And as a paleogeneticist, she thought ancient DNA could help.

作为一名古遗传学家，她认为古 DNA 可以提供帮助。

" We are finally understanding the dynamics of European hunter-gatherers, " said Vanessa Villalba-Mouco, a paleogeneticist at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, and an author of both studies.

“我们终于了解了欧洲狩猎采集者的动态，”德国莱比锡马克斯·普朗克进化人类学研究所的古遗传学家、两项研究的作者凡妮莎·维拉尔巴·穆科（Vanessa Villalba-Mouco）说道。

" It feels almost magical to be able to infer such a complete picture of an ancient ecosystem from tiny fragments of preserved DNA, " said Beth Shapiro, a paleogeneticist at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

“从保存下来的DNA微小片段中推断出一个古老生态系统的完整图景，这让人感觉很神奇。”加州大学圣克鲁斯分校的古遗传学家贝丝·夏皮罗说。