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.
https://centerforthehumanpast.se/ #chp #humanpast #genetics #archaeology #linguistics #interdisciplinary
https://centerforthehumanpast.se/ #chp #humanpast #genetics #archaeology #linguistics #interdisciplinary
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-...
www.heas.at/events/heas-...
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...
www.nature.com
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...
www.cell.com/current-biol...
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...
doi.org
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.
www.science.org
October 17, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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Anna Temerko presents at @conll-conf.bsky.social a pioneering CiTIUS study on how #AI models process metaphorically motivated polysemy, reinforcing the centre’s international role in computational linguistics
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#RedeCiGUS #FondosEuropeos #NLP #ComputationalLinguistics
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#RedeCiGUS #FondosEuropeos #NLP #ComputationalLinguistics
A new study on polysemy in language models stands out in the international reference scientific forum
The predoctoral researcher Anna Temerko defends in Vienna a new contribution from CiTIUS focused on how AI models process regular polysemy motivated by metaphors during the CoNLL 2025 conference, the ...
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August 28, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Anna Temerko presents at @conll-conf.bsky.social a pioneering CiTIUS study on how #AI models process metaphorically motivated polysemy, reinforcing the centre’s international role in computational linguistics
🔗 s.citius.gal/conll2025
#RedeCiGUS #FondosEuropeos #NLP #ComputationalLinguistics
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#RedeCiGUS #FondosEuropeos #NLP #ComputationalLinguistics
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#CallforExpressionofInterest
Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Computational Linguistics at the CLIC Lab, @cimecunitrento.bsky.social
📅Deadline: September 14, 2025
📍 Rovereto, Italy
🔗More info: shorturl.at/EnvLy
@szymanikjakub.bsky.social
Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Computational Linguistics at the CLIC Lab, @cimecunitrento.bsky.social
📅Deadline: September 14, 2025
📍 Rovereto, Italy
🔗More info: shorturl.at/EnvLy
@szymanikjakub.bsky.social
September 4, 2025 at 12:11 PM
#CallforExpressionofInterest
Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Computational Linguistics at the CLIC Lab, @cimecunitrento.bsky.social
📅Deadline: September 14, 2025
📍 Rovereto, Italy
🔗More info: shorturl.at/EnvLy
@szymanikjakub.bsky.social
Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Computational Linguistics at the CLIC Lab, @cimecunitrento.bsky.social
📅Deadline: September 14, 2025
📍 Rovereto, Italy
🔗More info: shorturl.at/EnvLy
@szymanikjakub.bsky.social
Jan Vansina's essay on #population history of the #Kwilu-Kasai region is now revisited through the kaleidoscopic lens of newly collected #linguistic, #archaeological, #palaeoecological and #genetic evidence. @cschlebu.bsky.social is one of the co-authors. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #Bantu
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 13, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Jan Vansina's essay on #population history of the #Kwilu-Kasai region is now revisited through the kaleidoscopic lens of newly collected #linguistic, #archaeological, #palaeoecological and #genetic evidence. @cschlebu.bsky.social is one of the co-authors. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #Bantu
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PhD-opening in our ancient genomics lab this year, apply below!
We work on:
1. Genetic history integrated with archaeology and history
2. Natural selection and trait genetics
3. Evolutionary genomics of dogs and wolves
4. Ancient pathogen genomics
5. Hominin evolution and ancient proteomics
We work on:
1. Genetic history integrated with archaeology and history
2. Natural selection and trait genetics
3. Evolutionary genomics of dogs and wolves
4. Ancient pathogen genomics
5. Hominin evolution and ancient proteomics
Motivated graduates with backgrounds in biological or biomedical sciences, physics, chemistry, mathematics, engineering and/or computer science are invited to apply to our 4-year fully funded PhD programme.
Apply by 05 November 2025
www.crick.ac.uk/careers-and-...
Apply by 05 November 2025
www.crick.ac.uk/careers-and-...
PhD students
Our PhD programme attracts the brightest scientific minds and is an opportunity for talented people to embark on their career in biomedical research.
www.crick.ac.uk
October 9, 2025 at 10:11 AM
PhD-opening in our ancient genomics lab this year, apply below!
We work on:
1. Genetic history integrated with archaeology and history
2. Natural selection and trait genetics
3. Evolutionary genomics of dogs and wolves
4. Ancient pathogen genomics
5. Hominin evolution and ancient proteomics
We work on:
1. Genetic history integrated with archaeology and history
2. Natural selection and trait genetics
3. Evolutionary genomics of dogs and wolves
4. Ancient pathogen genomics
5. Hominin evolution and ancient proteomics
One of our colleagues, Helena Malmström, is the co-author of an interesting #article on #migration studies published in #Cambridge #Archaeological Journal: shorturl.at/qJxeN #humanpast #interdisciplinary #genetics #transdisciplinary #theories
Transdisciplinary Theoretical Approaches to Migration Studies in Archaeology | Cambridge Archaeological Journal | Cambridge Core
Transdisciplinary Theoretical Approaches to Migration Studies in Archaeology - Volume 35 Issue 3
www.cambridge.org
October 9, 2025 at 1:15 PM
One of our colleagues, Helena Malmström, is the co-author of an interesting #article on #migration studies published in #Cambridge #Archaeological Journal: shorturl.at/qJxeN #humanpast #interdisciplinary #genetics #transdisciplinary #theories
An article in Nature Communications worth checking out: #Ancient #DNA reveals the #population interactions and a #Neolithic patrilineal community in Northern #Yangtze Region #humanpast #aDNA #prehistory #BronzeAge
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Ancient DNA reveals the population interactions and a Neolithic patrilineal community in Northern Yangtze Region - Nature Communications
Ancient genomes from Neolithic rice-farming populations at Baligang reveal a demographic shift around 4,200 years ago and a 5,000-year-old patrilineal social structure, providing insights into the population history of East Asia.
www.nature.com
October 6, 2025 at 2:05 PM
An article in Nature Communications worth checking out: #Ancient #DNA reveals the #population interactions and a #Neolithic patrilineal community in Northern #Yangtze Region #humanpast #aDNA #prehistory #BronzeAge
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...