A new popular science article on our genomic study in Sudan is now out in The Conversation Africa — check it out!

The Conversation Africa@africa.theconversation.com · 3mo ago

A genetic mystery within a migrant community in Sudan is offering new clues in the fight against malaria — and reshaping what scientists understand about resistance, survival and the future of medicine. theconversation.com/in-sudan-a-m... #ScienceAndTech

📣Heading South 📕The study led by Tábita Hünemeier (@hunemeier.bsky.social), principal investigator at the @ibe-barcelona.bsky.social, “Indigenous American genomes reveal unique diversity and evolution”, is featured on this week’s @nature.com cover. #UnravellingEvolution 👉

Nature - Heading south

The last continent in the world to be settled by humans was the Americas. Beringia, a land bridge that replaced the Bering Strait during the last ice age,...

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Our paper on the evolutionary history and genetic diversity of Indigenous Americans is featured on the cover of @nature.com

Tábita Hünemeier@hunemeier.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Absolutely thrilled to see our work featured on the cover of @nature.com, with the stunning artwork of Emiliano Bellini! Deeply grateful to all collaborators, the Indigenous communities who made this work possible, and the funding agencies for their support!

#Research 🧬 The largest genetic database of the indigenous peoples of the Americas reveals over a million previously unknown variants A really interesting project led by Tábita Hünemeier, in which David Comas collaborated to help describe the contribution of the population they have named Ypykuéra

Institut de Biologia Evolutiva (IBE)@ibe-barcelona.bsky.social · 3mo ago

📕An international study led by Tábita Hünemeier, principal investigator at the @ibe-barcelona.bsky.social together with the University of São Paulo, has deciphered the genome of Indigenous American populations.🧬 👉https://shorturl.at/yJoSN

1/5 Well over three years of work and I’m thrilled to see it out today in Science Advances: the cover feature no less! Using an innovative pipeline, we show that malaria shaped the spatial organization of human groups in sub-Saharan Africa over the last 74,000 years. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Malaria shaped human spatial organization for the past 74 thousand years

Malaria has shaped human habitat choice, exchange, and dispersal since the late Pleistocene in sub-Saharan Africa.

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Our new paper is out in @nature.com! By exploring the rich genetic diversity of Indigenous peoples across America, we show how large-scale genomic data reveal far more complex evolutionary history, shaped by multiple dispersals, long-term regional continuity, and adaptation to diverse environments.

The largest and most diverse collection of Indigenous American genomes 👉🏻 “The evolutionary history and unique genetic diversity of Indigenous Americans” @macscastro.bsky.social @hunemeier.bsky.social @chiarabarbieri.bsky.social @jrockdrigo.bsky.social 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🚨 Check out our new paper in Nature! In our new study, we sequenced 128 high-coverage genomes from Indigenous peoples across Latin America and uncovered their unique genetic diversity and history. 👇🧵 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The evolutionary history and unique genetic diversity of Indigenous Americans - Nature

Analysis of 128 high-coverage Indigenous American genomes shows extensive diversity shaped by several South American dispersals, ancient Australasian admixture, archaic introgression and long-term ada...

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Our new paper is out in PNAS! We analyzed 125 high-coverage whole genomes from five Sudanese ethnolinguistic groups, to understand the evolutionary and demographic history of the region. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... 🧵👇

Excited to share our new preprint🙌 It's the first human WGS study in Sudan. We uncover one of the strongest selection signals to date, pointing to post-admixture adaptation to malaria in Copts. Huge thanks to all co-authors. @aidaandres.bsky.social @jgarcia-cal.bsky.social @ebosch1972.bsky.social

medRxivpreprint@medrxivpreprint.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Sudan's complex genetic admixture history drives adaptation to malaria in Sudanese Copts https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.01.25334828v1

Sudan's complex genetic admixture history drives adaptation to malaria in Sudanese Copts https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.01.25334828v1

A very special paper where we did something NEW! 🔥combining a large genetic dataset 🧬, a large linguistic dataset 💬, and Bayesian multilevel logistic regressions 📈, counting the effects of areal contact (geographic constrains) 🌎. Genetic admixture explains higher levels of linguistic exchanges...

Anna Graff@annagraff.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Our paper is out! We linked genetic and linguistic data to study how contact changes language and found consistent patterns of borrowing across contact situations @balthasarbickel.bsky.social @chiarabarbieri.bsky.social @nccrlanguage.bsky.social @isle-uzh.bsky.social doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adv7521

Seeing how every effort has now materialized into lessons and teachings that truly benefit @ibe-barcelona.bsky.social scientists of all generations has been immeasurable. Thank you, @xavimartiperez.bsky.social, for co-leading this project.

Institut de Biologia Evolutiva (IBE)@ibe-barcelona.bsky.social · last yr.

📣Today the #IBE_Barcelona Students Committee organizes the #IBEWorkshop, a new initiative aimed at fostering knowledge exchange, skill development, and community building across all levels of the institute.🤩 #UnravellingEvolution #DiscoveringLife #ConservingBiodiversity

Caçadores humanos podem ter sido os principais algozes das preguiças-gigantes. Análises evolutivas indicam que a disseminação de Homo sapiens pela América coincidiu com picos de extinção bit.ly/43dhPTf #paleontologia #biodiversidade #evolução #zoologia

Caçadores humanos podem ter sido os principais algozes das preguiças-gigantes

Imagine uma paisagem no Pantanal ou no Pampa, com suas amplidões de vegetação rasteira, entrecortada por imensos animais de até 4 toneladas, as preguiças-gigantes. No litoral, seria possível encontrar...

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🚨 Our new paper is out in Science! We analyzed 2,723 high-coverage whole genomes from Brazilians to explore how five centuries of colonization, forced migration, and admixture have shaped genetic diversity and impacted health. 📄 science.org/doi/10.1126/... 🧵👇

Admixture’s impact on Brazilian population evolution and health

Brazil, the largest Latin American country, is underrepresented in genomic research despite boasting the world’s largest recently admixed population. In this study, we generated 2723 high-coverage who...

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Quase todos os brasileiros são miscigenados, diz estudo

Maior análise de DNA já feita mostra que quase todos os brasileiros são miscigenados

Pesquisa também aponta herança indígena mais substancial do que se imaginava antes

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Very proud of my colleagues and friends for their amazing publication out in Science today! Nunes et al. "Admixture’s impact on Brazilian population evolution and health" www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... @hunemeier.bsky.social @macscastro.bsky.social 👏

Admixture’s impact on Brazilian population evolution and health

Brazil, the largest Latin American country, is underrepresented in genomic research despite boasting the world’s largest recently admixed population. In this study, we generated 2723 high-coverage who...

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