Dr LINUS GIRDLAND FLINK | The University of Aberdeen

Dr LINUS GIRDLAND FLINK

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

Lecturer

Accepting PhDs

About

Email Address: linus.girdlandflink@abdn.ac.uk
Telephone Number: +44 (0)1224 273693
Office Address: Room 201, Department of Archaeology, School of Geosciences
University of Aberdeen
St. Mary's, Elphinstone Road
AB24 3UF
School/Department: School of Geosciences

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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

University of Aberdeen 2013-2016

Stockholm University 2015

Academic appointments

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

Lecturer in Biomolecular Archaeology (University of Aberdeen) 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 Marketing Committee (UoA)
External Memberships: 2020 - present: Visiting Research Fellow, Liverpool John Moores University, UK.

Associate Editor - Journal of Environmental Archaeology

Fellow of Higher Education (FHEA)

Former: Collection Advisor F1000 - Ancient DNA Collection

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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Biological and Environmental Sciences

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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 HESA open data, published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International 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 QUADRAT PhD project at the University of Aberdeen)

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

Collaborations

Joel Irish (LJMU)

Anders Gotherstrom (Stockholm University)

Pontus Skoglund (CRICK Institute)

Veronique Forbes (MUN)

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

MSc Biomolecular Archaeology
Postgraduate, 3 semester, September start
I am programme coordinator
MSc Bioarchaeological Science
Postgraduate, 3 semester, September start
I am programme coordinator

Courses

Bioarchaeology: Biological Approaches In Archaeology AY4014
Course coordinator
Advanced Archaeological Approaches AY5504
Course coordinator
Ancient Biomolecules AY5011
Course coordinator
Palaeogenetics AY5507
Course coordinator
Dissertation in Archaeological Science AY5906
Course coordinator

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
2019 - Published
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
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1914993116
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Ancient pigs reveal a near-complete genomic turnover following their introduction to Europe
2019 - Published
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
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] https://www.pnas.org/lookup/suppl/doi:10.1073/pnas.1901169116/-/DCSupplemental
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1901169116
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/13523/1/Frantz_etal_PNAS_VOR.pdf
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
New horizons at L'Anse aux Meadows
2019 - Published
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
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1907986116
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/13524/1/Ledger_etal_PNAS_VOR.pdf
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Megalithic tombs in western and northern Neolithic Europe were linked to a kindred society
2019 - Published
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
Contributions to Journals: Articles
Elucidating recent history by tracing genetic affinity of three 16th century miners from Sweden
2018 - Published
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
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2018.03.035
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Genetic insight into an extinct population of asian elephants (Elephas maximus) in the near east
2018 - Published
Girdland-Flink, L., Albayrak, E., Lister, A. M.
Open Quaternary, vol. 4, pp. 1-9
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/oq.36
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/13525/1/Flink_etal_OQ_Genetic_insight_VOR.pdf
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Genomic Analyses of Pre-European Conquest Human Remains from the Canary Islands Reveal Close Affinity to Modern North Africans
2017 - Published
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
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2017.09.059
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/13526/1/Varela_etal_Genomic_Analyses_VOR.pdf
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
New genetic and morphological evidence suggests a single hoaxer created 'Piltdown Man'
2016 - Published
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
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.160679
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/14079/2/Groote_et_al_RSOS_NewGeneticAndMorphological_VoR.pdf
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/14079/1/Groote_et_al_Correction_to_NewGeneticAndMorphological_VoR.pdf
Unravelling the complexity of domestication: a case study using morphometrics and ancient DNA analyses of archaeological pigs from Romania
2015 - Published
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
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2013.0616
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/4228/1/20130616.full.pdf
Reply to Beavan, Bryant, and Storey and Matisoo-Smith: Ancestral Polynesian “D” haplotypes reflect authentic Pacific chicken lineages
2014 - Published
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
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1411566111

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

Ancient pigs reveal a near-complete genomic turnover following their introduction to Europe

New horizons at L'Anse aux Meadows

Megalithic tombs in western and northern Neolithic Europe were linked to a kindred society

Elucidating recent history by tracing genetic affinity of three 16th century miners from Sweden

Genetic insight into an extinct population of asian elephants (Elephas maximus) in the near east

Genomic Analyses of Pre-European Conquest Human Remains from the Canary Islands Reveal Close Affinity to Modern North Africans

New genetic and morphological evidence suggests a single hoaxer created 'Piltdown Man'

Unravelling the complexity of domestication: a case study using morphometrics and ancient DNA analyses of archaeological pigs from Romania

Reply to Beavan, Bryant, and Storey and Matisoo-Smith: Ancestral Polynesian “D” haplotypes reflect authentic Pacific chicken lineages

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