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SUMMARY:Human Past Journal Club
DESCRIPTION:Discussion paper:\nYakov Pichkar and Nicole Creanza (2026). The Evolution of Language. Editor(s): Jason B. Wolf\, Claudia Augusta De Moraes Russo\, Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Biology (Second Edition)\, Academic Press\, Pages 409-420\, ISBN 9780443157516\,\nhttps://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-443-15750-9.00030-6 \nAbstract\nThe evolution of modern humans has led to the proliferation of traits that are learned from other individuals\, instead of being inherited through genetics. The transmission of ideas and behaviors is facilitated by a uniquely human trait: language\, structured communication systems consisting of words and grammar. The neural and anatomical changes that allow for language have a basis in genetics\, but the specific features of language are transmitted through social learning between individuals. The words and the grammatical structures of languages can evolve over time\, both through change within a population and through contact between populations. In concert with the study of human genetics\, the study of language features and their evolution deepens our understanding of human demographic history and the nature of interactions between groups of people. \nModerator: Carina Schlebusch
URL:https://centerforthehumanpast.se/index.php/event/human-past-journal-club-3/
LOCATION:Villa Lugnet\, von Kraemers allé 8\, Uppsala\, Sweden\, 75236\, Sweden
CATEGORIES:Journal Club
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20260324T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20260324T173000
DTSTAMP:20260424T005643
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SUMMARY:Higher Seminar in Baltic Studies\, Stockholm University\, with Anthony Jakob
DESCRIPTION:The Higher Seminar in Baltic Languages with Signe Rirdance (SU) and Anthony Jakob (SCAS). The seminar is split into two sessions (with a coffee break in between):\n\n\n14:00-15:30 – Signe Rirdance (SU): “Deciphering Getzel’s hand in early Latvian: AI and I” \n16:00-17:30 – Anthony Jakob (SCAS): “Linguistic ghosts and zombies in modern Standard Lithuanian”\nLanguage: English \nNote: Please register your participation via the event registration link. \nFor more information\, contact Frederik Bissinger (frederik.bissinger@balt.su.se)
URL:https://centerforthehumanpast.se/index.php/event/su-seminar-anthony-jakob-20260324/
LOCATION:Zoom\, Sweden
CATEGORIES:Lectures,Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20260318T151500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20260318T163000
DTSTAMP:20260424T005643
CREATED:20260226T112300Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260226T112300Z
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SUMMARY:Mini-Seminar: Models\, data\, and their limits: What can we know about the deep history of language families? with Philipp Rönchen
DESCRIPTION:Abstract\nComputational methods are increasingly used to reconstruct the deep history of language families\, yet different models often produce strikingly different answers. This reflects a general challenge in the historical sciences: we must draw conclusions from fragmentary data shaped by complex processes that cannot be directly observed or experimentally repeated. \nIn this talk\, I summarise the main ideas of my PhD thesis\, which examines how computational methods can be evaluated rather than simply applied. I argue that good statistical fit to the available data is not\, on its own\, evidence of reliable historical inference\, because results depend strongly on modelling assumptions and on how we represent processes of change. I will discuss why more elaborate models do not necessarily yield more trustworthy conclusions\, and how simulation can be used to probe the robustness of our inferences and clarify what computational methods can\, and cannot\, tell us about the past. \n \nPhilipp Rönchen is a PhD candidate in general linguistics at the Department of Linguistics and Philology\, Uppsala University
URL:https://centerforthehumanpast.se/index.php/event/mini-seminar-models-data-and-their-limits-what-can-we-know-about-the-deep-history-of-language-families-with-philipp-ronchen/
LOCATION:Villa Lugnet\, von Kraemers allé 8\, Uppsala\, Sweden\, 75236\, Sweden
CATEGORIES:Mini-Seminars,Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20260304T151500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20260304T163000
DTSTAMP:20260424T005643
CREATED:20260217T094317Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260224T133154Z
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SUMMARY:Talks of the Past Open Seminar: Genetic relatedness in Stone Age Scandinavia\, speaker Helena Malmström
DESCRIPTION:Abstract\nDid genetic relatedness matter in Scandinavian Stone Age societies? And if so\, how? The increase in the number of individuals with available ancient DNA data\, coupled with new tools for assessing relatedness from such data\, now allows us to infer kinship patterns beyond broad-scale population structures. \nThis talk will summarise some of the ongoing research on genetic kinship structures among individuals who lived in present-day Scandinavia between 3\,500 and 2\,300 BCE. Three cultural complexes existed during this period\, and previous research has shown that they were genetically distinct from each other. While two of them had an agricultural base\, one (the Funnel Beaker Culture) practised communal burials in megalithic tombs\, and the other (the Battle Axe Culture) displayed more individualised burials. Distinct from these were a group of late marine hunter-gatherers (the Pitted Ware Culture). \nIn this talk\, Helena Malmström will discuss how genetic relatedness patterns can inform on burial practices\, marital patterns and social structures in these three Stone Age groups. She will also give examples of how specific archaeological contexts and isotope analyses can help in this regard. Helena looks forward to rewarding discussions on this topic. \n \nHelena Malmström is an archaeogeneticist interested in ancient DNA\, archaeology and population genomics\, Human Evolution Program\, Uppsala University (Google Scholar)
URL:https://centerforthehumanpast.se/index.php/event/talks-of-the-past-open-seminar-with-helena-malmstrom/
LOCATION:Blåsenhus\, seminar room 12:010 (ground floor)\, von Kraemers allé 1\, Uppsala\, 752 36\, Sweden
CATEGORIES:Lectures,Seminars,Talks of the Past
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20260304T133000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20260304T144500
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SUMMARY:Mini-Seminar: Using the dog to date Torricelli languages with linguistic paleontology\, with Erik Elgh
DESCRIPTION:Abstract\nThe earliest archaeological dog remains in Melanesia found to date are from Babase Island\, New Ireland\, and are associated with the Early Lapita layers on the site\, thus dating from ca. 3300-3000 BP (Summerhayes et al. 2019\, see Manne et al. 2020 for an overview of dog remains in the area). The formation of the Lapita culture in the Bismarck Archipelago is in turn associated with the influx of Austronesians\, more specifically speakers of Proto-Oceanic (Bellwood 2007:234\, Pawley 2007 echoes this view). Thus\, the introduction of the dog to Melanesia is likely tied to the arrival of the Austronesians to the area. \nIn the rest of the world\, the presence of domesticated dogs is ubiquitous in the time depths we can hope to reach by linguistic reconstruction. By contrast\, in Melanesia and thus New Guinea\, the late date of first appearance makes the dog amenable to inclusion in analyses of linguistic paleontology. Linguistic paleontology involves correlating terms reconstructed for proto languages with definable archaeological phenomena\, thus saying something about the time and place these proto languages were spoken. The foremost example is probable the so called ‘wheel line’\, used to delimit the time of non-Anatolian Indo-European to after the invention of wheeled vehicles (see e.g. Anthony & Ringe 2015). Using the same method\, if a word for ‘dog’ can be reconstructed for a Melanesian proto language\, it shows that this proto-language must have split after ca. 3300 BP when the dog was introduced. \nIn this talk\, I reconstruct a word for ‘dog’ for a large subgroup of Torricelli languages. Furthermore\, I investigate words for ‘dog’ in nine other language families in the Sepik-Ramu basin and surrounding area in order to exclude large scale borrowing waves giving rise to the pattern seen in the relevant Torricelli languages. Disproving such waves\, I show that the most recent common ancestor of a big proportion of Torricelli languages must have split after 3300 BP\, rejecting earlier proposals stating that the current distribution of the family must be ‘several millenia’ or ‘six to five thousand years’ old (Foley 2018:296 and Swadling 1990\, respectively).\nI also discuss issues pertaining to Oceanic words for ‘dog’ in relation to those of languages in the Sepik-Ramu basin. For instance\, the words in some Torricelli and many non-Torricelli languages are similar to those of the Schouten Linkage Oceanic languages\, while at least one Schouten Linkage language\, Arop-Sissano\, seems to have borrowed from Olo\, a local Torricelli language (as noted already by Hudson 1989). Additionally\, I propose a historical scenario accounting for the scatter of forms that bear similarity to Proto-Austronesian *asu1 ‘dog’ (as reconstructed by Blust et al. 2023)\, reflexes of which are deemed to be absent in Proto-Oceanic (see e.g. Lynch 1991 and Pawley 2007). \nErik Elgh is an affiliated researcher in general linguistics at Uppsala University\, and currently participates in the Postgraduate Linguistics Program\, Faculty of Humanities\, Udayana University\, Indonesia
URL:https://centerforthehumanpast.se/index.php/event/mini-seminar-using-the-dog-to-date-torricelli-languages-with-linguistic-paleontology-with-erik-elgh/
LOCATION:Villa Lugnet\, von Kraemers allé 8\, Uppsala\, Sweden\, 75236\, Sweden
CATEGORIES:Mini-Seminars,Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20260211T151500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20260211T163000
DTSTAMP:20260424T005643
CREATED:20251111T092504Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260107T135228Z
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SUMMARY:Human Past Journal Club
DESCRIPTION:Discussion paper:\nGretzinger\, J.\, Biermann\, F.\, Mager\, H. et al. Ancient DNA connects large-scale migration with the spread of Slavs. Nature 646\, 384–393 (2025).\nhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09437-6 \nAbstract\nThe second half of the first millennium CE in Central and Eastern Europe was accompanied by fundamental cultural and political transformations. This period of change is commonly associated with the appearance of the Slavs\, a development supported by textual evidence and coinciding with the emergence of similar archaeological horizons. However\, so far\, there has been no consensus on whether this archaeological horizon spread through migration\, Slavicisation\, or a combination of both. Genetic data remain sparse\, especially due to the widespread practice of cremation during the early phase of Slavic settlement. Here\, we present genome-wide data from 555 ancient individuals\, including 359 samples from Slavic contexts dating back to as early as the seventh century CE. Our data demonstrate large-scale population movement from Eastern Europe during the sixth to eighth centuries\, replacing more than 80% of the local gene pool in Eastern Germany\, Poland\, and Croatia. Yet\, we also show substantial regional heterogeneity as well as a lack of sex-biased admixture\, indicating varying degrees of cultural assimilation of the autochthonous populations. Comparing archaeological and genetic evidence\, we find that the change in ancestry in Eastern Germany coincided with a change in social organisation\, characterised by an intensification of inter- and intra-site genetic relatedness and patrilocality. On the European scale\, it appears plausible that the changes in material culture and language between the sixth and eighth centuries were connected to these large-scale population movements. \n\nModerator: Nikola Vuković (PhD candidate)
URL:https://centerforthehumanpast.se/index.php/event/human-past-journal-club-5/
LOCATION:Villa Lugnet\, von Kraemers allé 8\, Uppsala\, Sweden\, 75236\, Sweden
CATEGORIES:Journal Club
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20260210T101500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20260210T120000
DTSTAMP:20260424T005643
CREATED:20260129T113314Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260205T085249Z
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SUMMARY:SCAS seminar with David Goldstein - A New Approach to the Diversification of Ancient Greek
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACT\nThe diversification of the ancient Greek dialects has long posed a major challenge for Greek linguistics. Core questions—how the dialects are related\, when they diverged\, and how they were distributed in the second millennium BCE—remain the subject of sustained debate\, in part because of the limits of traditional methods of historical inference. Over the past two decades\, however\, Bayesian approaches have transformed the study of linguistic history\, offering powerful new tools for addressing both longstanding problems and previously inaccessible questions. In this talk\, I present Bayesian phylogenetic analyses based on a newly curated dataset of ancient Greek dialects. The results shed new light on the timing and pattern of dialect diversification\, provide fresh evidence for dating their common ancestor\, and contribute more broadly to ongoing discussions about methodological best practices in phylogenetic inference. \nDavid Goldstein is the Human Past SCAS Senior Fellow 2025-26 (VT)\, A. Richard Diebold Jr. Professor of Indo-European Studies\, Professor of Linguistics & Professor of Classics\, University of California\, Los Angeles \nDavid Goldstein (photo: Mikael Wallerstedt)
URL:https://centerforthehumanpast.se/index.php/event/scas-seminar-20260210/
LOCATION:Thunberg Hall\, Linneanum\, Thunbergsvägen 2\, Uppsala\, 752 36\, Sweden
CATEGORIES:Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20251210T000000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20251210T235959
DTSTAMP:20260424T005643
CREATED:20251110T100041Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251103T114138Z
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SUMMARY:Human Past Interdisciplinary Retreat
DESCRIPTION:The main goal of the retreat is to strengthen collaboration between different disciplines and to learn about each other’s research through presentations and discussions. We hope this retreat will lay a solid foundation for future joint interdisciplinary projects and scientific publications. \nThe day plan includes short(-ish) talks\, primarily by junior researchers and PhD students\, as well as ample time for discussion in between. \nResearchers and PhD students in genetics\, archaeology\, or linguistics are welcome to participate (registration is required).
URL:https://centerforthehumanpast.se/index.php/event/human-past-interdisciplinary-retreat/
LOCATION:Sigtunastiftelsen Hotell & Conference\, Sigtuna\, Sweden
CATEGORIES:Lectures,Seminars,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20251203T151500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20251203T163000
DTSTAMP:20260424T005643
CREATED:20251120T083114Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251125T114726Z
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SUMMARY:Talks of the Past Open Seminar: Talking about food in prehistory: Linguistic evidence for dietary practices in Indo-European\, speaker Julia Sturm
DESCRIPTION:Abstract\nWhat did prehistoric peoples eat? This question can be approached through various scholarly disciplines\, including historical linguistics. More specifically\, historical linguistics methodologies are tools for addressing the question of what ancient peoples discussed when they spoke about food\, including sourcing\, preparing\, consuming\, and sacrificing it. \nThis talk will examine linguistic evidence for the shared foodways of the early Indo-European-speaking peoples (living approximately in the 4th millennium BCE in the Pontic-Caspian steppe). It has long been hypothesised\, based on linguistic and philological data\, that the early Indo-European speakers were a pastoralist culture\, raising herds and consuming\, at a minimum\, dairy products and meat from domesticated animals. However\, what else did they consume? The extent to which these peoples exploited plant material for food is a hotly debated question. Furthermore\, the forms of food preparation used by these communities are difficult to trace. It is agreed that preserving meat with salt was a widely used technique in this area at this time\, but what of other techniques of preparation and preservation\, such as fermentation? \nIn this talk\, Julia Sturm will introduce several open questions regarding early Indo-European foodways and discuss the linguistic evidence for various approaches to these questions. She will also\, where applicable\, point out correspondences (or non-correspondences!) between the conclusions drawn by linguistics researchers examining these questions and those drawn by scholars employing other methodologies (e.g.\, archaeological)\, and discuss future directions for the investigation of this aspect of the culture of early Indo-European speakers. \n \nJulia Sturm is a researcher in ancient and classical Indo-European languages and literatures
URL:https://centerforthehumanpast.se/index.php/event/talks-of-the-past-open-seminar-talking-about-food-in-prehistory-linguistic-evidence-for-dietary-practices-in-indo-european-speaker-julia-sturm/
LOCATION:Blåsenhus\, UU\, lärosal 13:028 (plan 1)
CATEGORIES:Lectures,Seminars,Talks of the Past
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20251203T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20251203T120000
DTSTAMP:20260424T005643
CREATED:20251120T115828Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251120T115923Z
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SUMMARY:Human Past Journal Club
DESCRIPTION:Discussion paper:\nAntonosyan\, M.\, Maurer\, G.\, Mkrtchyan\, S.\, Boxleitner\, K.\, Saribekyan\, M.\, Hovhannisyan\, A.\, … Amano\, N.\, … & Yepiskoposyan\, L. (2025). A biomolecular perspective on mobile pastoralism and its role in wider socioeconomic connections in the Chalcolithic South Caucasus. iScience\, 28(6). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2025.112544 \n\n\n\nAbstract\n\n\n\nMobile pastoralism is widely evoked when discussing technological developments\, resource procurement\, trans-regional interactions\, and exchange networks in the South Caucasus. In this study\, we conduct a comprehensive multiproxy investigation of faunal and botanical remains from the Middle to Late Chalcolithic in southern Armenia\, at the high altitude Yeghegis-1 site\, to directly assess herd mobility and human subsistence practices. \n\n\n\nOur findings indicate that\, alongside intensified interregional connectivity\, the inhabitants practiced a rather sedentary form of multi-resource pastoralism\, while maintaining herds at the site year-round. These results complement and expand upon models of pastoral mobility and its perceived crucial role in sustaining inter- and intra-regional connectivity. \n\n\n\nWe argue that alternative models of increased intra-regional connectivity\, focused on exchange between different specialized settled economies\, need to be considered and further research is essential to unravel the complex interplay between subsistence\, trade\, and socio-economic dynamics. Discussion moderator: Noel Amano\, Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology
URL:https://centerforthehumanpast.se/index.php/event/human-past-journal-club-6/
LOCATION:Villa Lugnet\, von Kraemers allé 8\, Uppsala\, Sweden\, 75236\, Sweden
CATEGORIES:Journal Club
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20251126T151500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20251126T163000
DTSTAMP:20260424T005643
CREATED:20251009T130608Z
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SUMMARY:Human Past Journal Club
DESCRIPTION:Discussion pre-print:\n\nDelbrassine\, H.\, Mezzavilla\, M.\, Vallini\, L. et al. Worldwide patterns in mythology echo the human expansion out of Africa\, bioRxiv 2025.01.24.634692; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.01.24.634692\n\nAbstract\nSimilarities between geographically distant mythological and folkloric traditions have been noted for a long time. With the elaboration of large banks of data describing the presence and absence of narrative motifs around the world\, scholars have been able to statistically investigate their potential routes and mechanisms of diffusion. However\, despite genetic data allowing for increasingly refined demographic movement inferences\, few have integrated it into their models\, and none at a global scale. In this work\, we capitalise on the augmenting availability of modern and ancient genetic data and on Yuri E. Berezkin’s database of more than 2000 mythological motifs worldwide to investigate the mechanisms involved in generating their present-day distribution at a global scale. The direct combination of both kinds of evidence allows us to explore in more depth the respective influences of population movement and replacement versus cultural diffusion on motif transmission. Our results show that both processes have played important roles in shaping their present-day distribution. By leveraging available ancient DNA (aDNA) and deepening the temporal scale of the detected signals\, we reveal that correlations between mythemes and genetic patterns can be traced back to population movements that pre-date the Last Glacial Maximum and go back to at least 38\,000 years ago\, and possibly even earlier to the human expansion out of Africa some 60\,000 years ago. Our work shows the earliest evidence for the transmission of stories and storytelling in human history\, and supports the joint use of cultural evolutionary theory and population genetics to illuminate the biocultural processes that shaped our species.\n\nModerators: Hugo Reyes Centeno & Jenny Larsson
URL:https://centerforthehumanpast.se/index.php/event/human-past-journal-club-4/
LOCATION:Villa Lugnet\, von Kraemers allé 8\, Uppsala\, Sweden\, 75236\, Sweden
CATEGORIES:Journal Club
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20251119T153000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20251119T163000
DTSTAMP:20260424T005643
CREATED:20251016T135326Z
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SUMMARY:Mini-Seminar: REAL game – Reimagining algorithmic futures: 63 cards for thinking differently about algorithmic systems\, with Julia Velkova
DESCRIPTION:Abstract\nREAL (REimagining ALgorithmic futures) is a card deck designed to inspire and provoke thinking about algorithmic systems and how they shape human lives\, society and potential futures. The cards aim to stimulate thinking and conversations about the values embedded in algorithmic systems\, as well as their social and technological implications. They advocate for a more inclusive dialogue concerning varied algorithmic futures. \nIdeally\, participants should have a specific case from their work that directly involves a digital or algorithmic system. This case might include planning or implementing digital or algorithmic systems\, applying humanities methods in field research\, or engaging with digital infrastructure. The case should be relevant to your professional context and serve as a basis for workshop activities.\n  \n \nJulia Velkova is a professor of Media and Culture\, Linköping University\, Pro Futura Scientia Fellow\, SCAS and Research Affiliate\, Global Media Technologies and Cultures Lab\, University of California\, Santa Barbara.
URL:https://centerforthehumanpast.se/index.php/event/mini-seminar-real-game-reimagining-algorithmic-futures-63-cards-for-thinking-differently-about-algorithmic-systems-with-julia-velkova/
LOCATION:Villa Lugnet\, von Kraemers allé 8\, Uppsala\, Sweden\, 75236\, Sweden
CATEGORIES:Seminars,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20251118T101500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20251118T120000
DTSTAMP:20260424T005643
CREATED:20251027T140658Z
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SUMMARY:SCAS seminar with Hugo Reyes Centeno: Genomic and Archaeological Insights on the Expansion of Austronesian Speakers into Island Southeast Asia
DESCRIPTION:Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study seminars
URL:https://centerforthehumanpast.se/index.php/event/scas-seminar-with-hugo-reyes-centeno-genomic-and-archaeological-insights-on-the-expansion-of-austronesian-speakers-into-island-southeast-asia/
LOCATION:Thunberg Hall\, Linneanum\, Thunbergsvägen 2\, Uppsala\, 752 36\, Sweden
CATEGORIES:Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20251111T173000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20251111T181500
DTSTAMP:20260424T005643
CREATED:20251027T140001Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251027T140119Z
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SUMMARY:Open lecture: Jakten på ordens ursprung\, with Jenny Larsson
DESCRIPTION:Jakten på ordens ursprung \n \n(lecture in Swedish) \nVar kommer våra ord ifrån och vad kan de avslöja om människans förhistoria? Språkhistorikern Jenny Larsson tar oss med på en resa bakåt i tiden\, där ord och språk fungerar som ledtrådar till hur människor levde\, tänkte och rörde sig för tusentals år sedan. Genom att förena språkliga\, arkeologiska och genetiska spår söker forskningen svar på hur våra språk uppstod\, spreds och förändrades. \nOBS! registration required.
URL:https://centerforthehumanpast.se/index.php/event/open-lecture-jakten-pa-ordens-ursprung-with-jenny-larsson/
LOCATION:Kulturhuset stadsteatern\, Sergels Torg\, Stockholm\, 111 57\, Sweden
CATEGORIES:Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20251105T151500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20251105T163000
DTSTAMP:20260424T005643
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SUMMARY:Talks of the Past Open Seminar: Transdisciplinary approaches toward resolving the Austronesian problem\, speaker Hugo Reyes Centeno
DESCRIPTION:Abstract\nDespite consensus on the movement of peoples from mainland Asia to Island Southeast Asia and the Pacific over the past five thousand years\, the mode of dispersal and biocultural change remains highly contested. \nWhile some hypotheses posit Austronesian-speaking agriculturalists rapidly dispersing via Taiwan\, other scenarios postulate\, for example\, additional dispersal routes\, the gradual and uneven adoption of agricultural practices\, and dynamic language borrowing. \nThis talk will introduce current debates on the Austronesian problem\, critically synthesising models developed from linguistic\, archaeological\, and genetic lines of evidence. In addition\, it will draw on original fieldwork harnessing archaeological data collected from the Philippines to draw attention to the uneven sampling problem still affecting transdisciplinary studies of the human past in Southeast Asia and Oceania. \n \nHugo Reyes Centeno is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology\, University of Kentucky and the current Human Past SCAS Senior Fellow.
URL:https://centerforthehumanpast.se/index.php/event/talks-of-the-past-open-seminar-transdisciplinary-approaches-toward-resolving-the-austronesian-problem-speaker-hugo-reyes-centeno/
LOCATION:Blåsenhus\, UU\, lärosal 13:028 (plan 1)
CATEGORIES:Lectures,Seminars,Talks of the Past
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20251022T151500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20251022T163000
DTSTAMP:20260424T005643
CREATED:20251009T081414Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251009T082245Z
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SUMMARY:Mini-Seminar: Studying urban inequality in the past: lessons from Pompeii\, with Samuli Simelius
DESCRIPTION:Abstract\nThe study of Roman social stratification has often focused on social and legal status within society. Other dimensions of inequality have been largely sidelined\, although interest in economic inequality has grown recently. Yet\, methodologies to study wealth inequality that rely on house size still require significant improvement to better capture the complexity of Roman society. Furthermore\, aspects such as health disparities in Roman cities have received little attention. \nIn his talk\,  Samuli Simelius will present new approaches to studying both economic and health inequality. He will use Pompeii as a case study\, but these methods can also be applied beyond this well-known Roman city to other archaeological and historical contexts. \n \nSamuli Simelius is a grant-funded researcher specialising in Roman urbanism and domestic space. He is also a current SCAS-Nordic Fellow. \nSamuli Simelius on Google Scholar
URL:https://centerforthehumanpast.se/index.php/event/mini-seminar-studying-urban-inequality-in-the-past-lessons-from-pompeii-with-samuli-simelius/
LOCATION:Villa Lugnet\, von Kraemers allé 8\, Uppsala\, Sweden\, 75236\, Sweden
CATEGORIES:Mini-Seminars,Seminars
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20251001T151500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20251001T163000
DTSTAMP:20260424T005643
CREATED:20250331T145907Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250827T133315Z
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SUMMARY:Talks of the Past (ToP) Open Seminar: Human skeletal remains of Ilin Island\, Mindoro Occidental\, Philippines\, speaker Tanya Uldin
DESCRIPTION:Abstract\nIlin 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. \nEvidence includes a flexed human burial from a southern rock shelter on the island\, radiocarbon dated to approximately 5\,000 cal BP\, and a recently recovered modified human phalanx that may be contemporaneous. \nThis presentation explores these findings within their broader bio-cultural context\, contributing to discussions on mortuary practices and body modification in prehistoric Island Southeast Asia. \nTanya Uldin is an associate professor at the Ateneo de Manila University\, Philippines. Tanya is a biological anthropologist with 20+ years of experience\, trained in archaeology and forensics.
URL:https://centerforthehumanpast.se/index.php/event/top20251001-tanya-uldin/
LOCATION:Blåsenhus\, UU\, lärosal 13:028 (plan 1)
CATEGORIES:Lectures,Seminars,Talks of the Past
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20250924T151500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20250924T163000
DTSTAMP:20260424T005643
CREATED:20250908T125529Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250908T125529Z
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SUMMARY:Human Past Journal CLub
DESCRIPTION:Discussion paper: \nZeng\, 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. \nhttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09189-3
URL:https://centerforthehumanpast.se/index.php/event/human-past-journal-club-2/
LOCATION:Villa Lugnet\, von Kraemers allé 8\, Uppsala\, Sweden\, 75236\, Sweden
CATEGORIES:Journal Club
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20250910T151500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20250910T163000
DTSTAMP:20260424T005643
CREATED:20250929T123106Z
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SUMMARY:Meet & Greet by CHP
DESCRIPTION:Informal CHP event with FlashTalks to allow the participants to get to know each other better and learn about their research projects.
URL:https://centerforthehumanpast.se/index.php/event/meet-greet-by-chp/
LOCATION:Villa Lugnet\, von Kraemers allé 8\, Uppsala\, Sweden\, 75236\, Sweden
CATEGORIES:Mini-Seminars,Seminars
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20250603T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20250603T123000
DTSTAMP:20260424T005643
CREATED:20250528T085931Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250528T085931Z
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SUMMARY:UppTalk with Mattias Jakobsson
DESCRIPTION:Mattias Jakobsson is the guest at the next episode of the Uppsala University podcast series\, UppTalk. \nLink to listen (Zoom): Vad kan forntida DNA avslöja om människans evolution? \nMark your calendar! \nFor more information\, go to UppTalk: Mattias Jakobsson on the Uppsala University website
URL:https://centerforthehumanpast.se/index.php/event/upptalk-with-mattias-jakobsson/
CATEGORIES:Podcast & Interview
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20250521T151500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20250521T163000
DTSTAMP:20260424T005643
CREATED:20250204T102618Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250408T102840Z
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SUMMARY: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
DESCRIPTION:Speakers:\nYair Sapir\, PhD of Scandinavian Languages\, Senior Lecturer of Swedish\, Kristianstad University\nJoakim Wehlin\, Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor\, Archaeology\, Uppsala University \n \nSummary\nRecent 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 from all directions\, to a tradition that culturally points towards clearer contacts with the Mälardalen region. As the recently published A Grammar of Elfdalian points out\, Elfdalian and adjacent varieties\, spoken to date in Upper Dalarna\, have preserved some phonological and lexical features\, which were inherited from the Ancient Nordic language (i.e.\, before c. 750 CE) and which were lost elsewhere in the Nordic language area after c. 750. Ancient Nordic was probably not native to Upper Dalarna at that time\, as the local population is known to have consisted of hunter-gatherers and not farmers\, as the native speakers of Germanic languages. \nResults from both studies hence confirm the thesis that both material and immaterial influence have probably reached Upper Dalarna from the Mälardalen region. However\, we believe that targeted interdisciplinary studies by means of an interdisciplinary research project could deepen our knowledge about this topic and further confirm. Hence\, we would like to invite our audience to a discussion about the topic\, suggestions for new perspectives that could be studied\, as well as suggestions for concrete research collaboration for a future research project\, where other disciplines are involved.
URL:https://centerforthehumanpast.se/index.php/event/mini-seminar-on-elfdalian-with-joakim-wahlin-archaeology-and-yair-sapir-linguistics-by-invitation/
LOCATION:Villa Lugnet\, von Kraemers allé 8\, Uppsala\, Sweden\, 75236\, Sweden
CATEGORIES:Mini-Seminars,Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20250520T101500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20250520T120000
DTSTAMP:20260424T005643
CREATED:20250204T100958Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250204T101657Z
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SUMMARY:SCAS SEMINAR - Genetic Insights into Social Organisation of Neolithic Societies in Anatolia: Kinship and Gender Roles\, speaker Mehmet Somel
DESCRIPTION:Mehmet Somel is a professor of biology at the Middle East Technical University\, Ankara\, Turkey\, and the Human Past Senior Fellow 2024-25. \nThe abstract will follow.
URL:https://centerforthehumanpast.se/index.php/event/scas-seminar-genetic-insights-into-social-organisation-of-neolithic-societies-in-anatolia-kinship-and-gender-roles-speaker-mehmet-somel/
LOCATION:Thunberg Hall\, Linneanum\, Thunbergsvägen 2\, Uppsala\, 752 36\, Sweden
CATEGORIES:Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20250507T151500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20250507T163000
DTSTAMP:20260424T005643
CREATED:20250204T100055Z
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SUMMARY:Talks of the Past (ToP) Open Seminar\, 7th May\, 2025: Discussing mobility and cultural change in the context of Aegean Neolithization\, speaker Mehmet Somel
DESCRIPTION:Abstract\nMehmet 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 and tools to burial types and pottery styles.  The dataset revealed that the westward expansion of the Neolithic was much more diverse in its dynamics than usually assumed. \nBy 10\,000 years ago\, in West Anatolia\, they found cultural adoption of Neolithic elements\, but without genetic evidence for mobility. By 8\,500 years ago\, they found mobility from Neolithic core areas in the east\, where the incomers mixed with local foraging groups in West Anatolia. Later\, the descendants of this genetically mixed population expanded into Europe to establish the Neolithic there. \nSecondly\, Mehmet’s group performed a quantitative comparison of material culture similarities among settlements with their genetic and spatial proximities. This showed that genetic history had no explanatory impact on material culture similarities after controlling for spatial similarity. This supports the notion that material culture similarity patterns are shaped by background mobility rather than migration processes. \nRelated article (pre-press):\nKoptekin\, D.\, Aydoğan\, A.\, Karamurat\, C.\, Altınışık\, N. E.\, Vural\, K. B.\, Kazancı\, D. D.\, … & Somel\, M. (2024). Out-of-Anatolia: cultural and genetic interactions during the Neolithic expansion in the Aegean. bioRxiv\, 2024-06. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.06.23.599747v1.full \n  \n \nMehmet Somel is a professor of biology at the Middle East Technical University\, Ankara\, Turkey\, and the Human Past Senior Fellow 2024-25. He will deliver the ToP seminar on his current research project. \nYou can read about the fellowships and other research projects here.
URL:https://centerforthehumanpast.se/index.php/event/talks-of-the-past-top-open-seminar-7th-may-2025-speaker-mehmet-somel/
LOCATION:Blåsenhus\, UU\, lärosal 13:028 (plan 1)
CATEGORIES:Seminars,Talks of the Past
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20250423T151500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20250423T163000
DTSTAMP:20260424T005643
CREATED:20250320T113816Z
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SUMMARY:Human Past Journal Club
DESCRIPTION: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 \nSimões\, L.G.\, Günther\, T.\, Martínez-Sánchez\, R.M. et al. (2023). Northwest African Neolithic initiated by migrants from Iberia and Levant. Nature 618\, 550–556. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06166-6 \nCarina Schlebusch and Luciana Simões will present the articles. \nPS \nTwo pieces of additional reading related to the discussion topic: \nLipson\, M.\, Ringbauer\, H.\, Lucarini\, G. et al. High continuity of forager ancestry in the Neolithic period of the eastern Maghreb. Nature (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-08699-4 \nSalem\, N.\, van de Loosdrecht\, M.S.\, Sümer\, A.P. et al. Ancient DNA from the Green Sahara reveals ancestral North African lineage. Nature (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-08793-7
URL:https://centerforthehumanpast.se/index.php/event/journal-club-discussion-2/
LOCATION:Villa Lugnet\, von Kraemers allé 8\, Uppsala\, Sweden\, 75236\, Sweden
CATEGORIES:Journal Club
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20250409T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20250409T163000
DTSTAMP:20260424T005643
CREATED:20250320T153837Z
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SUMMARY:Biomolecular Humanities Practical Workshop & JC Discussion
DESCRIPTION:The workshop\, led by Jerome de Groot\, Ester Oras\, Jess Thompson\, Christopher Vardy\, and Matthew Williams\, follows up on the discussions from last year. \nThis 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 towards answering some of the pressing questions arising from developing biomolecular approaches within the humanities. Everyone is welcome to contribute and participate in what will be a generative and productive meeting! Building on the work that we began together at our initial meeting last year the workshop looks to develop ways of rethinking and reworking our approaches to new data and techniques. Our leading contributors are drawn from Archaeology\, Biology\, English Literature\, Archaeochemistry\, and Cultural Genomics\, and together we will outline some of the new thinking in our fields and the challenges (and rewards) of working in multidisciplinary ways. \nSome initial thoughts on Biomolecular Humanities are outlined in the following paper: Oras\, E.\, de Groot\, J.\, & Björkstén\, U. (2025). The ‘Biomolecular Humanities’? New challenges and perspectives. iScience. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004224029067 \nThe workshop will be followed by a discussion.
URL:https://centerforthehumanpast.se/index.php/event/human-past-journal-club/
LOCATION:Villa Lugnet\, von Kraemers allé 8\, Uppsala\, Sweden\, 75236\, Sweden
CATEGORIES:Journal Club
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20250402T151500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20250402T163000
DTSTAMP:20260424T005643
CREATED:20250204T093807Z
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SUMMARY:Talks of the Past (ToP) Open Seminar\, 2nd Apr 2025: Uralic spread\, Seima-Turbino and flower pots\, speaker Outi Vesakoski
DESCRIPTION:Abstract\n\nThe 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 the Uralic languages ​​were used as lingua franca. The key hypothesis in the Sejma-Turbino scenario is that the trade network would have consisted of representatives of different Eurasian cultural groups for whom a common language would have been necessary. Timing of Proto-Uralic disintegration would have occurred during the ST\, which was an intensive but short-lasting period about 4200-3800 years ago. \nIn her presentation\, Outi Vesakoski will summarize the assumptions this hypothesis poses and discuss them in light of new genetic and psycholinguistic studies. The talk is based on a forthcoming paper on Uralic archaeolinguistics (Vesakoski\, Elina Salmela & Henny Piezonka) in the Oxford Handbook of Archaeology and Language\, edited by Martine Robbeets and Mark Hudson. \n\nMap of Uralic language speaker areas at beginning of 20th century (drawn by BEDLAN member Timo Rantanen). \nRelated reading:\nGrünthal\, R.\, Heyd\, V.\, Holopainen\, S. et al. (2022). Drastic demographic events triggered the Uralic spread\, Diachronica 39/4: 490–524. \nVesakoski\, O.\, Salmela\, E. & Piezonka\, H. (2025). Uralic Archaeolinguistics. In M. Robbeets & M. Hudson (eds) Oxford Handbook of Archaeology and Language. (Forthcoming) \n  \n \nOuti Vesakoski is an associate professor of Finnish\, Finno-Ugric\, and Scandinavian languages at the University of Turku\, Finland.\nShe is also a vice-director of the Human Diversity Consortium. \nAreas of expertise:\nBEDLAN\, Evolutionary ecology\, Environmental (cultural) adaptations\, Language evolution\, Cultural evolution\, Genetic evolution\, Human past studies\, Human diversity\, Finnish dialects\, Lauri Kettunen\, Uralic language speaker area\, UraLex – Uralic basic vocabulary\, UraTyp – Uralic typological database\, Uralic Areal Typology\, URHIA Uralic Historical Atlas\, Digitized Database of Finnish Archaeological Artefacts\, Quantitative methods\, Spatial methods\, Invasive species\, Marine biology
URL:https://centerforthehumanpast.se/index.php/event/talks-of-the-past-top-open-seminar-2nd-apr-2025-speaker-outi-vesakoski/
LOCATION:Blåsenhus\, UU\, lärosal 13:028 (plan 1)
CATEGORIES:Seminars,Talks of the Past
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20250317T103000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20250317T120000
DTSTAMP:20260424T005643
CREATED:20250301T124641Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250901T133152Z
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SUMMARY:HEAS seminar with Mehmet Somel: Social dynamics in neolithic Anatolia. Paleogenomic insights.
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://centerforthehumanpast.se/index.php/event/heas-seminar-with-mehmet-somel-social-dynamics-in-neolithic-anatolia-paleogenomic-insights/
LOCATION:online
CATEGORIES:Lectures,Seminars
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20250305T151500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20250305T163000
DTSTAMP:20260424T005643
CREATED:20250204T092231Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250225T143528Z
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SUMMARY:Talks of the Past (ToP) Open Seminar\, 5th Mar\, 2025: Prehistoric plant DNA and the agricultural history of the Canary Islands\, speaker Jenny Hagenblad
DESCRIPTION:Abstract \nThe 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 least in finding suitable material to study. Some of the best preserved prehistoric crop remains in the world can be found in the mountains of Gran Canaria\, and Jenny Hagenblad has used these to study the effects of societal upheavals. \nFive hundred years ago\, with the Hispanic conquest of the archipelago\, the Canary Islands went through a rapid transition from neolithic isolation to a globalization hub\, with dramatic consequences for the insular society. Jenny will give examples of how the genetic analysis of crops and crop remains have illuminated both the islands early prehistory\, the agrarian consequences of the Hispanic conquest\, and an influence of Canarian agriculture reaching well beyond the archipelago. \n \nComposite image: Jenny Hagenblad. \n  \n Jenny Hagenblad is an associate senior professor at the Linköping University.\nHer main scientific interest lies in analysing genetic data with evolutionary and population genetic methods to learn more about the evolutionary history of species.\nAs the study system\, Jenny uses crop plants\, which are not only of the utmost\nimportance to human sustenance but have also experienced very rapid evolution since their domestication.
URL:https://centerforthehumanpast.se/index.php/event/talks-of-the-past-top-open-seminar-5th-mar-2025-speaker-jenny-hagenblad/
LOCATION:Blåsenhus\, UU\, lärosal 13:028 (plan 1)
CATEGORIES:Seminars,Talks of the Past
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20250226T000000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20250226T235959
DTSTAMP:20260424T005643
CREATED:20250225T150822Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250225T150822Z
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SUMMARY:Journal Club discussion
DESCRIPTION:Article: “The genetic origin of the Indo-Europeans“
URL:https://centerforthehumanpast.se/index.php/event/journal-club-discussion/
CATEGORIES:Mini-Seminars
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20250225T101500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20250225T120000
DTSTAMP:20260424T005643
CREATED:20250204T091013Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250204T102955Z
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SUMMARY:SCAS SEMINAR - Pastoralists and Agriculturalists in the Rigveda and Beyond\, speaker: Axel Palmér
DESCRIPTION:Our Human Past Fellow Axel Palmér will deliver a talk on his current research project at one of the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study (SCAS) seminars. \nWelcome!
URL:https://centerforthehumanpast.se/index.php/event/scas-seminar-pastoralists-and-agriculturalists-in-the-rigveda-and-beyond-speaker-axel-palmer/
LOCATION:Thunberg Hall\, Linneanum\, Thunbergsvägen 2\, Uppsala\, 752 36\, Sweden
CATEGORIES:Seminars
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