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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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SUMMARY:Talks of the Past open seminar: From Phonology to Phylogeny: Inferring Language Trees from Cognate Word Forms
DESCRIPTION:Abstract\nLinguistic phylogenies are commonly inferred from abstract cognate classifications that encode relationships among lexemes. Although widespread\, this practice has well-recognised limitations: it discards phylogenetic signal contained in segmental word forms\, restricts the range of evolutionary questions that can be addressed\, and treats cognacy judgments\, which are hypotheses in their own right\, as observed data. \nDavid Goldstein introduces a comparative framework that addresses these limitations by modelling the evolution of cognate word forms directly. The approach adapts the TKF91 model of molecular evolution\, originally developed to account for insertion and deletion processes in DNA sequences\, to linguistic data. By operating on segmental strings rather than abstract character codings\, the framework enables phylogenetic inference from observable word forms and supports quantitative investigation of sound change. \n \nDavid Goldstein\, current Human Past SCAS Senior Fellow\, received his PhD from the University of California\, Berkeley. His research lies at the intersection of language evolution\, classical philology\, linguistic theory\, and computational modelling. He specialises in the structure and historical development of Indo-European languages\, with particular focus on Greek and Latin.
URL:https://centerforthehumanpast.se/index.php/event/topseminar-david-goldstein20260415/
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:20260422T151500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20260422T163000
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SUMMARY:Human Past Journal Club
DESCRIPTION:Paper to discuss: \nColleter\, R.\, Jaouen\, K.\, Garcia\, D.\, & Richards\, M.P. (2026). Dietary inequality marker reveals 10\,000 years of gender and cultural disparity in Europe\, PNAS Nexus\, vol. 5 (4)\, pgag033\, https://academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/article/5/4/pgag033/8586686 \nDiscussion moderators: Mattias Sjölander & Daniel Brown\, CHP postdoctoral researchers \nAbstract\n\nDiet is a key to evaluating social and health inequalities over time\, as it reflects disparities in access to resources often linked to socioeconomic and gender factors. Stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes\, while semi-quantitative\, typically limit intersite comparisons\, as the results are tied to local baseline isotope values. \nIn this study\, we overcome this limitation by applying the interdecile ratio—a metric from economics—to isotope data from 12\,281 individuals across 393 European sites over millennia. Our isotope-based dietary inequality index reveals the nonlinear evolution of dietary disparities over time and across different geographical areas. \nSex-based disparities are evident throughout all time periods. Male individuals are consistently overrepresented in the upper deciles\, indicating greater access to animal proteins\, while females dominate the lower deciles\, reflecting more restricted access. Neolithic societies exhibit homogeneous diets at the population level\, but animal protein consumption tends to differ between men and women. \nAs expected\, Bronze Age carbon interdecile indexes mark increasing dietary inequality\, likely linked to agricultural advances and social hierarchies. Dietary disparities peak during Antiquity\, although the gap between the sexes narrows slightly. This diachronic analysis highlights the complex interactions between diet\, social structures\, and gender and provides a robust framework for comparative studies of health inequalities in archaeology.
URL:https://centerforthehumanpast.se/index.php/event/human-past-journal-club-7/
LOCATION:Villa Lugnet\, von Kraemers allé 8\, Uppsala\, Sweden\, 75236\, Sweden
CATEGORIES:Journal Club
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20260428T101500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20260428T120000
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SUMMARY:SCAS Seminar: Echoes of Preliterate Voices on the Shores of the Baltic Sea\, with Anthony Jakob
DESCRIPTION:Abstract\nWhen people think of their ancestry\, they are often just as concerned with the origins of their linguistic and cultural identity as they are with their genetic history. And while modern advances in ancient DNA have dramatically improved our understanding of prehistoric population movements\, genes do not themselves carry language. The fields of population genomics\, archaeology\, and historical linguistics\, while capable of informing one another\, study qualitatively different aspects of human history\, which only partially overlap. In this way\, linguistics offers a unique perspective in the study of our past. \nMost languages ever spoken by humans have been lost to history. Prior to the relatively recent migration events that brought the Uralic and Indo-European language families to the Baltic region\, the area may have been rich in an unwritten linguistic diversity\, a diversity that was dissipated as communities shifted away from their native tongues. In my talk\, I argue that we can infer traces of these lost languages on the basis of the words for local fauna\, flora\, and topographical phenomena used today that appear to be borrowed\, but whose source cannot be identified. \nZoom Webinar: https://uu-se.zoom.us/j/65802739142 \nAnthony Jakob is a historical linguist specialising in the Indo-European and Uralic languages and is currently a Human Past SCAS Junior Fellow.
URL:https://centerforthehumanpast.se/index.php/event/scas-seminar-substrate-words-and-language-shift-with-anthony-jakob/
LOCATION:Thunberg Hall\, Linneanum\, Thunbergsvägen 2\, Uppsala\, 752 36\, Sweden
CATEGORIES:Lectures,Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20260429T151500
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SUMMARY:Mini-Seminar: Corded Ware Dietary Practices\, with Łukasz Pospieszny
DESCRIPTION:Abstract (TBA)\n  \n \nŁukasz Pospieszny is an archaeologist at the University of Gdańsk and an Honorary Research Associate\, University of Bristol
URL:https://centerforthehumanpast.se/index.php/event/mini-seminar-corded-ware-dietary-practices-with-lukasz-pospieszny/
LOCATION:Villa Lugnet\, von Kraemers allé 8\, Uppsala\, Sweden\, 75236\, Sweden
CATEGORIES:Lectures,Mini-Seminars,Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20260506T151500
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SUMMARY:Talks of the Past Open Seminar: The Yamnaya Impact on Prehistoric Europe 5000 Years Ago\, speaker Volker Heyd
DESCRIPTION:Abstract\nThis lecture examines the westward migration of Yamnaya populations from the Pontic-Caspian steppes into southeastern Europe around 3100–3000 BCE\, reaching as far as the Tisza region in present-day Hungary. Archaeological evidence\, particularly distinctive kurgan burials with standardised funerary practices\, marks their presence across regions such as Romania\, Bulgaria\, Serbia\, and Hungary. Despite the apparent simplicity of grave goods\, recent findings suggest a more complex\, possibly stratified\, kinship-based pastoralist society\, if not entirely an elite. \nThe Yamnaya expansion triggered profound cultural\, social\, and genetic transformations across Europe. Their influence extended beyond burial customs to broader economic systems\, social organisation\, the European gene pool\, and the spread of Indo-European languages. Interactions with local populations were highly variable\, ranging from near-total population replacement to limited cultural exchange\, reflecting diverse regional dynamics. \nRecent advances in ancient DNA\, isotope analysis\, and bioarchaeology as part of the so-called “Third Scientific Revolution” in archaeology have significantly reshaped interpretations of these processes. These methods enable detailed reconstructions of mobility\, diet\, demography\, and biological ancestry\, offering new insights into the interconnected sequence of cultural horizons\, including the Globular Amphora\, Corded Ware\, and Bell Beaker complexes. \nOverall\, the Yamnaya phenomenon represents a key episode of large-scale mobility and interaction\, illustrating how migration\, environmental factors\, and social structures have long shaped Europe before it entered history. \n\nVolker Heyd is a Professor at the University of Helsinki in Finland. Previously\, he worked as a heritage manager/researcher in Germany and –before moving to Helsinki in 2018– for 17 years at the University of Bristol in the UK. Volker is a prehistoric archaeologist\, currently dedicated to topics of human mobility\, migration\, identity\, and ethnicity. He also promotes scientific applications in Archaeology\, particularly ancient DNA\, stable isotopes and biomarker lipids. Volker has authored/edited 12 books and published over 100 articles\, often in key archaeological or scientific journals\, spanning from the Early Neolithic in Anatolia to the Iron Age in Central Europe. Currently\, Volker is deputy director of the new FinTims isotope lab in Helsinki which he contributed establishing with a 2.4M € RCoF FIRI grant. Before\, he led as overall PI the ERC Advanced project ‘The Yamnaya Impact on Prehistoric Europe’ (2019-2024). \n 
URL:https://centerforthehumanpast.se/index.php/event/talks-of-the-past-open-seminar-understanding-yamnaya-in-archaeology-genetics-and-linguistics-speaker-volker-heyd/
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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SUMMARY:Talks of the Past Open Seminar with Kristian Kristiansen
DESCRIPTION:Title & abstract- TBA\n  \nKristian Kristiansen\nKristian Kristiansen – an interdisciplinary researcher\, professor of archaeology at the Department of Historical Studies\, University of Gothenburg\, and an affiliate professor at Globe Institute\, Lundbeck Centre for Geogenetics\, Copenhagen University.
URL:https://centerforthehumanpast.se/index.php/event/talks-of-the-past-open-seminar-with-kristian-kristiansen/
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:20260909T151500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20260909T163000
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SUMMARY:Talks of the Past Open Seminar with Gwenna Breton
DESCRIPTION:Title & Abstract TBA\n  \n \nGwenna Breton is a geneticist and bioinformatician at the University of Gothenburg.
URL:https://centerforthehumanpast.se/index.php/event/top20260909-gwenna-breton/
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:20261007T151500
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SUMMARY:Talks of the Past Open Seminar: Cultural Creolization in Ostrobothnia\, Finland: An Interdisciplinary View on Burials\, Exchange\, and Social Identity\, speaker Anna Wessman
DESCRIPTION:The seminar was canceled due to unexpected events out of anyone’s control.\nWe apologize for inconvenience. \nAbstract\nThis talk explores a remarkable Iron Age burial from Pukkila in western Finland\, dating to around AD 700\, where a cremated individual was laid to rest in a boat alongside weapons\, ritual objects\, and artefacts from across Scandinavia\, eastern Europe\, and the north. Rather than fitting neatly into a single cultural or ethnic category\, the burial reflects a world shaped by long-distance trade\, mobility\, and cultural change. \nUsing the concept of cultural creolization\, the talk shows how identities\, beliefs\, and ritual practices emerged through the blending of different traditions. The Pukkila burial challenges simple labels such as “Scandinavian”\, “Finn\,” or “Sámi\,” and instead reveals how power\, religion\, gender\, and cultural belonging were actively negotiated in the Baltic Sea region.\nMore broadly\, the talk demonstrates how creolization offers a useful way to bring archaeology\, linguistics\, and religious studies together when interpreting the past. \n  \n  \nAnna Wessman is a professor of archaeology at Bergen University\, Norway. Her research focuses on the Late Iron Age in Scandinavia\, Finland and the Baltic countries\, Burial Archaeology and death rituals\, Avocational Metal-detecting\, Citizen Science\, Ethnographic methods\, Community Archaeology\, Museum Studies\, Digital Humanities\, and Archaeological databases. \nPhoto: Outi Pyhäranta/HS
URL:https://centerforthehumanpast.se/index.php/event/talks-of-the-past-20260204-anna-wessman/
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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