A new #paper by our colleagues at #SchlebuschLab: #Ancient #pathogen #genomics in #Africa: Current evidence and future directions. doi.org/10.1016/j.ti...

Our colleague Francesco Giannelli presented this great poster at #SMBE2026: Reconstructing the Bantu Expansion Through an Individual-Based Simulation His work uses SLiM forward-time simulations to jointly model genetic and linguistic evolution among Bantu-speaking populations. 🧬 🗣️ 💻

Reading tips: Long-term #cultural continuity across the #Neanderthal–modernhuman sequence at Üçağızlı II Cave, northern #Levant #publication in #PNAS #humanpast www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

A team of researchers constructed a large-scale pangenome of upland cotton and traced its origins to a single domestication event on the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico around 2,800 years ago. In PNAS: https://ow.ly/A7g850ZhXeQ

Statistical modeling of the dates associated with ancient atlatls, or spear throwers, suggests that the weapon emerged in the Americas in the Holocene and was not used by earlier Clovis people or brought by people migrating from Eurasia. In PNAS: https://ow.ly/irNT50ZjCgi

Reading tips: #AncientDNA reveals elite dynastic rule among #IronAge #Eurasian Steppe #nomads published in #ScienceAdvances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #humanpast #genetics #publications

Ancient DNA reveals elite dynastic rule among Iron Age Eurasian Steppe nomads

Elite Scythians formed exclusive kin networks across cemeteries, revealing hereditary rule among Iron Age Central Eurasian nomads.

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Reading tips: New evidence for Early #Pleistocene use of fire at #Wonderwerk Cave (South #Africa) journals.plos.org/plosone/arti... #protocol #boneluminescence #FTIR #method #archaeology #genetics

New evidence for Early Pleistocene use of fire at Wonderwerk Cave (South Africa)

Tracing the earliest evidence of burning in archaeological contexts is essential for understanding the emergence of fire use—an innovation that underpinned critical behavioral and biological developme...

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#Opportunity for #MA and #PhDstudents: University of Turku organises an #Erasmus+ #BIP course: Finding a Common Ground: Reducing the Gap between #Linguistics and #Genetics. More info in the flyer. @haam-community.bsky.social

Link to UU's press release covering the article: www.mynewsdesk.com/uu/pressrele...

Family relationships identified in Stone Age graves on Gotland

In a new study, researchers at Uppsala University have clarified family relationships in four graves from a 5,500-year-old hunter-gatherer culture at Ajvide...

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Exciting new #aDNA study on genetic relatedness in Neolithic hunter‑gatherer co‑burials is now published in #ProcB @royalsociety.org 🏺🧬🧪 Great team involving our own T. Mattila, M. Fraser, J. Koelman, M. Jakobsson, @trstrstrs.bsky.social and H. Malmström royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...

Genetic relatedness mattered in the co-burial ritual of Neolithic hunter–gatherers

Abstract. Kin relations among past societies can offer valuable information about the social dynamics of the population. Genetic data from prehistoric huma

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We are very excited to host a SMBE satellite meeting about gene-culture co-evolution in Cagliari, Sardinia, Sept 2026! Abstract submission is OPEN! stay tuned for more info and help us spread the news! 🦩 🏖️ 🧬 😎

SMBE Satellite Meeting on Gene-Culture Co-Evolution@smbegeneculture.bsky.social · 5mo ago

SAVE THE DATE! SMBE Satellite Meeting on Gene–Culture Co-Evolution: Molecular Perspectives on Human History and Diversity 🌍 University of Cagliari, Italy - Abstract submission and travel grants deadline: 30 April - Registration opening soon - Conference dates: 21-23 September 2026

Excited to share our new paper in Communications Biology! We generated >1000 new complete mitochondrial genomes from understudied regions in sub-Saharan Africa, providing an updated overview of maternal genetic diversity and demographic history across the continent. www.nature.com/articles/s42...

Revisiting the African mtDNA landscape through complete mitochondrial genomes - Communications Biology

A study provides an updated, continent-wide portrait of African human mtDNA diversity, sharpening mtDNA-based demographic inferences regarding the Niger-Congo-associated and Bantu-associated demograph...

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‼️Don’t miss our next HAAM Radio!! 🗓️Mon, 15 June 2026 🔗 Register here: forms.gle/9KGQXWVBZj2t... #aDNA #imputation #paleogenetics #paleogenomics #archaeogenetics #archaeogenomics #popgen

HAAM-community@haam-community.bsky.social · 3mo ago

🚨7th HAAM-RADIO Webinar next month! 🧬Advances in bioinformatics methods for paleogenomic analysis: Testing the limits of low coverage and imputation! 🗓️Mon, 15 June 2026 Two fantastic speakers and a Q&A specifically designed for ECRs to engage in the topic! Register here: forms.gle/9KGQXWVBZj2t...

@pnas.org A new interesting #paper to read: An inverse correlation between structural #linguistic and #human #genetic diversity: doi.org/10.1073/pnas... #humanpast #interdisciplinary #data @haam-community.bsky.social @cschlebu.bsky.social

An inverse correlation between structural linguistic and human genetic diversity | PNAS

Linguistic structures show uneven global distributions, but it remains unknown to what extent such distributions are driven by human population his...

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Fossils from a 1.6-million-year-old site in Kenya accord with older sites, suggesting early humans exhibited a stable pattern of hunting or aggressively scavenging meat, including transporting carcass limbs to processing sites and extracting marrow. In PNAS: https://ow.ly/S35b50YW8Eb

New #article: #Escoural cave and #neolithic #mortuary chronology: #radiocarbon evidence for #funerary diversity in Southern #Portugal in #Archaeological and #Anthropological Sciences #journal, co-authored by Rita Peyroteo Stjerna #humanpast #genetics link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Escoural cave and neolithic mortuary chronology: radiocarbon evidence for funerary diversity in Southern Portugal - Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences

Escoural Cave, in Portugal’s Alentejo region, provides pivotal chronological evidence for Neolithic mortuary activity in southwestern Iberia. We present new radiocarbon dates on human bone from Escour...

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#Call for #Applications: #HumanPast #SCAS #Fellowships 2027-28 for both #early-career and senior #interdisciplinary researchers. Deadline: 1 June 2026. More information on our web: shorturl.at/VAAfl #humanpast #opportunity #genetics #archaeology #linguistics #prehistory @haam-community.bsky.social

New #publication co-authored by our former #SCAS fellow, Mehmet Somel: The Tie That Binds Us? Challenging the Primacy of #DNA in #Kinship Studies and Re-Centring Community in Defining Human Connections across Time. doi.org/10.1017/S095... @cschlebu.bsky.social #humanpast #archaeology #genetics

We are looking forward to welcoming #KevinDaly for a #HEASTalk taking place online and in-person at the #UBB at @univie.ac.at this Friday. Registration is on our website 👇🔗 www.heas.at/events/heas-...

HEAS Talk with Kevin Daly - HEAS

We are looking forward to welcoming Kevin Daly from University College Dublin to Vienna for a HEAS Talk on Livestock Genomic Health During Domestication: A Palaeogenomic Perspective on the 24th April ...

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#Postdoctoral Research Fellow #position in #palaeoecology and sedimentary ancient DNA - University of #Oslo: shorturl.at/slfw5 #vacancy #aDNA

Postdoctoral Research Fellow position in palaeoecology and sedimentary ancient DNA (298945) | University of Oslo

Job title: Postdoctoral Research Fellow position in palaeoecology and sedimentary ancient DNA (298945), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Tuesday, May 12, 2026

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Hot off the press!! New open access special edition of the Cambridge Archaeological Journal on "Kinship Trouble". www.cambridge.org/core/journal... All papers are open access, and the papers, I think, really capture this dynamic moment in studies of past kinship.

This talk is now available on the #HEASVienna YouTube channel. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GLV...

HEAS Seminar - Stephan Schiffels

YouTube video by HEAS

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HEAS@heasvienna.bsky.social · 5mo ago

We are looking forward to welcoming @stschiff.ecoevo.social.ap.brid.gy to Vienna for the #HEASSeminar in #AncientGenomics. More information and registration is on our website 👇🔗 www.heas.at/events/heas-...

New #article worth reading from our colleagues in #Tartu: Segregated #foodculture, #BronzeAge #dietary practices in northern #Estonia #humanpast #genetics #archaeology #biomolecular #Baltic #interdisciplinaryresearch (spoiler alert: diet was mostly plant-based!) shorturl.at/1MKx8

Segregated food culture? Bronze Age (1250–500 cal BCE) dietary practices in northern Estonia

The Bronze Age (2000/1750–500 BCE) in the Eastern Baltic has been considered a period for increased social stratification. While previous research has…

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The HAAM summer school is always a fantastic online workshop on popgen analysis via aDNA. Check out the 2026 version! ⬇️💡🧬

HAAM-community@haam-community.bsky.social · 5mo ago

🆕 HAAM Summer School 2026 📅 June 1-5, 2026 📍 Online 💰 Free 🧑‍🔬🧑‍💻 For Students & ECR 🔓 Applications open until April 13, 2026! 🔗 Apply here: forms.gle/ckqTgQxnEENJ...

New #preprint with Carina Schlebusch @cschlebu.bsky.social as one of the co-authors: #Ancient #Pathogen #Genomics in #Africa–Current Evidence and Future Directions. #humanpast #genetics #paleogenomics #aDNA www.preprints.org/manuscript/2...

#Reading alert: Beyond bones: how #biomolecular #archaeology is challenging the definition of #ancient #human remains and its #ethical implications, by Rita Peyroteo Stjerna and Mari Tõrv doi.org/10.1080/0043... #humanpast #publications #humanremains

Beyond bones: how biomolecular archaeology is challenging the definition of ancient human remains and its ethical implications

Technological advancements in the twenty-first century have profoundly transformed archaeological research. Biomolecular archaeology has emerged as a pivotal field, generating vast quantities of mo...

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Around 60,000 years ago, humans in southern Africa made etchings on eggshells. There are hatches, grids, rotations, repetitions—signs that the artist had the final egg design in mind before starting the work! archaeology.org/news/2026/03/04/ostrich-eggshell-etchings-analyzed/

#Call for #Applications: #HumanPast #SCAS #Fellowships 2027-28 for both #early-career and senior #interdisciplinary researchers. Deadline: 1 June 2026. More information on our web: shorturl.at/VAAfl #humanpast #opportunity #genetics #archaeology #linguistics #prehistory @haam-community.bsky.social

#Reading tips: Wind(ow) of change: The end of the Middle #StoneAge and the beginning of the Later Stone Age at #Umhlatuzana rockshelter, showcasing concurrent technological and techno-economic shifts www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #humanpast #interdisciplinary #Umhlatuzana #sciencedirect

New reading: #Interbreeding between #Neanderthals and modern #humans was strongly sex biased | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #humanpast

Interbreeding between Neanderthals and modern humans was strongly sex biased

Sex biases in admixture and other demographic processes are recurrent features throughout human evolution. For admixture between Neanderthals and anatomically modern humans (AMHs), sex bias has been p...

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