The Center for the Human Past (2024) bridges genetics, archaeology, and linguistics to unravel the mysteries of human history in the last 10,000 years.
https://centerforthehumanpast.se/ #chp #humanpast #genetics #archaeology #linguistics #interdisciplinary
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@pnas.org A new interesting #paper to read: An inverse correlation between structural #linguistic and #human #genetic diversity: doi.org/10.1073/pnas... #humanpast #interdisciplinary #data @haam-community.bsky.social @cschlebu.bsky.social
New #article: #Escoural cave and #neolithic #mortuary chronology: #radiocarbon evidence for #funerary diversity in Southern #Portugal in #Archaeological and #Anthropological Sciences #journal, co-authored by Rita Peyroteo Stjerna #humanpast #genetics link.springer.com/article/10.1...
New #publication co-authored by our former #SCAS fellow, Mehmet Somel: The Tie That Binds Us? Challenging the Primacy of #DNA in #Kinship Studies and Re-Centring Community in Defining Human Connections across Time. doi.org/10.1017/S095... @cschlebu.bsky.social #humanpast #archaeology #genetics
#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
We are looking forward to welcoming #KevinDaly for a #HEASTalk taking place online and in-person at the #UBB at @univie.ac.at this Friday.
Registration is on our website 👇🔗
www.heas.at/events/heas-...
#Postdoctoral Research Fellow #position in #palaeoecology and sedimentary ancient DNA - University of #Oslo: shorturl.at/slfw5 #vacancy #aDNA
Fossils from a 1.6-million-year-old site in Kenya accord with older sites, suggesting early humans exhibited a stable pattern of hunting or aggressively scavenging meat, including transporting carcass limbs to processing sites and extracting marrow. In PNAS: https://ow.ly/S35b50YW8Eb
Excited to share our new paper in Communications Biology!
We generated >1000 new complete mitochondrial genomes from understudied regions in sub-Saharan Africa, providing an updated overview of maternal genetic diversity and demographic history across the continent.
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
A study provides an updated, continent-wide portrait of African human mtDNA diversity, sharpening mtDNA-based demographic inferences regarding the Niger-Congo-associated and Bantu-associated demograph...
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🚨7th HAAM-RADIO Webinar next month!
🧬Advances in bioinformatics methods for paleogenomic analysis: Testing the limits of low coverage and imputation!
🗓️Mon, 15 June 2026
Two fantastic speakers and a Q&A specifically designed for ECRs to engage in the topic!
Register here: forms.gle/9KGQXWVBZj2t...
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The Tie That Binds Us? Challenging the Primacy of DNA in Kinship Studies and Re-Centring Community in Defining Human Connections across Time - Volume 36 Issue 2
Job title: Postdoctoral Research Fellow position in palaeoecology and sedimentary ancient DNA (298945), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Tuesday, May 12, 2026
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We are looking forward to welcoming Kevin Daly from University College Dublin to Vienna for a HEAS Talk on Livestock Genomic Health During Domestication: A Palaeogenomic Perspective on the 24th April ...
Escoural Cave, in Portugal’s Alentejo region, provides pivotal chronological evidence for Neolithic mortuary activity in southwestern Iberia. We present new radiocarbon dates on human bone from Escour...
