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6 days ago

New #preprint with Carina Schlebusch
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as one of the co-authors: #Ancient #Pathogen #Genomics in #Africa–Current Evidence and Future Directions. #humanpast #genetics #paleogenomics #aDNA www.preprints.org/manuscript/2...

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6 days ago

Beyond bones: how biomolecular archaeology is challenging the definition of ancient human remains and its ethical implications Technological advancements in the twenty-first century have profoundly transformed archaeological research. Biomolecular archaeology has emerged as a pivotal field, generating vast quantities of mo...

#Reading alert: Beyond bones: how #biomolecular #archaeology is challenging the definition of #ancient #human remains and its #ethical implications, by Rita Peyroteo Stjerna and Mari Tõrv doi.org/10.1080/0043...
#humanpast #publications #humanremains

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1 week ago

Call for the Human Past SCAS Fellowships 2027-28 is open – Center for the Human Past

#Call for #Applications: #HumanPast #SCAS #Fellowships 2027-28 for both #early-career and senior #interdisciplinary researchers. Deadline: 1 June 2026. More information on our web: shorturl.at/VAAfl #humanpast #opportunity #genetics #archaeology #linguistics #prehistory @haam-community.bsky.social

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1 week ago

Redirecting

#Reading tips: Wind(ow) of change: The end of the Middle #StoneAge and the beginning of the Later Stone Age at #Umhlatuzana rockshelter, showcasing concurrent technological and techno-economic shifts www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #humanpast #interdisciplinary #Umhlatuzana #sciencedirect

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2 weeks ago

Interbreeding between Neanderthals and modern humans was strongly sex biased Sex biases in admixture and other demographic processes are recurrent features throughout human evolution. For admixture between Neanderthals and anatomically modern humans (AMHs), sex bias has been p...

New reading: #Interbreeding between #Neanderthals and modern #humans was strongly sex biased | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #humanpast

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2 weeks ago

Multiple southward migrations of Neolithic Chinese farmers into Southeast Asia revealed from large-scale Y-chromosome sequences Large-scale East Asian Y-chromosomes reveal multiple waves of Neolithic farmer contributions to Southeast Asian patrilineages.

More reading tips from #ScienceAdvances: Multiple southward #migrations of #Neolithic #Chinese #farmers into #SoutheastAsia revealed from large-scale #Y-chromosome sequences www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #genetics #humanpast

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2 weeks ago

New #publication by @humanevouu.bsky.social group, co-authored by Magdalena Fraser, Torsten Günther, Helena Malmström, Mattias Jakobsson and other #CHP associates: #Genetic #relatedness mattered in the #co-burial ritual of #Neolithic #hunter–gatherers #humanpast #archaeology shorturl.at/o98Bq

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3 weeks ago

Lasting Lower Rhine–Meuse forager ancestry shaped Bell Beaker expansion - Nature A distinctive population with high hunter-gatherer ancestry persisted 3,000 years later than in most European regions, contributing to later Lower Rhine–Meuse Bell Beaker users.

Reading tips: www.nature.com/articles/s41... #Nature #aDNA #farmers #huntergatherers #genomics #ancestry #humanpast #Europe #bellbeaker #humanevolution

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1 month ago

New #preprint: #Ancient #tree-topologies and #gene-flow processes among #human lineages in #Africa #humanpast #genetics www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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1 month ago

Inference and applications of ancestral recombination graphs - Nature Reviews Genetics Ancestral recombination graphs (ARGs) are revolutionizing population genetics by elucidating genetic processes such as demography, migration and selection. This Review introduces ARG structure, compar...

Another #reading tip: Inference and applications of #ancestral #recombination graphs www.nature.com/articles/s41... #nature #humanpast #methods #genetics

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1 month ago

A geographic history of human genetic ancestry Describing the distribution of genetic variation across individuals is a fundamental goal of population genetics. We present a method that capitalizes on the rich genealogical information encoded in g...

Maybe it's not a bad idea to brush up on: A #geographic #history of #human #genetic #ancestry www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #science #population #humanpast

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1 month ago

The population history of Central Europe in the Early Bronze Age (2200/2100–1600/1500 BC) - a craniometric approach - Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences During the Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age, migrations and the advent of working bronze alloy materials triggered profound cultural, social, and economic shifts across Central Europe. As a result ...

#Reading tips: The #population history of Central #Europe in the Early #BronzeAge (2200/2100–1600/1500 BC) - a craniometric approach. doi.org/10.1007/s125... Our former fellow, Hugo Reyes-Centeno, is the co-author. #archaeology #anthropology #humanpast #publication

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1 month ago

#Reading tips: Tracing the #Neanderthal–Modern #Human hybrid zone using #paleogenomic #data #humanpast
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1 month ago

PANAF2026

Check this out! #Panaf2026 #conference Discovering #African #Archaeology and #Heritage Without Borders, 26-31 July 2026, Maputo, #Mozambique. Abstract submission until 30 March 2026. Share! panaf2026moz.com #humanpast #linguistics #genetics #panafrican #interdisciplinary @haam-community.bsky.social

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3 months ago

Ten-thousand-year-old genomes from southern Africa change picture of human evolution – Uppsala University

Here it is! The #news of the week comes from two of our PIs, Mattias Jakobsson & the #humanevolution program, #UppsalaUniversity. Congratulations! www.uu.se/en/news/2025... #humanpast #genetics #Africa #AncientSouthernAfricans

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3 months ago

Ancient southern Africans took genetic evolution in a new direction An ancient, shared set of human-specific genes underwent changes in a geographically isolated population after around 300,000 years ago, scientists say.

Here it is! The news of the week! Also, the story has already been sniffed out by journalists: www.sciencenews.org/article/anci...
#humanpast #genetics #HumanEvolution #ancientsouthernafricans #Africa @humanevouu.bsky.social @haam-community.bsky.social

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3 months ago

A Framework for Archaeological Involvement with Human Genetic Data for European Prehistory A concern with ethics and commitments to ethical conduct and standards has increasingly been raised within archaeology, recently also concerning aDNA data. We suggest that codes, whether for working w...

Something #ethics #aDNA to ponder after reading: A Framework for #Archaeological Involvement with #HumanGenetic Data for European #Prehistory www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi... #humanpast

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3 months ago

The #JakobssonLab team, led by Mattias Jakobsson, with @cschlebu.bsky.social and others, has spent more than a decade working on the #AncientSouthernAfricans project. Now, a major #publication is about to be published. Watch this space: jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se #aDNA #humanpast #genetics #Africa #San

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4 months ago

Early Oldowan technology thrived during Pliocene environmental change in the Turkana Basin, Kenya - Nature Communications Here, the authors present archaeology of the Namorotukunan site in Kenya’s Turkana Basin that demonstrates adaptive shifts in hominin tool-making behaviour spanning 300,000 years and increasing enviro...

More reading tips: Early #Oldowan technology thrived during #Pliocene #environmental change in the #Turkana Basin, #Kenya www.nature.com/articles/s41... #humanpast #interdisciplinary #archaeology #Africa

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4 months ago

Postdoctoral position in Palaeo-population genomics at the Center for the Human Past - Uppsala University Postdoctoral position in Palaeo-population genomics at the Center for the Human Past, Department of Organismal Biology, Uppsala University

#Vacancies: we are looking for not just one but three #postdoctoral researchers interested in bridging #genetics, #archaeology and #linguistics in exploring the #humanpast. shorturl.at/B3Qdd @haam-community.bsky.social @cschlebu.bsky.social

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4 months ago

Over 1,400 Academics Collaborated on ENLIGHT Calls 2025: Results Revealed The results of this year’s ENLIGHT Thematic Network and Incubator Grant Calls are in, and the engagement across our ten universities has increased significantly. With 104 proposals and more than 1,400...

Thanks to support from the #ENLIGHT Incubator #Grant, we are starting to design #interdisciplinary #education with our colleagues from three other #European universities: #TartuUniversity, #GhentUniversity and #TurkuUniversity. shorturl.at/wtKNU
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4 months ago

A new late Neanderthal from Crimea reveals long-distance connections across Eurasia | PNAS The Crimean Peninsula contains several important Middle and Upper Paleolithic sites, including Starosele, Kabazi II, and Siuren I. The region has b...

Reading tips: A new late #Neanderthal from #Crimea reveals long-distance connections across #Eurasia | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1... #humanpast #genetics #prehistory #aDNA

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4 months ago

Reconstructing the human past: using ancient and modern genomics

#conference alert: #EMBL2026 Reconstructing the #humanpast: using ancient and modern #genomics www.embl.org/about/info/c... #EESHuman #interdisciplinary #genetics #archaeology #linguistics #humanprehistory #aDNA #meetings

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4 months ago

Climate change in Europe between 90 and 50 kyr BP and Neanderthal territorial habitability After having lived as the dominant human species in Europe for over 200 kyr, Homo neanderthalensis (the Neanderthals) disappeared around 40 kyr BP (Before Present) Higham T (2014). Competition with Ho...

Is climate change partly to blame for the speedier disappearance of Neanderthals? Read more: #Climate change in #Europe between 90 and 50 kyr BP and #Neanderthal territorial #habitability; doi.org/10.1371/jour... #humanpast #palaeoenvironment #genetics

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4 months ago

A biomolecular perspective on mobile pastoralism and its role in wider socioeconomic connections in the Chalcolithic South Caucasus Paleobiology; Anthropology; Archeology

More reading tips: A #biomolecular perspective on mobile #pastoralism and its role in wider #socioeconomic connections in the #Chalcolithic South #Caucasus: iScience www.cell.com/iscience/ful... #humanpast #interdisciplinary #anthropology #archaeology #genetics #prehistory

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4 months ago

Sea Nomads, Sultans, and Raiders: History and Ethnogenesis in the Sulu Archipelago, Philippines - Journal of Maritime Archaeology The Sulu Archipelago, nestled between Mindanao and Borneo, has been a melting pot of people and cultures for thousands of years. Major sociopolitical changes marked its history, attracting groups of p...

Reading tips: link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philippines #Sulu #culture #prehistory #nomads #ethnogenesis #southeastasia #humanpast #interdisciplinary

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4 months ago

Search Results Search results for Wiley.com

2nd, revised edition of An Introduction to #Molecular #Anthropology available soon. Changes include considerably more coverage of #aDNA, expanded discussion of #methods, and more. www.wiley.com/en-us/An+Int... @haam-community.bsky.social #genetics #humanpast #interdisciplinary #archaeology