Center for the Human Past (CHP)
@humanpastcenter.bsky.social
The Center for the Human Past (2024) bridges genetics, archaeology, and linguistics to unravel the mysteries of human history in the last 10,000 years.
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In the Paris Basin, 7,000 years ago, farmers began planting wheat and building big: Their tomb monuments can stretch the length of three football fields. The story behind who built them is surprising.
archaeology.org/issues/january-february-2026/letters-from/neolithic-cultural-revolution/
archaeology.org/issues/january-february-2026/letters-from/neolithic-cultural-revolution/
December 6, 2025 at 4:30 PM
In the Paris Basin, 7,000 years ago, farmers began planting wheat and building big: Their tomb monuments can stretch the length of three football fields. The story behind who built them is surprising.
archaeology.org/issues/january-february-2026/letters-from/neolithic-cultural-revolution/
archaeology.org/issues/january-february-2026/letters-from/neolithic-cultural-revolution/
Here it is! The #news of the week comes from two of our PIs, Mattias Jakobsson & the #humanevolution program, #UppsalaUniversity. Congratulations! www.uu.se/en/news/2025... #humanpast #genetics #Africa #AncientSouthernAfricans
Ten-thousand-year-old genomes from southern Africa change picture of human evolution – Uppsala University
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December 4, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Here it is! The #news of the week comes from two of our PIs, Mattias Jakobsson & the #humanevolution program, #UppsalaUniversity. Congratulations! www.uu.se/en/news/2025... #humanpast #genetics #Africa #AncientSouthernAfricans
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Our new ancient DNA paper has just been published!
We present 28 new genomes from southern Africa - several of them high-coverage whole genomes.
Exciting to be moving towards population-level representation of ancient southern African genetic diversity!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
We present 28 new genomes from southern Africa - several of them high-coverage whole genomes.
Exciting to be moving towards population-level representation of ancient southern African genetic diversity!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Homo sapiens-specific evolution unveiled by ancient southern African genomes - Nature
The genomes of 28 ancient southern African individuals dated to between 10,200 and 150 years before present offer insights into the evolution of Homo sapiens.
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December 3, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Our new ancient DNA paper has just been published!
We present 28 new genomes from southern Africa - several of them high-coverage whole genomes.
Exciting to be moving towards population-level representation of ancient southern African genetic diversity!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
We present 28 new genomes from southern Africa - several of them high-coverage whole genomes.
Exciting to be moving towards population-level representation of ancient southern African genetic diversity!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Something #ethics #aDNA to ponder after reading: A Framework for #Archaeological Involvement with #HumanGenetic Data for European #Prehistory www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi... #humanpast
A Framework for Archaeological Involvement with Human Genetic Data for European Prehistory
A concern with ethics and commitments to ethical conduct and standards has increasingly been raised within archaeology, recently also concerning aDNA data. We suggest that codes, whether for working w...
www.degruyterbrill.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Something #ethics #aDNA to ponder after reading: A Framework for #Archaeological Involvement with #HumanGenetic Data for European #Prehistory www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi... #humanpast
The #JakobssonLab team, led by Mattias Jakobsson, with @cschlebu.bsky.social and others, has spent more than a decade working on the #AncientSouthernAfricans project. Now, a major #publication is about to be published. Watch this space: jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se #aDNA #humanpast #genetics #Africa #San
December 1, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The #JakobssonLab team, led by Mattias Jakobsson, with @cschlebu.bsky.social and others, has spent more than a decade working on the #AncientSouthernAfricans project. Now, a major #publication is about to be published. Watch this space: jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se #aDNA #humanpast #genetics #Africa #San
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Meet our plenary speakers 💁♂️
BETH SHAPIRO (@ucscgenomics.bsky.social)
Beth is a leader in the study of ancient DNA from extinct species and is now trying to develop tools to de-extinct prehistoric life.
Conference info 👉 icp2026.palaeogenomics.org
⚠️ Abstract submission closing soon, 30th Nov! ⚠️
BETH SHAPIRO (@ucscgenomics.bsky.social)
Beth is a leader in the study of ancient DNA from extinct species and is now trying to develop tools to de-extinct prehistoric life.
Conference info 👉 icp2026.palaeogenomics.org
⚠️ Abstract submission closing soon, 30th Nov! ⚠️
November 24, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Meet our plenary speakers 💁♂️
BETH SHAPIRO (@ucscgenomics.bsky.social)
Beth is a leader in the study of ancient DNA from extinct species and is now trying to develop tools to de-extinct prehistoric life.
Conference info 👉 icp2026.palaeogenomics.org
⚠️ Abstract submission closing soon, 30th Nov! ⚠️
BETH SHAPIRO (@ucscgenomics.bsky.social)
Beth is a leader in the study of ancient DNA from extinct species and is now trying to develop tools to de-extinct prehistoric life.
Conference info 👉 icp2026.palaeogenomics.org
⚠️ Abstract submission closing soon, 30th Nov! ⚠️
Interested in #Africa? The #documentary film #Namibia Up will be available to watch for 48 hours only: from 22 Nov (Sat) 9:00 CET until 24 Nov (Mon) 9:00 CET on: www.namibiaup.com/film #interdisciplinary #media @haam-community.bsky.social Repost, please! @afrlib.bsky.social
Watch Film - Namibia Up
Watch Film on Namibia Up
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November 20, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Interested in #Africa? The #documentary film #Namibia Up will be available to watch for 48 hours only: from 22 Nov (Sat) 9:00 CET until 24 Nov (Mon) 9:00 CET on: www.namibiaup.com/film #interdisciplinary #media @haam-community.bsky.social Repost, please! @afrlib.bsky.social
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If you are interested in hearing about the results of our ERC project on Viking-Age silver, I will be giving at talk at @heasvienna.bsky.social on Monday 12.30 CET - details in link
www.heas.at/events/heas-...
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HEAS Seminar Series - Archaeological Science - HEAS
As part of the HEAS Seminar Series in Archaeological Science, Jane Kershaw from the University of Oxford will give a talk on How lead isotope analysis of silver sheds new light on the origins of the V...
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November 19, 2025 at 12:32 PM
If you are interested in hearing about the results of our ERC project on Viking-Age silver, I will be giving at talk at @heasvienna.bsky.social on Monday 12.30 CET - details in link
www.heas.at/events/heas-...
www.heas.at/events/heas-...
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New Publication!
New Article by HEAS members #XinHuang, #JosefHackl and @kuhlwilm.bsky.social et al. on SAI: A Python Package for Statistics for Adaptive Introgression.
#HEASPublications
New Article by HEAS members #XinHuang, #JosefHackl and @kuhlwilm.bsky.social et al. on SAI: A Python Package for Statistics for Adaptive Introgression.
#HEASPublications
SAI: A Python Package for Statistics for Adaptive Introgression - HEAS
Huang, X., Chen, S., Hackl, J., Kuhlwilm, M., 2025. SAI: A Python Package for Statistics for Adaptive Introgression. Molecular Biology and Evolution. Abstract Adaptive introgression is an important ...
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November 20, 2025 at 8:48 AM
New Publication!
New Article by HEAS members #XinHuang, #JosefHackl and @kuhlwilm.bsky.social et al. on SAI: A Python Package for Statistics for Adaptive Introgression.
#HEASPublications
New Article by HEAS members #XinHuang, #JosefHackl and @kuhlwilm.bsky.social et al. on SAI: A Python Package for Statistics for Adaptive Introgression.
#HEASPublications
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A 4,000-year-old murder mystery began with a massacre in what’s now southwestern England. Then came dismemberment, possibly accompanied by cannibalism. (From 2024)
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/britain-ancient-massacre-cannibalism
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/britain-ancient-massacre-cannibalism
Britain's largest ancient massacre may have included cannibalism
Bones recovered from a natural shaft unveil a 4,000-year-old massacre of men, women and children, possibly part of a cycle of revenge killings.
www.sciencenews.org
November 13, 2025 at 1:25 AM
A 4,000-year-old murder mystery began with a massacre in what’s now southwestern England. Then came dismemberment, possibly accompanied by cannibalism. (From 2024)
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/britain-ancient-massacre-cannibalism
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/britain-ancient-massacre-cannibalism
More reading tips: Early #Oldowan technology thrived during #Pliocene #environmental change in the #Turkana Basin, #Kenya www.nature.com/articles/s41... #humanpast #interdisciplinary #archaeology #Africa
Early Oldowan technology thrived during Pliocene environmental change in the Turkana Basin, Kenya - Nature Communications
Here, the authors present archaeology of the Namorotukunan site in Kenya’s Turkana Basin that demonstrates adaptive shifts in hominin tool-making behaviour spanning 300,000 years and increasing enviro...
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November 10, 2025 at 10:23 AM
More reading tips: Early #Oldowan technology thrived during #Pliocene #environmental change in the #Turkana Basin, #Kenya www.nature.com/articles/s41... #humanpast #interdisciplinary #archaeology #Africa
#Vacancies: we are looking for not just one but three #postdoctoral researchers interested in bridging #genetics, #archaeology and #linguistics in exploring the #humanpast. shorturl.at/B3Qdd @haam-community.bsky.social @cschlebu.bsky.social
Postdoctoral position in Palaeo-population genomics at the Center for the Human Past - Uppsala University
Postdoctoral position in Palaeo-population genomics at the Center for the Human Past, Department of Organismal Biology, Uppsala University
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November 10, 2025 at 7:49 AM
#Vacancies: we are looking for not just one but three #postdoctoral researchers interested in bridging #genetics, #archaeology and #linguistics in exploring the #humanpast. shorturl.at/B3Qdd @haam-community.bsky.social @cschlebu.bsky.social
Thanks to support from the #ENLIGHT Incubator #Grant, we are starting to design #interdisciplinary #education with our colleagues from three other #European universities: #TartuUniversity, #GhentUniversity and #TurkuUniversity. shorturl.at/wtKNU
#humanpast #genetics #linguistics #archaeology
#humanpast #genetics #linguistics #archaeology
Over 1,400 Academics Collaborated on ENLIGHT Calls 2025: Results Revealed
The results of this year’s ENLIGHT Thematic Network and Incubator Grant Calls are in, and the engagement across our ten universities has increased significantly. With 104 proposals and more than 1,400...
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November 3, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Thanks to support from the #ENLIGHT Incubator #Grant, we are starting to design #interdisciplinary #education with our colleagues from three other #European universities: #TartuUniversity, #GhentUniversity and #TurkuUniversity. shorturl.at/wtKNU
#humanpast #genetics #linguistics #archaeology
#humanpast #genetics #linguistics #archaeology
Reading tips: A new late #Neanderthal from #Crimea reveals long-distance connections across #Eurasia | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1... #humanpast #genetics #prehistory #aDNA
A new late Neanderthal from Crimea reveals long-distance connections across Eurasia | PNAS
The Crimean Peninsula contains several important Middle and Upper Paleolithic sites,
including Starosele, Kabazi II, and Siuren I. The region has b...
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November 3, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Reading tips: A new late #Neanderthal from #Crimea reveals long-distance connections across #Eurasia | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1... #humanpast #genetics #prehistory #aDNA
#conference alert: #EMBL2026 Reconstructing the #humanpast: using ancient and modern #genomics www.embl.org/about/info/c... #EESHuman #interdisciplinary #genetics #archaeology #linguistics #humanprehistory #aDNA #meetings
Reconstructing the human past: using ancient and modern genomics
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October 27, 2025 at 7:29 AM
#conference alert: #EMBL2026 Reconstructing the #humanpast: using ancient and modern #genomics www.embl.org/about/info/c... #EESHuman #interdisciplinary #genetics #archaeology #linguistics #humanprehistory #aDNA #meetings
The application for the #Mobility #European #Master Programme in #EvolutionaryBiology (#MEME, www.evobio.eu) is open. Students apply either to #Uppsala University or the University of #Groningen (depending on where they want to spend their first semester).
MEME | Mobility European Master Evolutionary Biology
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October 27, 2025 at 7:23 AM
The application for the #Mobility #European #Master Programme in #EvolutionaryBiology (#MEME, www.evobio.eu) is open. Students apply either to #Uppsala University or the University of #Groningen (depending on where they want to spend their first semester).
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Construction of 95 megalithic dolmens began some 5,500 years ago at the site of Murayghat in Jordan. Why did Bronze Age people build them? New research is providing clues into an era of climate change and social disruptions.
archaeology.org/news/2025/10/20/megalithic-structures-studied-in-jordan/
archaeology.org/news/2025/10/20/megalithic-structures-studied-in-jordan/
Megalithic Structures Studied in Jordan
archaeology.org
October 20, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Construction of 95 megalithic dolmens began some 5,500 years ago at the site of Murayghat in Jordan. Why did Bronze Age people build them? New research is providing clues into an era of climate change and social disruptions.
archaeology.org/news/2025/10/20/megalithic-structures-studied-in-jordan/
archaeology.org/news/2025/10/20/megalithic-structures-studied-in-jordan/
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In a new paper led by Jiaqi Yang we trace the distribution of Denisovan introgressed DNA in ancient modern human genomes over time.
www.cell.com/current-biol...
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An early East Asian lineage with unexpectedly low Denisovan ancestry
Yang et al. study Denisovan ancestry in ancient and present-day humans. In contrast
to other East Asians, genomic comparisons suggest that the Jomon derived most of their
ancestry from a deep lineage ...
www.cell.com
October 20, 2025 at 7:39 PM
In a new paper led by Jiaqi Yang we trace the distribution of Denisovan introgressed DNA in ancient modern human genomes over time.
www.cell.com/current-biol...
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Is climate change partly to blame for the speedier disappearance of Neanderthals? Read more: #Climate change in #Europe between 90 and 50 kyr BP and #Neanderthal territorial #habitability; doi.org/10.1371/jour... #humanpast #palaeoenvironment #genetics
Climate change in Europe between 90 and 50 kyr BP and Neanderthal territorial habitability
After having lived as the dominant human species in Europe for over 200 kyr, Homo neanderthalensis (the Neanderthals) disappeared around 40 kyr BP (Before Present) Higham T (2014). Competition with Ho...
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October 21, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Is climate change partly to blame for the speedier disappearance of Neanderthals? Read more: #Climate change in #Europe between 90 and 50 kyr BP and #Neanderthal territorial #habitability; doi.org/10.1371/jour... #humanpast #palaeoenvironment #genetics
More reading tips: A #biomolecular perspective on mobile #pastoralism and its role in wider #socioeconomic connections in the #Chalcolithic South #Caucasus: iScience www.cell.com/iscience/ful... #humanpast #interdisciplinary #anthropology #archaeology #genetics #prehistory
A biomolecular perspective on mobile pastoralism and its role in wider socioeconomic connections in the Chalcolithic South Caucasus
Paleobiology; Anthropology; Archeology
www.cell.com
October 20, 2025 at 8:57 AM
More reading tips: A #biomolecular perspective on mobile #pastoralism and its role in wider #socioeconomic connections in the #Chalcolithic South #Caucasus: iScience www.cell.com/iscience/ful... #humanpast #interdisciplinary #anthropology #archaeology #genetics #prehistory
Reading tips: link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philippines #Sulu #culture #prehistory #nomads #ethnogenesis #southeastasia #humanpast #interdisciplinary
Sea Nomads, Sultans, and Raiders: History and Ethnogenesis in the Sulu Archipelago, Philippines - Journal of Maritime Archaeology
The Sulu Archipelago, nestled between Mindanao and Borneo, has been a melting pot of people and cultures for thousands of years. Major sociopolitical changes marked its history, attracting groups of p...
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October 20, 2025 at 8:18 AM
2nd, revised edition of An Introduction to #Molecular #Anthropology available soon. Changes include considerably more coverage of #aDNA, expanded discussion of #methods, and more. www.wiley.com/en-us/An+Int... @haam-community.bsky.social #genetics #humanpast #interdisciplinary #archaeology
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October 20, 2025 at 8:15 AM
2nd, revised edition of An Introduction to #Molecular #Anthropology available soon. Changes include considerably more coverage of #aDNA, expanded discussion of #methods, and more. www.wiley.com/en-us/An+Int... @haam-community.bsky.social #genetics #humanpast #interdisciplinary #archaeology
Reading alert: #hunter-gatherers #Eurasia #genomes #humanpast #genetics #humanprehistory www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Ancient genomes from eastern Kazakhstan reveal dynamic genetic legacy of Inner Eurasian hunter-gatherers
Inner Asian hunter-gatherers were structured by riverine geography and contributed genetically to later pastoralists.
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October 17, 2025 at 3:55 PM