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• Mattias Jakobsson elected a new Board member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Class for biosciencesFebruary 18, 2025
  Big congratulations, Mattias! The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (Kungliga Vetenskapsakademien) was founded on 2 June 1739. It is an independent, non-governmental scientific organization that takes special responsibility for promoting natural sciences and mathematics and strengthening their influence in society whilst endeavouring to promote the exchange of ideas between various disciplines. Every year, the academy awards the Nobel Prizes in physics and chemistry, the Sveriges Riksbank Prize… Read more: Mattias Jakobsson elected a new Board member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Class for biosciences
• Genomic ancestry and social dynamics of the last hunter-gatherers of Atlantic FranceFebruary 27, 2024
  A new article on exogamic practices of hunter-gatherers, by Simões et al. (2024) was published in PNAS, Anthropology. Significance Since the early Holocene, western and central Europe was inhabited by a genetically distinct group of hunter-gatherers. We generated different types of biomolecular data, including deep coverage complete genome sequencing, from human skeletal remains buried in… Read more: Genomic ancestry and social dynamics of the last hunter-gatherers of Atlantic France
• Explaining human evolution: Ny populärvetenskaplig skrift berättar om människans evolution (Swedish)December 19, 2023
  Science says – about human evolution is the fifth in a series of popular science writings from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, produced and distributed with the support of the Nature & Culture Foundation. The goal is to spread science-based information on important and current topics to the public, especially those where research has… Read more: Explaining human evolution: Ny populärvetenskaplig skrift berättar om människans evolution (Swedish)
• Thuréus Prize goes to…September 4, 2023
  Mattias receives Thuréus Prize for “having enhanced understanding of human evolution” from the Royal Society of Sciences UU news item: Thuréus Prizes awarded to three outstanding researchers
• Genetic continuity, isolation, and gene flow in Stone Age Central and Eastern EuropeAugust 10, 2023
  A new paper by Tiina Mattila and others (2023) is published in Nature, Communications Biology Abstract The genomic landscape of Stone Age Europe was shaped by multiple migratory waves and population replacements, but different regions do not all show similar patterns. To refine our understanding of the population dynamics before and after the dawn of… Read more: Genetic continuity, isolation, and gene flow in Stone Age Central and Eastern Europe

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