According to Prof. Dr. Rimantas Jankauskas, the project leader from the Faculty of Medicine at Vilnius University, the resulting database is anticipated to hold significant value extending beyond Lithuania’s borders.
Jankauskas noted that such a comprehensive database is rare even within international scientific practices, suggesting the collected data will serve as a valuable resource for both Lithuanian and foreign researchers in the future. The research undertaking represents a substantial interdisciplinary collaboration involving several key academic bodies in Vilnius. The core team was drawn from the Human Bioarcheology and Paleogenetics Center at the Faculty of Medicine at Vilnius University, comprising Doc.
Dr. Žydrūnė Miliauskienė, Dr. Justina Kozakaitė, and PhD Rūta Brindzaitė.
The project also integrated expertise from the Faculty of History at Vilnius University, represented by Prof. Dr. Giedrė Motuzaitė-Matuzevičiūtė Keen, alongside contributions from Dr.
Irma Kaplūnaitė and Dr. Rytis Jonaitis of the Institute of History of Lithuania. Furthermore, the statistical analysis for the complex dataset was managed by Prof.
Dr. Audronė Jakaitienė and Magistra Tėma Agnieška, both affiliated with the Faculty of Medicine at Vilnius University. This comprehensive involvement across multiple departments underscores the academic depth of the project.
The collaboration between the various faculties and institutes solidifies the research’s importance to the academic landscape of Vilnius, positioning the resulting findings as a major contribution to bioarchaeology and paleogenetics studies.
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