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Kayra
@kayracanpolat.bsky.social
MSc student at METU Comparative and Evolutionary Biology Lab 🧬
I will be presenting my poster: “The Population Genetic History of the Hittite Capital Hattusa” at #ESEB2025

📍Poster #273

If you’re around, please come by, ask questions or have a chat, and let’s talk ancient DNA & population genetics!
August 21, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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At #ESEB2025, Exploring Female Lineages & Mortuary Practices in Neolithic Çatalhöyük with insights from genomic & archaeological data.

Don't miss Eren Yüncü’s presentation at 02:00 p.m.!
August 21, 2025 at 11:43 AM
At #eseb2025, Exploring Female Lineages & Mortuary Practices in Neolithic Çatalhöyük with insights from genomic & archaeological data.

Don't miss Eren Yüncü’s presentation from @compevohumang.bsky.social team at 02:00 p.m!

#catalhoyuk #ancientDNA
August 21, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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Happy to share our new study I contributed to during my master’s: "Female lineages and changing kinship patterns in Neolithic Çatalhöyük." @compevohumang.bsky.social
Female lineages and changing kinship patterns in Neolithic Çatalhöyük
Combining 131 paleogenomes with bioarchaeological and archaeological data, we studied social organization and gendered practices in Çatalhöyük East Mound (7100 to 5950 BCE), a major Neolithic settleme...
www.science.org
June 27, 2025 at 6:54 AM
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🙌 Exciting new study from #Anatolia published by @compevohumang.bsky.social in @science.org today! Anthropologists have long argued that kinship and family do not need to be genetically oriented. The study from Çatalhöyük wonderfully highlights this point also for Neolithic in Anatolia. Congrats!
The nature of Neolithic society is one of the most debated topics in archaeology–a debate that's almost impossible to settle w/ conventional methods alone. Now, new DNA data from a site in Turkey called Çatalhöyük points to a significant role for women: www.science.org/content/arti... @science.org
Stone Age farmers’ households passed from mother to daughter
Moms and daughters were at the center of the family in ancient Çatalhöyük, ancient DNA and archaeological evidence suggest
www.science.org
June 26, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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Happy to share our new study from my PhD on the spread of farming across Anatolia and into the Aegean and then into Europe. @compevohumang.bsky.social

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Out-of-Anatolia: Cultural and genetic interactions during the Neolithic expansion in the Aegean
West Anatolia has been a crucial yet elusive element in the Neolithic expansion from the Fertile Crescent to Europe. In this work, we describe the changing genetic and cultural landscapes of early Hol...
www.science.org
June 26, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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Hello, Sky!

We're a research group from METU & Hacettepe from Türkiye — united by a passion for ancient DNA, archaeogenomics, and the deep story of human history.
Posts in Turkish & English.

Find us here too:
📸 @compevo_humang
🐦 @CompEvoMetu

#AncientDNA #HumanHistory #Science #Anthropology
June 26, 2025 at 10:43 AM