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 […]
A 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 […]
In 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 & […]
The 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 […]
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Joshua 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 […]
The 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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Carina’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 […]
The 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:
Our 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 […]
We 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 […]