Laurits Skov

@lauritsskov.bsky.social

I study Neanderthals, Denisovans and the effect of their DNA surviving in present day humans. Assistant professor at section for molecular ecology and evolution at Globe Institute Copenhagen, Denmark.

Two weeks left to apply (Jan 15) for postdoc (2.5 years) in population genetics of the Paleolithic in my group in Aarhus, Denmark. It is an interdisciplinary project with Felix Riede @felixthehauskat.bsky.social, and a new postdoc in his group covering archaeology. Apply using tinyurl.com/4jt4dru4

Postdoctoral position in population genomics of the palaeolithic - Vacancy at Aarhus University

Vacancy at Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics - BiRC - Bioinformatics Research Center, Aarhus University

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Another early Christmas present in the form of another cool study! Sümer et al takes us back to life in Europe 45,000 years ago.‬ Lots of cool stories - one of them being the fact an individual (at Ranis) were related to an individual at another site (Zlatý kůň) 230 km away - Small world!

Arev P. Sümer@arevsumer.bsky.social · 2y ago

I am very happy to share our new paper on the genetics of some of the first modern humans who ever lived in Europe! We sequenced nuclear DNA from 13 specimens from Ranis in Germany, and found that they belonged to at least 6 individuals. www.nature.com/articles/s41... (1/n)