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Fulani: new study unravels the genetic history of Africa’s largest pastoralist community
Read more →: Fulani: new study unravels the genetic history of Africa’s largest pastoralist communityA popular science feature on the recently published Fulani study (see our news item) is available in The Conversation – Africa. Carina Schlebusch and Cesar Fortes-Lima are two of three co-authors. African populations remain underrepresented in genomic studies. Only about 1.1% of genomic data being used for studies of the links between genes and diseases has come from…
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The Indo-European language puzzle can be solved
Read more →: The Indo-European language puzzle can be solvedIn response to the article The genetic origins of the Indo-Europeans, recently published in Nature, Jenny Larsson was one of the researchers interviewed by the popular science magazine Forskning & Framsteg. The text, Den Indoeuropeiska språkgåtan kan vara löst, based on the interviews, is available to the subscribers (in Swedish). Genetic researchers have cracked a…
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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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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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A new open seminar series, Talks of the Past (ToP Seminars) by CHP
Read more →: A new open seminar series, Talks of the Past (ToP Seminars) by CHPThe Center for the Human Past (CHP) starts a seminar series, Talks of the Past (ToP Seminars), in September 2024. The seminars (app. 45 min) will take place on the first Wednesday of each month and will be followed by a discussion and a “fika” (coffee break). The event is open to students and academics…
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Unpacking complexities of ancient human migrations and genetic variations in HEAS Podcast series, episode 6
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Read more →: Unpacking complexities of ancient human migrations and genetic variations in HEAS Podcast series, episode 6Earlier this year, Mattias Jakobsson appeared in the HAES podcast “Vikings, Genetics and Discoveries through Destruction”. The podcast series is produced by the Human Evolution and Archaeological Sciences research network at the University of Vienna, and it reaches 1,31K subscribers on YouTube. Mattias dove headlong in explaining the complex patterns of human migration in prehistoric…
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Prehistoric concept of joy, history of May Day and the Center for the Human Past.
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Read more →: Prehistoric concept of joy, history of May Day and the Center for the Human Past.On the Swedish Vetenskapsradion Historia, you can listen to Annelie Drakman’s talk about joy as divine grace or an individualistic project. Dick Harrison unravels the history of May Day, which was not always a great day for workers. Also, Jenny Larsson, a linguistics professor at Stockholm University and one of the Center for the Human…
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How genetics, linguistics and archaeology together can fill the gaps in our current knowledge about humans.
Read more →: How genetics, linguistics and archaeology together can fill the gaps in our current knowledge about humans.Sequencing genes from people who lived long ago and those living today has become an important piece of the puzzle in understanding early human history and how the world was populated. Through DNA analyses, we know today that modern humans had children with Neanderthals. And also with the enigmatic Denisovans who we basically only know…
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“We can now use advanced computational tools to understand human prehistory, which seems to be far more complex than previously believed.”
Read more →: “We can now use advanced computational tools to understand human prehistory, which seems to be far more complex than previously believed.”As our inauguration day approaches, you can find out a little more about the Center for the Human Past in the news item on the Uppsala University website. It gives a reader a nice overview of what’s important to us, how it is possible and why the Center’s scientists do what they do. Read more