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  • 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 […]

  • Mini-Seminar: Studying urban inequality in the past: lessons from Pompeii, with Samuli Simelius

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

    Abstract The 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. […]

  • Talks of the Past Open Seminar: Transdisciplinary approaches toward resolving the Austronesian problem, speaker Hugo Reyes Centeno

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

    Abstract Despite 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. While some hypotheses posit Austronesian-speaking agriculturalists rapidly dispersing via Taiwan, other scenarios postulate, for example, additional dispersal routes, the gradual and […]

  • Mini-Seminar: REAL game – Reimagining algorithmic futures: 63 cards for thinking differently about algorithmic systems, with Julia Velkova

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

    Abstract REAL (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 […]

  • Human Past Journal Club

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

    Discussion pre-print: Delbrassine, 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 Abstract Similarities 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 […]