Center for the Human Past
Research
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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 fellowship aims to attract researchers interested in the human past, combining methods and materials from different disciplines. The primary focus is on research work relating to three major migration […]
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Carina Schlebusch is the Editor-in-Chief of the HPGG journal
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 […]
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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 […]
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Extended Wallenberg Fellowship for Carina Schlebusch
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Read more →: Extended Wallenberg Fellowship for Carina SchlebuschCarina’s project, “Prehistoric DNA reveals the spread of agriculture,” will continue thanks to the prolonged Knut and Alice Wallenberg Academy grant. Carina Schlebusch is analyzing the DNA of prehistoric farmers […]
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Use of linguistic data in unveiling human past
Read more →: Use of linguistic data in unveiling human pastThe University of Potsdam organizes a conference on: Uncovering past with linguistic data: methodological, typological and area-specific studies Where: Riga, LatviaWhen: 14-15 March 2025 Important dates:
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SciLifeLab Symposium: Advancing archaeology with multi-disciplinary analysis
Read more →: SciLifeLab Symposium: Advancing archaeology with multi-disciplinary analysisOur collaborating partner, SciLifeLab organizes a symposium that offers valuable insights into advanced research methods and analysis highly relevant in interdisciplinary context of archaeogenetics and archaeology. Archaeology thrives on its […]
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Ad hoc mini-seminars by CHP
Read more →: Ad hoc mini-seminars by CHPWe have started ad hoc mini-seminars in our new headquarters,Villa Lugnet.The mini-seminars are by invitation only to enable in-depth discussions and exchange of knowledge across the relevant research areas. The […]
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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 […]
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Reading tips by CHP
Read more →: Reading tips by CHPErik Elgh & Harald Hammarström. 2024. The dialect chain tree. A perennial conflict in historical linguistics centers around the theoretical and practical virtues of tree-like divergence and wave-like diffusion. The […]
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“Indo-European Interfaces” – the book is launched
Read more →: “Indo-European Interfaces” – the book is launchedJenny Larsson, professor in Baltic languages with main interest in the history of languages is one of the co-editors of the first book in series “Stockholm Studies in Indo-European Language […]