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Call for the Human Past SCAS Fellowships 2027-28 is open
Read more →: Call for the Human Past SCAS Fellowships 2027-28 is openThe Human Past SCAS Residential Fellowship Programme is an initiative by the Center for the Human Past, administered by the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study (SCAS). The fellowships are designed to foster a collaborative environment where early-stage (postdoctoral-level) and established scholars can converge across a wide range of disciplines, such as archaeology, population genetics, and…
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2025 in a nutshell
Read more →: 2025 in a nutshellThe activities 7 Talks of the Past open seminars with invited speakers: Ester Oras, Jenny Hagenblad, Outi Vesakoski, Mehmet Somel, Tanya Uldin, Hugo Reyes-Centeno & Julia Sturm 3 Mini-Seminars with guest researchers Joakim Wehlin, Yair Sapir, Samuli Simelius & Julia Velkova 6 Journal Club discussion meetings with guest speakers and/or moderators: Noel Amano, Luciana G.…
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Human Past Interdisciplinary Retreat – Impressions
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Read more →: Human Past Interdisciplinary Retreat – ImpressionsThe primary purpose of the retreat was to strengthen collaboration between geneticists, archaeologists and linguists in exploring the last 10,000 years of human history. The retreat, networking and team-building event at Sigtuna Stiftelsen offered an opportunity to learn about each other’s research through presentations and discussions and to lay the groundwork for future joint projects.The…
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Homo sapiens-specific evolution unveiled by ancient southern African genomes, published in Nature
Read more →: Homo sapiens-specific evolution unveiled by ancient southern African genomes, published in NatureMattias Jakobsson and Carina Schlebusch are two co-authors of the study on ancient South Africans that was just published. Abstract Homo sapiens evolved hundreds of thousands of years ago in Africa, later spreading across the globe, but the early evolutionary process is debated. Here we present whole-genome sequencing data for 28 ancient southern African individuals, including…
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CHP offers Certificates of Attendance to PhD students
Read more →: CHP offers Certificates of Attendance to PhD studentsThe VR Centre of Excellence, Center for the Human Past (CHP), organises various types of seminars on topics related to overlapping areas in palaeogenetics, archaeology, and historical linguistics, as well as computational research. These activities offer knowledge exchange, research training and mentorship by experts in their fields to junior researchers and PhD students. PhD students…
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New vacancies at CHP
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Read more →: New vacancies at CHPWe are seeking not one, but three, new postdoctoral researchers to join our interdisciplinary team and dive deeper into the mysteries of the last 10,000 years of human history. Place of work: Uppsala University. Application deadline: 15 Dec 2025 For the full announcements and to apply, visit the Uppsala University website: