollat, M., Aron, F., Szolek, A., . . . Haak, W. (2022). Population Genetics and Signatures of Selection in Early Neolithic European Farmers.. Molecular biology and evolution, 39(6), 17 pages. Scopus33 WoS31 Europe PMC33 |
| 2022 | Roca-Rada, X., Tereso, S., Rohrlach, A. B., Brito, A., Williams, M. P., Umbelino, C., . . . Teixeira, J. C. (2022). A 1000-year-old case of Klinefelter's syndrome diagnosed by integrating morphology, osteology, and genetics.. Lancet (London, England), 400(10353), 691-692. Scopus12 WoS10 Europe PMC5 |
| 2022 | Souilmi, Y., Tobler, R., Johar, A., Williams, M., Grey, S. T., Schmidt, J., . . . Huber, C. D. (2022). Admixture has obscured signals of historical hard sweeps in humans. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 6(12), 2003-2015. Scopus19 WoS18 Europe PMC29 |
| 2022 | Villalba-Mouco, V., Oliart, C., Rihuete-Herrada, C., Rohrlach, A. B., Fregeiro, M. I., Childebayeva, A., . . . Haak, W. (2022). Kinship practices in the early state El Argar society from Bronze Age Iberia.. Scientific reports, 12(1), 15 pages. Scopus36 WoS34 Europe PMC16 |
| 2021 | Rohrlach, A. B., Papac, L., Childebayeva, A., Rivollat, M., Villalba-Mouco, V., Neumann, G. U., . . . Haak, W. (2021). Using Y-chromosome capture enrichment to resolve haplogroup H2 shows new evidence for a two-Path Neolithic expansion to Western Europe. Scientific Reports, 11, 1-11. |
| 2021 | Borry, M., Hübner, A., Rohrlach, A. B., & Warinner, C. (2021). PyDamage: automated ancient damage identification and estimation for contigs in ancient DNA de novo assembly. PeerJ, 9, 22 pages. |
| 2021 | Purnomo, G. A., Mitchell, K. J., O'Connor, S., Kealy, S., Taufik, L., Schiller, S., . . . Tobler, R. (2021). Mitogenomes reveal two major influxes of Papuan ancestry across Wallacea following the last glacial maximum and Austronesian contact. Genes, 12(7), 1-21. Scopus26 WoS24 Europe PMC16 |
| 2021 | Rohrlach, A. B., Papac, L., Childebayeva, A., Rivollat, M., Villalba-Mouco, V., Neumann, G. U., . . . Haak, W. (2021). Using Y-chromosome capture enrichment to resolve haplogroup H2 shows new evidence for a two-path Neolithic expansion to Western Europe. Scientific Reports, 11(1), 15005-1-15005-11. Scopus34 WoS32 Europe PMC30 |
| 2021 | Borry, M., Hübner, A., Rohrlach, A. B., & Warinner, C. (2021). PyDamage: Automated ancient damage identification and estimation for contigs in ancient DNA de novo assembly. PeerJ, 9, 22 pages. Scopus29 WoS30 Europe PMC28 |
| 2021 | Moilanen, U., Kirkinen, T., Saari, N. J., Rohrlach, A. B., Krause, J., Onkamo, P., & Salmela, E. (2021). A Woman with a Sword?-Weapon Grave at Suontaka Vesitorninmäki, Finland. European Journal of Archaeology, 25(1), 42-60. Scopus29 WoS24 |
| 2021 | Papac, L., Ernée, M., Dobeš, M., Langová, M., Rohrlach, A. B., Aron, F., . . . Haak, W. (2021). Dynamic changes in genomic and social structures in third millennium BCE central Europe.. Sci Adv, 7(35), 1-17. Scopus87 WoS72 Europe PMC60 |
| 2021 | Kocher, A., Papac, L., Barquera, R., Key, F. M., Spyrou, M. A., Hübler, R., . . . Kühnert, D. (2021). Ten millennia of hepatitis B virus evolution. Science, 374(6564), 182-188. Scopus82 WoS74 Europe PMC69 |
| 2021 | Villalba-Mouco, V., Oliart, C., Rihuete-Herrada, C., Childebayeva, A., Rohrlach, A. B., Fregeiro, M. I., . . . Haak, W. (2021). Genomic transformation and social organization during the Copper Age-Bronze Age transition in southern Iberia.. Sci Adv, 7(47), eabi7038. Scopus56 WoS50 Europe PMC31 |
| 2020 | Furtwängler, A., Rohrlach, A. B., Lamnidis, T. C., Papac, L., Neumann, G. U., Siebke, I., . . . Krause, J. (2020). Ancient genomes reveal social and genetic structure of Late Neolithic Switzerland.. Nature communications, 11(1), 1915. Scopus67 WoS73 Europe PMC50 |
| 2020 | Skourtanioti, E., Erdal, Y. S., Frangipane, M., Balossi Restelli, F., Yener, K. A., Pinnock, F., . . . Krause, J. (2020). Genomic History of Neolithic to Bronze Age Anatolia, Northern Levant, and Southern Caucasus.. Cell, 181(5), 1158-1175. Scopus108 WoS106 Europe PMC97 |
| 2020 | Rivollat, M., Jeong, C., Schiffels, S., Küçükkalıpçı, İ., Pemonge, M. -H., Rohrlach, A. B., . . . Haak, W. (2020). Ancient genome-wide DNA from France highlights the complexity of interactions between Mesolithic hunter-gatherers and Neolithic farmers. Science Advances, 6(22), eaaz5344-1-eaaz5344-16. Scopus121 WoS108 Europe PMC86 |
| 2020 | Souilmi, Y., Tobler, R., Johar, A., Williams, M., Grey, S., Schmidt, J., . . . Cooper, A. (2020). Ancient human genomes reveal a hidden history of strong selection in Eurasia. Europe PMC1 |
| 2020 | Rivollat, M., Jeong, C., Schiffels, S., Küçükkalıpçı, İ., Pemonge, M. -H., Rohrlach, A. B., . . . Haak, W. (2020). Ancient genome-wide DNA from France highlights the complexity of interactions between Mesolithic hunter-gatherers and Neolithic farmers.. Sci Adv, 6(22). |
| 2020 | Furtwängler, A., Rohrlach, A., Lamnidis, T. C., Papac, L., Neumann, G. U., Siebke, I., . . . Krause, J. (2020). Author Correction: Ancient genomes reveal social and genetic structure of Late Neolithic Switzerland.. Nat Commun, 11(1), 4759. Scopus1 WoS1 Europe PMC1 |
| 2020 | Parker, C., Rohrlach, A., Friederich, S., Nagel, S., Meyer, M., Krause, J., . . . Haak, W. (2020). A systematic investigation of human DNA preservation in medieval skeletons.. Sci Rep, 10(1), 18225. Scopus67 WoS58 Europe PMC46 |
| 2018 | Rohrlach, A. B., Bean, N., Glonek, G., Holland, B., Tobler, R., Tuke, J., & Cooper, A. (2018). Unsupervized Quantification of Demographic Structure for Single-copy Alignments. |
| 2017 | Tobler, R., Rohrlach, A., Soubrier, J., Bover Arbos, P., Llamas, B., Tuke, J., . . . Cooper, A. (2017). Aboriginal mitogenomes reveal 50,000 years of regionalism in Australia. Nature, 544(7649), 180-184. Scopus169 WoS154 Europe PMC67 |
| 2016 | Llamas, B., Fehren-Schmitz, L., Valverde, G., Soubrier, J., Mallick, S., Rohland, N., . . . Haak, W. (2016). Ancient mitochondrial DNA provides high-resolution time scale of the peopling of the Americas. Science Advances, 2(4), e1501385-1-e1501385-10. Scopus263 WoS240 Europe PMC148 |
| 2016 | Soubrier, J., Gower, G., Chen, K., Richards, S., Llamas, B., Mitchell, K., . . . Cooper, A. (2016). Early cave art and ancient DNA record the origin of European bison. Nature Communications, 7(1), 13158-1-13158-7. Scopus88 WoS86 Europe PMC44 |
| 2015 | Higgins, D., Rohrlach, A., Kaidonis, J., Townsend, G., & Austin, J. (2015). Differential nuclear and mitochondrial DNA preservation in post-mortem teeth with implications for forensic and ancient DNA studies. PLoS One, 10(5), e0126935-1-e0126935-17. Scopus75 WoS60 Europe PMC45 |
| Year | Citation |
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| 2024 | Bove, L. C., Villalbamouco, V., Kirkpatrick, C. L., Rohrlach, A. B., Lamnidis, T., Guirado, A. V. -E., . . . Bos, K. (2024). An archaeogenetic and paleopathological evaluation of an early medieval Iberian community at La Olmeda (Spain, 6th-11th c. CE). In AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY Vol. 183 (pp. 34). WILEY. |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Rohrlach, A., Gnecchi-Ruscone, G. A., Hofmanová, Z., Roughan, M., Haak, W., & Tuke, J. (2025). Detecting and Quantifying Networks of Biological Kinship via Exponential Family Random Graph Models. DOI |
| Date | Role | Research Topic | Program | Degree Type | Student Load | Student Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Co-Supervisor | A Study of Ancient Pandemics in Human History Based on Virus Interacting Protein Genes | Master of Philosophy | Master | Full Time | Ms Huize Gao |
| 2025 | Co-Supervisor | A Study of Ancient Pandemics in Human History Based on Virus Interacting Protein Genes | Master of Philosophy | Master | Full Time | Ms Huize Gao |
| Date | Role | Research Topic | Program | Degree Type | Student Load | Student Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 - 2021 | Co-Supervisor | Exploring the Matrilineal Genomic History of Aboriginal Australians through Mitochondrial DNA | Master of Philosophy | Master | Full Time | Miss Sophie Anne Schiller |
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