Thrilled to share our study sequencing genetic data from tropical mammoths 🏝️🦣. First DNA recovered from Columbian mammoths southern than USA shorturl.at/xjIvy. Thanks to all collaborators, you were key to this success! See below a fantastic note covering the paper by the great @rpocisv.bsky.social 👇

I'll join a panel discussion next week at Johns Hopkins University to discuss with researchers and medical residents about "Latinx genetic identity and health".

Tuesday, August 26th, 5:30 to 7:30 PM. If you want to join us, here is the FREE registration --> www.eventbrite.com/e/salud-y-ex...

The @scilifelab.se ancient DNA unit is looking for an bioinformatician placed at Uppsala University. This is a great way to be part of diverse #aDNA research projects as a staff scientist with permanent (!!) employment:

www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...

Meet our newest editorial board member for Genetics & Development: Cesar Fortes-Lima 🧬! Bringing expertise in genomics, biological anthropology, evolutionary biology, and bioinformatics. Welcome aboard!

New postdoc opening in our lab: crick.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/External/job... Don't hesitate to send in your details or contact me if interested!

I wrote about how we must stand and fight against the threat of eugenics.

Fueled by white nationalism and scientific racism, these beliefs are factually wrong and ethically abhorrent.

This fight includes supporting efforts to diversify our workforce & science. To stop now would be a deep betrayal.

A big congrats to Imke Lankheet + co-authors for this new publication on genetic ancestry in the South African Coloured population. We reveal fine-scale regional differences in SAC, shaped by complex history and social factors @schlebuschgroup.bsky.social

bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

I'm thrilled to announce that our featured article, "Herders from the Green Sahara", was published in the 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘚𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵 magazine. Another great collaboration with Viktor Černý and Carina Schlebusch.

Free access here: livejohnshopkins-my.sharepoint.com/:b:/g/person...

Kudos also to the great team of authors, including
@cschlebu.bsky.social, Sara Pacchiarotti and many others. In this interdisciplinary book on the population history of Congo, their contributions span not only archaeology but also paleoecology, osteology, linguistics and human population genetics.

This peer-reviewed book is one of the outcomes of the ERC-funded BantuFirst project. Kudos to the editors, Peter Coutros, Jessamy Doman, Igor Matonda, and Koen Bostoen (Ghent University), for their excellent work on this impressive book project of 25 chapters. www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edi...

Thrilled to announce that Routledge has published our book chapter in #OpenAccess. This chapter is part of an outstanding 740-page book that examines the early events of the Bantu expansion in Africa using multidisciplinary perspectives, including genetics. www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/oa-...

Cesar Fortes-Lima

Fascinating talk exploring the demographic history of Sub-Saharan Africa's Bantu populations using genetic data from 14 countries. Generated datasets are vital to investigating the trans-Atlantic slave trade.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#HumanEvo25

Thanks @liigh-unam.bsky.social once again for organising this lecture and for the invitation. Special kudos to @paleogenomics.bsky.social for making this possible. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

New paper and ginormous effort from the Schlebusch lab!!! Cesar Fortes-Lima, Concetta Burgarella, Rickard Hammarén et al. analyzed thousands of modern and ancient samples across Africa to study "The genetic legacy of the expansion of Bantu-speaking peoples in Africa" 🧪

A popular science feature in The Conversation—Africa on the recently published #Fulani study (below) is available now. Co-authors: Carina Schlebusch, Cesar Fortes-Lima and Viktor Černý. theconversation.com/fulani-new-s... #genetics #Africa #humanpast #interdisciplinary @haam-community.bsky.social

Gwenna Breton, Cesar Fortes-Lima and Carina Schlebusch contributed a chapter on central African demographic history to the #OpenAccess eBook "Luca Cavalli-Sforza’s Legacy, 100 Years After His Birth", eds. L. Chichi and G. Barbujani.

Published by Human Population Genetics and Genomics:

Seminarios de la Unidad de Antropología Física: «Historia genómica de las poblaciones africanas: impacto del periodo colonial a ambos lados de Atlántico». Dr. César Fortes-Lima.

Great to attend the #HumanEvo25 conference with Cesar Fortes-Lima and @a-solernunez.bsky.social, who gave an excellent talk and poster presentation representing the Schlebusch group and @humanevouu.bsky.social!

Population history and admixture of the Fulani people from the Sahel

Cesar A. Fortes-Lima et al. (2025)
www.cell.com/ajhg/fulltex...

We're very happy to host Cesar Fortes-Lima @uu.se @jhu.edu today @liigh-unam.bsky.social! He's talking about human migration and admixture in #Africa and in the African diaspora

Very happy that our new article was published today in AJHG @ajhgnews.bsky.social. Great collaboration with Cesar Fortes-Lima, Yoro Diallo, Vaclav Janousek, and Viktor Cerny. "Population history and admixture of the Fulani people from the Sahel" www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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