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News from the Research Program in Human Evolution at Uppsala University, Sweden // Department of Organismal Biology
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#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
Come join us! There are still five days left to apply for this computational postdoc position 👇🏼
🚨 Join us in Uppsala and the lab of @trstngnthr.bsky.social as a 2 year fully funded bioinformatics postdoc with all Swedish social benefits etc!🧪
The project involves modern and #aDNA 🧬 in humans and sheep 🐑 to study adaptation. Application deadline: Oct 21st
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The project involves modern and #aDNA 🧬 in humans and sheep 🐑 to study adaptation. Application deadline: Oct 21st
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Postdoctoral position in Population Genomics - Uppsala University
Postdoctoral position in Population Genomics, Department of Organismal Biology, Uppsala University
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October 16, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Come join us! There are still five days left to apply for this computational postdoc position 👇🏼
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Our new paper is out! 🪶 “The coevolution of languages, peoples & environments in Central Africa’s Kwilu-Kasai region since ~1000 BCE” revisits Jan Vansina’s ideas using new linguistic, archaeological & genetic data - revealing the region was a hub of Bantu diversification. doi.org/10.1016/j.qe...
The coevolution of languages, peoples and environments in Central Africa’s Kwilu-Kasai region since ∼1000 BCE: A dialogue with Jan Vansina
In this article, Jan Vansina’s essay on the deep-time population history of the Kwilu-Kasai region, now more than half a century old, is revisited thr…
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October 15, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Our new paper is out! 🪶 “The coevolution of languages, peoples & environments in Central Africa’s Kwilu-Kasai region since ~1000 BCE” revisits Jan Vansina’s ideas using new linguistic, archaeological & genetic data - revealing the region was a hub of Bantu diversification. doi.org/10.1016/j.qe...
Application deadline in less than a week! Apply to join the Uppsala Human Evolution team!
We are recruiting an associate professor (senior lecturer) at our program in Human #Paleogenomics and #PopulationGenetics. Come and join the Uppsala team! Please see the ad for more information. Application deadline: Sept 30st.
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Associate Professor in Human Paleo- and Population Genomics - Uppsala University
Associate Professor in Human Paleo- and Population Genomics, Disciplinary Domain of Science and Technology, Faculty of Biology, Department of Organismal Biology, Uppsala University
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September 24, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Application deadline in less than a week! Apply to join the Uppsala Human Evolution team!
🚨 Join us in Uppsala and the lab of @trstngnthr.bsky.social as a 2 year fully funded bioinformatics postdoc with all Swedish social benefits etc!🧪
The project involves modern and #aDNA 🧬 in humans and sheep 🐑 to study adaptation. Application deadline: Oct 21st
www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
The project involves modern and #aDNA 🧬 in humans and sheep 🐑 to study adaptation. Application deadline: Oct 21st
www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
Postdoctoral position in Population Genomics - Uppsala University
Postdoctoral position in Population Genomics, Department of Organismal Biology, Uppsala University
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September 19, 2025 at 8:36 AM
🚨 Join us in Uppsala and the lab of @trstngnthr.bsky.social as a 2 year fully funded bioinformatics postdoc with all Swedish social benefits etc!🧪
The project involves modern and #aDNA 🧬 in humans and sheep 🐑 to study adaptation. Application deadline: Oct 21st
www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
The project involves modern and #aDNA 🧬 in humans and sheep 🐑 to study adaptation. Application deadline: Oct 21st
www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
We are recruiting an associate professor (senior lecturer) at our program in Human #Paleogenomics and #PopulationGenetics. Come and join the Uppsala team! Please see the ad for more information. Application deadline: Sept 30st.
www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
Associate Professor in Human Paleo- and Population Genomics - Uppsala University
Associate Professor in Human Paleo- and Population Genomics, Disciplinary Domain of Science and Technology, Faculty of Biology, Department of Organismal Biology, Uppsala University
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September 5, 2025 at 11:30 AM
We are recruiting an associate professor (senior lecturer) at our program in Human #Paleogenomics and #PopulationGenetics. Come and join the Uppsala team! Please see the ad for more information. Application deadline: Sept 30st.
www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
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Despite our name, we are not just working on humans!
@germanha.bsky.social et al find traces of a rock dove 🕊️ (the wild relatives of domestic pigeons) hybrid zone during the Green Sahara and suggest that Western African pops represent a separate species 👇🏼
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@germanha.bsky.social et al find traces of a rock dove 🕊️ (the wild relatives of domestic pigeons) hybrid zone during the Green Sahara and suggest that Western African pops represent a separate species 👇🏼
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Gone With the Wind: Exploring a Vanished Rock Dove, Columba Livia, Hybrid Zone in the Sahara Desert
In this study, we tested the hypothesis of the existence of a hybrid zone between two differentiated rock dove lineages, which may contribute significantly to their divergence. By analyzing newly gen...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 29, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Despite our name, we are not just working on humans!
@germanha.bsky.social et al find traces of a rock dove 🕊️ (the wild relatives of domestic pigeons) hybrid zone during the Green Sahara and suggest that Western African pops represent a separate species 👇🏼
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
@germanha.bsky.social et al find traces of a rock dove 🕊️ (the wild relatives of domestic pigeons) hybrid zone during the Green Sahara and suggest that Western African pops represent a separate species 👇🏼
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
New paper on reference/mapping bias, its impact on estimating ancestry proportions and a a genotype likelihood to adjust for it in #aDNA studies:
doi.org/10.1093/g3jo...
by @trstngnthr.bsky.social et al
doi.org/10.1093/g3jo...
by @trstngnthr.bsky.social et al
Estimating allele frequencies, ancestry proportions and genotype likelihoods in the presence of mapping bias
Abstract. Population genomic analyses rely on an accurate and unbiased characterization of the genetic composition of the studied population. For short-rea
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August 8, 2025 at 8:38 AM
New paper on reference/mapping bias, its impact on estimating ancestry proportions and a a genotype likelihood to adjust for it in #aDNA studies:
doi.org/10.1093/g3jo...
by @trstngnthr.bsky.social et al
doi.org/10.1093/g3jo...
by @trstngnthr.bsky.social et al
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The Iceman Ötzi's genome was one of the first ancient human genomes sequenced. Now our former postdoc Myriam Croze et al present the population dynamics in his Alpine region from the Mesolithic to the Bronze Age 🧪🏺
Fun collaboration with Valentina Coia and others at EURAC
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
Fun collaboration with Valentina Coia and others at EURAC
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
Genomic diversity and structure of prehistoric alpine individuals from the Tyrolean Iceman’s territory - Nature Communications
Here, the authors perform genomic analysis of prehistoric individuals from the Italian Alps, to reveal a genetic shift from the Mesolithic to the Neolithic and genetic continuity from the Neolithic to...
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July 14, 2025 at 9:35 AM
The Iceman Ötzi's genome was one of the first ancient human genomes sequenced. Now our former postdoc Myriam Croze et al present the population dynamics in his Alpine region from the Mesolithic to the Bronze Age 🧪🏺
Fun collaboration with Valentina Coia and others at EURAC
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
Fun collaboration with Valentina Coia and others at EURAC
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
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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...
Free access here: livejohnshopkins-my.sharepoint.com/:b:/g/person...
July 21, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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...
Free access here: livejohnshopkins-my.sharepoint.com/:b:/g/person...
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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....
bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Wide-scale geographical analysis of genetic ancestry in the South African Coloured population - BMC Biology
Background The South African Coloured (SAC) population, a prominent admixed population in South Africa, reflects centuries of migration, admixture, and historical segregation. Descendants of local Kho...
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July 27, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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....
bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
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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-...
The Early Bantu Expansion into Central Africa | 9 | New Data and Insig
Central Africa hosts populations characterised by diverse linguistic, cultural, and genetic backgrounds. In this study, we have generated new genome-wide
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July 19, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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-...
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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!
May 1, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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!
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A popular science feature now available on our recently published Fulani study in The Conversation - Africa!
Genetic insights into the Fulani people not only illuminate their biological history but also enrich our understanding of their cultural and historical narratives.
theconversation.com/fulani-new-s...
#ScienceAndTech #Fulani
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#ScienceAndTech #Fulani
Fulani: new study unravels the genetic history of Africa’s largest pastoralist community
Genetic insights into the Fulani people not only illuminate their biological history but also enrich our understanding of their cultural and historical narratives.
theconversation.com
April 11, 2025 at 11:05 AM
A popular science feature now available on our recently published Fulani study in The Conversation - Africa!
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We have a new preprint! Mapping and analyzing nearly 5,000 full mitogenomes across Africa.
First major update on mtDNA distribution since Salas et al. 2002, "The making of the African mtDNA landscape." Congrats to Imke Lankheet and thanks to all collaborators!
📄 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
First major update on mtDNA distribution since Salas et al. 2002, "The making of the African mtDNA landscape." Congrats to Imke Lankheet and thanks to all collaborators!
📄 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Revisiting the African mtDNA Landscape: A Continental Update from Complete Mitochondrial Genomes
Africa harbors the richest diversity of mitochondrial DNA lineages, reflecting its central role in human evolutionary history. Early studies of mtDNA variation provided the first genetic evidence for ...
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April 7, 2025 at 9:25 AM
We have a new preprint! Mapping and analyzing nearly 5,000 full mitogenomes across Africa.
First major update on mtDNA distribution since Salas et al. 2002, "The making of the African mtDNA landscape." Congrats to Imke Lankheet and thanks to all collaborators!
📄 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
First major update on mtDNA distribution since Salas et al. 2002, "The making of the African mtDNA landscape." Congrats to Imke Lankheet and thanks to all collaborators!
📄 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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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...
Population history and admixture of the Fulani people from the Sahel
The Fulani people, one of the most important pastoralist groups in sub-Saharan Africa, are still largely underrepresented in population genomic resear…
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February 6, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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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We have a postdoc position in Human Population Genetics available at the Center for the Human Past. Closing date 31 Jan. Please circulate and apply! More info and application available here:
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Postdoctoral position in Population Genetics at the Center for the Human Past - Uppsala University
Postdoctoral position in Population Genetics at the Center for the Human Past, Department of Organismal Biology, Uppsala University
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January 15, 2025 at 11:02 AM
We have a postdoc position in Human Population Genetics available at the Center for the Human Past. Closing date 31 Jan. Please circulate and apply! More info and application available here:
www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
The scene is set for Pedro Morell Miranda @hjorvik.bsky.social to defend his thesis "Following the herd" with Dan Bradley, Trinity College Dublin, as faculty opponent.
December 8, 2023 at 12:29 PM
The scene is set for Pedro Morell Miranda @hjorvik.bsky.social to defend his thesis "Following the herd" with Dan Bradley, Trinity College Dublin, as faculty opponent.
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" 🧪
The genetic legacy of the expansion of Bantu-speaking peoples in Africa - Nature
We gathered genetic data for 1,763 individuals from 147 populations across 14 African countries, and 12 Late Iron Age individuals, to trace the expansion of Bantu-speaking peoples over the p...
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December 1, 2023 at 8:28 AM
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" 🧪
New preprint by Atağ et al who sequenced 🧬 Cyprian+Anatolian mouflons 🐑 showing that they are closer to domestic sheep than other wild sheep groups, and discussing their conservation status
HumanEvoUU contributors: @hjorvik.bsky.social @maridehasque.bsky.social @trstngnthr.bsky.social
HumanEvoUU contributors: @hjorvik.bsky.social @maridehasque.bsky.social @trstngnthr.bsky.social
Population genomic history of the endangered Anatolian and Cyprian mouflons in relation to worldwide...
bioRxiv - the preprint server for biology, operated by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, a research and educational institution
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November 28, 2023 at 3:15 PM
New preprint by Atağ et al who sequenced 🧬 Cyprian+Anatolian mouflons 🐑 showing that they are closer to domestic sheep than other wild sheep groups, and discussing their conservation status
HumanEvoUU contributors: @hjorvik.bsky.social @maridehasque.bsky.social @trstngnthr.bsky.social
HumanEvoUU contributors: @hjorvik.bsky.social @maridehasque.bsky.social @trstngnthr.bsky.social
🚨 Not just one but two postdoc opportunities to work on African population history in the group of Carina Schlebusch
📆 Deadline Dec 15th, run don't walk!!!
More info: evol.mcmaster.ca/brian/evoldi...
📆 Deadline Dec 15th, run don't walk!!!
More info: evol.mcmaster.ca/brian/evoldi...
https://evol.mcmaster.ca/brian/evoldir/PostDocs//UppsalaU.Two.HumanPopGenAfrica
I am offering two postdoctoral positions in my group at Uppsala
University. This is the announcement for the first position. If you
find that both positions align with your qualifications, please feel...
evol.mcmaster.ca
November 27, 2023 at 10:31 AM
🚨 Not just one but two postdoc opportunities to work on African population history in the group of Carina Schlebusch
📆 Deadline Dec 15th, run don't walk!!!
More info: evol.mcmaster.ca/brian/evoldi...
📆 Deadline Dec 15th, run don't walk!!!
More info: evol.mcmaster.ca/brian/evoldi...
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:
Published by Human Population Genetics and Genomics:
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November 25, 2023 at 3:27 PM
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:
Published by Human Population Genetics and Genomics:
Our PhD student @hjorvik.bsky.social followed the old tradition of nailing his PhD thesis "Following the herd - population genetics of European sheep in time and space" to a wall yesterday.
His public defense will take place on Dec 8th at 13:15 with Prof Dan Bradley as external faculty opponent
His public defense will take place on Dec 8th at 13:15 with Prof Dan Bradley as external faculty opponent
Today I nailed my thesis (which is a thing Swedish PhDs do when the thesis is done). #PhDSky
November 21, 2023 at 4:59 PM
Our PhD student @hjorvik.bsky.social followed the old tradition of nailing his PhD thesis "Following the herd - population genetics of European sheep in time and space" to a wall yesterday.
His public defense will take place on Dec 8th at 13:15 with Prof Dan Bradley as external faculty opponent
His public defense will take place on Dec 8th at 13:15 with Prof Dan Bradley as external faculty opponent
New article from of Rickard Hammarén's PhD thesis showing that Eurasian back migration into NE Africa was complex and different populations experienced admixture at different times, at varying degrees, from different external sources.
with ST Goldstein and CM Schlebusch (no author on bluesky yet)
with ST Goldstein and CM Schlebusch (no author on bluesky yet)
Eurasian back-migration into Northeast Africa was a complex and multifaceted process
Recent studies have identified Northeast Africa as an important area for human movements during the Holocene. Eurasian populations have moved back into Northeastern Africa and contributed to the genet...
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November 20, 2023 at 11:11 AM
New article from of Rickard Hammarén's PhD thesis showing that Eurasian back migration into NE Africa was complex and different populations experienced admixture at different times, at varying degrees, from different external sources.
with ST Goldstein and CM Schlebusch (no author on bluesky yet)
with ST Goldstein and CM Schlebusch (no author on bluesky yet)