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Dr LINUS GIRDLAND FLINK

Dr LINUS GIRDLAND FLINK
Dr LINUS GIRDLAND FLINK
Dr LINUS GIRDLAND FLINK

MA (Gotland), PhD (Durham), PgCert (LJMU)

Lecturer

Accepting PhDs

51cg
Email Address
linus.girdlandflink@abdn.ac.uk
Telephone Number
+44 (0)1224 273693
Office Address

Room 201, Department of Archaeology, School of Geosciences
51cg
St. Mary's, Elphinstone Road
AB24 3UF

School/Department
School of Geosciences



Biography

Degrees

MA Osteology (Gotland University, Sweden) 2008 

PhD Archaeogenetics (Durham University, UK) 2014

PGCert Learning and Teaching in Higher Education 2018 (Liverpool John Moores University)

Postdoc positions: 

Natural History Museum (London, UK) 2012-2013

51cg 2013-2016 

Stockholm University 2015

Academic appointments

Lecturer & Senior Lecturer in Human Evolutionary Genetics (Liverpool John Moores University) 2016-2020

Lecturer in Biomolecular Archaeology (51cg) 2020-present

 

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Memberships and Affiliations

Internal Memberships

Programme Director:

MSc Bioarchaeological Science

MSc Biomolecular Archaeology

Director of studies:

BSc/MA Archaeology

 

Member of Geosciences Education Committee

Member of the Labs for the Future (LFTF) working group

School of Geosciences Inclusion Coordinator

PRS (Professional Recognition Scheme) Mentor (FHEA)

External Memberships

Fellow of Higher Education (FHEA)

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Research

Research Overview

I specialise in ancient DNA analysis and am particularly interested in animal domestication and past human demography. I also have a keen interest in wet-lab ancient DNA methods.

Research Areas

Accepting PhDs

I am currently accepting PhDs in Archaeology, Biological and Environmental Sciences.

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Archaeology

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  • Accepting PhDs
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Biological and Environmental Sciences

  • Supervising
  • Accepting PhDs
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Research Specialisms

  • Genetics
  • Archaeological Sciences
  • Archaeology

Our research specialisms are based on the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) which is , published under the licence.

Current Research

Genome analysis of Early Medieval Picts of Scotland (via primary supervision of PhD student Adeline Morez at Liverpool John Moores University)

Assessing past biodiversity in Scotland and Ireland via environmental ancient DNA (NERC-funded PhD project at the 51cg) 

Past mobility and migration in prehistoric Scotland (51cg-funded PhD project in collaboration with Marischal Museum, Aberdeen, and the Crick Institute, London)

Collaborations

Supervision

My current supervision areas are: Archaeology, Biological and Environmental Sciences.

In addition to lead supervision at Aberdeen, I am lead supervisor for Miss Adeline Morez (Liverpool John Moores University)

Teaching

Programmes

Courses

Teaching Responsibilities

I teach a range of topics and on different courses, mainly linked to ancient biomolecules (and ancient DNA) and animal domestication. My teaching is a mix of lectures and tutorials (practicals, seminars, and workshops). 

Non-course Teaching Responsibilities

Personal tutor

Publications

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  • Reply to dee and kuitems: Our model is an expression of the uncertainties inherent in the radiocarbon data

    Ledger, P. M., Girdland-Flink, L., Forbes, V.
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 116, no. 46, 22908
    Contributions to Journals: Letters
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  • Ancient pigs reveal a near-complete genomic turnover following their introduction to Europe

    Frantz, L. A., Haile, J., Lin, A. T., Scheu, A., Geörg, C., Benecke, N., Alexander, M., Linderholm, A., Mullin, V. E., Daly, K. G., Battista, V. M., Price, M., Gron, K. J., Alexandri, P., Arbogast, R. M., Arbuckle, B., Bǎlǎşescu, A., Barnett, R., Bartosiewicz, L., Baryshnikov, G., Bonsall, C., Borić, D., Boroneanţ, A., Bulatović, J., Çakirlar, C., Carretero, J. M., Chapman, J., Church, M., Crooijmans, R., De Cupere, B., Detry, C., Dimitrijevic, V., Dumitraşcu, V., Du Plessis, L., Edwards, C. J., Erek, C. M., Erim-Özdoǧan, A., Ervynck, A., Fulgione, D., Gligor, M., Götherström, A., Gourichon, L., Groenen, M. A., Helmer, D., Hongo, H., Horwitz, L. K., Irving-Pease, E. K., Lebrasseur, O., Lesur, J., Malone, C., Manaseryan, N., Marciniak, A., Martlew, H., Mashkour, M., Matthews, R., Matuzeviciute, G. M., Maziar, S., Meijaard, E., McGovern, T., Megens, H. J., Miller, R., Mohaseb, A. F., Orschiedt, J., Orton, D., Papathanasiou, A., Pearson, M. P., Pinhasi, R., Radmanović, D., Ricaut, F. X., Richards, M., Sabin, R., Sarti, L., Schier, W., Sheikhi, S., Stephan, E., Stewart, J. R., Stoddart, S., Tagliacozzo, A., Tasić, N., Trantalidou, K., Tresset, A., Valdiosera, C., Van Den Hurk, Y., Van Poucke, S., Vigne, J. D., Yanevich, A., Zeeb-Lanz, A., Triantafyllidis, A., Gilbert, M. T. P., Schibler, J., Rowley-Conwy, P., Zeder, M., Peters, J., Cucchi, T., Bradley, D. G., Dobney, K., Burger, J., Evin, A., Girdland-Flink, L., Larson, G.
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 116, no. 35, pp. 17231-17238
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  • New horizons at L'Anse aux Meadows

    Ledger, P. M., Girdland-Flink, L., Forbes, V.
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 116, no. 31, pp. 15341-15343
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  • Megalithic tombs in western and northern Neolithic Europe were linked to a kindred society

    Sanchez-Quinto, F., Malmström, H., Fraser, M., Girdland Flink, E., Svensson, E. M., Simoes, L., George, R., Hollfelder, N., Burenhult, G., Noble, G., Britton, K., Talamo, S., Curtis, N., Brzobohata, H., Sumberova, R., Götherström, A., Storå, J., Jakobsson, M.
    PNAS, vol. 116, no. 19, pp. 9469-9474
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  • Elucidating recent history by tracing genetic affinity of three 16th century miners from Sweden

    Krzewińska, M., Kjellström, A., Bäckström, Y., Ingvarsson, A., Kashuba, N., Rodríguez Varela, R., Girdland-Flink, L., Götherström, A.
    Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, vol. 19, pp. 651-657
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  • Genetic insight into an extinct population of asian elephants (Elephas maximus) in the near east

    Girdland-Flink, L., Albayrak, E., Lister, A. M.
    Open Quaternary, vol. 4, pp. 1-9
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  • Genomic Analyses of Pre-European Conquest Human Remains from the Canary Islands Reveal Close Affinity to Modern North Africans

    Rodríguez-Varela, R., Günther, T., Krzewińska, M., Storå, J., Gillingwater, T. H., MacCallum, M., Arsuaga, J. L., Dobney, K., Valdiosera, C., Jakobsson, M., Götherström, A., Girdland-Flink, L.
    Current Biology, vol. 27, no. 21, pp. 3396-3402
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  • New genetic and morphological evidence suggests a single hoaxer created 'Piltdown Man'

    De Groote, I., Flink, L. G., Abbas, R., Bello, S. M., Burgio, L., Buck, L. T., Dean, C., Freyne, A., Higham, T., Jones, C. G., Kruszynski, R., Lister, A., Parfitt, S. A., Skinner, M. M., Shindler, K., Stringer, C. B.
    Royal Society Open Science, vol. 3, no. 10, 160328
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  • Unravelling the complexity of domestication: a case study using morphometrics and ancient DNA analyses of archaeological pigs from Romania

    Evin, A., Girdland Flink, L., Bălăşescu, A., Popovici, D., Andreescu, R., Bailey, D., Mirea, P., Lazăr, C., Boroneanţ, A., Bonsall, C., Vidarsdottir, U. S., Brehard, S., Tresset, A., Cucchi, T., Larson, G., Dobney, K.
    Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, vol. 370, no. 1660, 20130616
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  • Reply to Beavan, Bryant, and Storey and Matisoo-Smith: Ancestral Polynesian “D” haplotypes reflect authentic Pacific chicken lineages

    Thomson, V. A., Lebrasseur, O., Austin, J. J., Hunt, T. L., Burney, D. A., Denham, T., Rawlence, N., Wood, J. R., Gongora, J., Girdland Flink, L., Linderholm, A., Dobney, K., Larson, G., Cooper, A.
    PNAS, vol. 111, no. 35, pp. E3585-E3586
    Contributions to Journals: Letters
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