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  • Talks of the Past (ToP) Open Seminar, 5th Mar, 2025: Prehistoric plant DNA and the agricultural history of the Canary Islands, speaker Jenny Hagenblad

    Blåsenhus, UU, lärosal 13:028 (plan 1)

    Abstract The intimate relationship between humans and crop plants means that traces of human cultural practices become embedded in the crop genome. Aspects of past cultures not documented in written records can consequently be studied with genetic analyses of archaeological crop remains. Such analyses, however, come with their own particular set of challenges, not the […]

  • Talks of the Past (ToP) Open Seminar, 2nd Apr 2025: Uralic spread, Seima-Turbino and flower pots, speaker Outi Vesakoski

    Blåsenhus, UU, lärosal 13:028 (plan 1)

    Abstract The seminal paper by Grünthal et al. (2022) advances a new scenario of Proto-Uralic disintegration and spread. They suggest a rapid spread of Uralic languages through Common Uralic, a dialect continuum whose breakup formed the Finno-Ugric language families. They suggest that the vector for Uralic spread was the Seima-Turbino trading network (ST), within which […]

  • Biomolecular Humanities Practical Workshop & JC Discussion

    Villa Lugnet von Kraemers allé 8, Uppsala, Sweden, Sweden

    The workshop, led by Jerome de Groot, Ester Oras, Jess Thompson, Christopher Vardy, and Matthew Williams, follows up on the discussions from last year. This interactive workshop will begin to explore collaboration and possible Biomolecular Humanities approaches. Through a consideration of approach and disciplinary practice, we will begin to establish ways that we might work […]

  • Human Past Journal Club

    Villa Lugnet von Kraemers allé 8, Uppsala, Sweden, Sweden

    Cesar A. Fortes-Lima, Mame Y. Diallo, Václav Janoušek, Viktor Černý, Carina M. Schlebusch. (2025). Population history and admixture of the Fulani people from the Sahel, The American Journal of Human Genetics, Volume 112, Issue 2, 2025, Pages 261-275. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajhg.2024.12.015 Simões, L.G., Günther, T., Martínez-Sánchez, R.M. et al. (2023). Northwest African Neolithic initiated by migrants from Iberia and […]

  • Talks of the Past (ToP) Open Seminar, 7th May, 2025: Discussing mobility and cultural change in the context of Aegean Neolithization, speaker Mehmet Somel

    Blåsenhus, UU, lärosal 13:028 (plan 1)

    Abstract Mehmet Somel will present some recent results on the first steps of the Neolithic expansion westward, “out-of-Anatolia”. For this study, his group generated 30 new paleogenomes from six settlements in West and Central Anatolia dating to c.10,000-8,000 years ago. The researchers further compiled a digitalized material culture dataset comprising 58 cultural elements, from architecture […]

  • Mini-Seminar: Graves & Grammar. Interdisciplinary approaches to changes in material culture, burial practice and language in Upper Dalarna 500-750 CE, with Joakim Wehlin and Yair Sapir

    Villa Lugnet von Kraemers allé 8, Uppsala, Sweden, Sweden

    Speakers: Yair Sapir, PhD of Scandinavian Languages, Senior Lecturer of Swedish, Kristianstad University Joakim Wehlin, Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor, Archaeology, Uppsala University Summary Recent archaeological studies demonstrate changes in the material culture and burial practice in Upper Dalarna around 500-750 CE. The material culture and burial practice go from a previously locally distinctive tradition with influences […]

  • UppTalk with Mattias Jakobsson

    Mattias Jakobsson is the guest at the next episode of the Uppsala University podcast series, UppTalk. Link to listen (Zoom): Vad kan forntida DNA avslöja om människans evolution? Mark your calendar! For more information, go to UppTalk: Mattias Jakobsson on the Uppsala University website

  • Meet & Greet by CHP

    Villa Lugnet von Kraemers allé 8, Uppsala, Sweden, Sweden

    Informal CHP event with FlashTalks to allow the participants to get to know each other better and learn about their research projects.

  • Human Past Journal CLub

    Villa Lugnet von Kraemers allé 8, Uppsala, Sweden, Sweden

    Discussion paper: Zeng, T. C., Vyazov, L. A., Kim, A., Flegontov, P., Sirak, K., Maier, R., … & Reich, D. (2025). Ancient DNA reveals the prehistory of the Uralic and Yeniseian peoples. Nature, 1-11. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09189-3

  • Talks of the Past (ToP) Open Seminar: Human skeletal remains of Ilin Island, Mindoro Occidental, Philippines, speaker Tanya Uldin

    Blåsenhus, UU, lärosal 13:028 (plan 1)

    Abstract Ilin Island, located off the southern coast of Mindoro, possesses favourable geological features, such as numerous caves and rock shelters, that enhance the preservation of archaeological materials. Recent surveys and excavations have revealed a complex settlement history, highlighting the adaptive strategies of human populations in response to climatic and environmental fluctuations. Evidence includes a […]