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A new book on Indo-European research
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Read more →: A new book on Indo-European researchOur colleague, Axel Palmér has just published a book Indo-Slavic Lexical Isoglosses and the Prehistoric Dispersal of Indo-Iranian. Axel I. Palmér, Ph.D. (2024, Leiden University), is currently a Human Past Junior Fellow at the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study (SCAS) in Uppsala, Sweden. His research focuses on the origin and development of the Indo-European languages…
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Human Past SCAS Fellows 2025-26 are…
Read more →: Human Past SCAS Fellows 2025-26 are…We’re excited to announce that the Human Past Fellows for academic year 2025-26 have been selected! The fellowship programme is an initiative by the Center for the Human Past, administered by the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Studies (SCAS). It is designed to foster a collaborative environment where early-stage and established scholars can converge across three…
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Call for the Human Past Fellowships 2026-27 is open
Read more →: Call for the Human Past Fellowships 2026-27 is openThe Fellowships are a joint initiative of the Center for the Human Past (CHP) and the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study (SCAS). Deadline for applications: 2 June 2025. The fellowship aims to attract researchers interested in the human past, combining methods and materials from different disciplines. The primary focus is research on three major migration…
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Carina Schlebusch is the Editor-in-Chief of the HPGG journal
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Read more →: Carina Schlebusch is the Editor-in-Chief of the HPGG journalJoshua Akey, Professor, Lewis-Sigler Institute, Princeton University, USA, and Carina Schlebusch, Professor, Human Evolution, Department of Organismal Biology, Uppsala University, Sweden, are the Editors-in-Chief. The Human Population Genetics and Genomics Journal (HPGG; ISSN 2770-5005) is an international peer-reviewed Open Access journal published quarterly by Pivot Science Publications. This journal aims to publish discoveries and recent breakthroughs…
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Mattias Jakobsson elected a new member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Class for biosciences
Read more →: Mattias Jakobsson elected a new member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Class for biosciencesThe Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (Kungliga Vetenskapsakademien) was founded on 2 June 1739. It is an independent, non-governmental scientific organization that takes special responsibility for promoting natural sciences and mathematics and strengthening their influence in society whilst endeavouring to promote the exchange of ideas between various disciplines. The goals of the academy are: Every year, the academy awards the Nobel Prizes in physics and chemistry,…
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New read alert: Population history and admixture of the Fulani people from the Sahel
Read more →: New read alert: Population history and admixture of the Fulani people from the SahelThe new paper by Fortes-Lima, Diallo, Janoušek, Černý, and Schlebusch (2025) was published last week in The American Journal of Human Genetics. Researchers have uncovered the origins and genetic diversity of the Fulani, one of Africa’s largest pastoral populations. The study reveals a complex genetic ancestry with influences from North and West Africa, shaped by historical migrations that have left a…
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Meet Mattias Sjölander, our new postdoctoral researcher in interdisciplinary archaeology
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Read more →: Meet Mattias Sjölander, our new postdoctoral researcher in interdisciplinary archaeologyMattias Sjölander is an archaeologist interested in how past human–environment relationships have developed over time. With a background in Environmental Archaeology, he has experience with several analytical methods, including soil chemistry, spectroscopy, and Geographic Information Systems (GIS).His research emphasises interdisciplinary approaches that integrate evidence, information and methodologies from different disciplines in order to answer complex…
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Human prehistory a main theme of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences school event
Read more →: Human prehistory a main theme of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences school eventMattias Jakobsson and Jenny Larsson of the Center for the Human Past, contributors to the SVT’s History of Sweden, met over 1,200 pupils at an event in Stockholm. Photographer: Louise Sjöholm (all photos). The schoolkids traveled back in history to where it all began. They learned about exciting new research on the origins of humans…
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The first awardees of the Human Past Fellowship
Read more →: The first awardees of the Human Past FellowshipWe’re excited to announce that the first residential fellows for academic year 2024-25 have been selected! The fellowship is an initiative by the Center for the Human Past administered by the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Studies (SCAS). It is designed to foster a collaborative environment where early-stage and established scholars can converge across a range…