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• UppTalk podcast with MattiasMay 28, 2025
  Mattias Jakobsson is the guest at the next episode of the podcast series, UppTalk, organised by the Science and Technology Domain, Uppsala University. WHEN: 3 June 2025 WHERE: online For more information (and to request a reminder), visit UppTalk: Mattias Jakobsson on the Uppsala University website. Link to listen (via Zoom): Vad kan forntida DNA avslöja om människans… Read more: UppTalk podcast with Mattias
• Making Ancestors: The Politics of Death in Prehistoric EuropeMay 27, 2025
  The ERC-funded Ancestor Project (2020-25) was set to test alternative models of prehistoric inequality and pathways. It studies social relations in life using autobiography and explores pathways using funerary taphonomy. Tina Saupe, a post-doctoral research fellow at the Jakobsson Lab is one of the project participants. Her research focuses on the correlation between shifts in… Read more: Making Ancestors: The Politics of Death in Prehistoric Europe
• Nobel Symposium 2025 “Palaeogenomics: charting the future of ancient DNA”May 27, 2025
  WHERE: Villa Aske (Bro) & StockholmWHEN: 26-30 May 2025 Organizers: Centre for Palaeogenetics, SciLifeLab Ancient DNA unit, Uppsala University Human Evolution research program In this symposium we are bring together leading experts in the field of palaeogenomics (15 invited speakers) and early career researchers (ECRs) from Sweden (Stockholm and Uppsala) to engage in discussions and share insights… Read more: Nobel Symposium 2025 “Palaeogenomics: charting the future of ancient DNA”
• New PhD project by Mariam Omar GómezMarch 27, 2025
  Mariam has recently started her PhD studentship with the project “Histories of Southeast Asia through time” under Mattias Jakobsson’s and Max Larena’s (Human Evolution Program, UU) supervision. The project is based on a range of research work involving ancient DNA and uniparental markers using population genetics analysis. Congrats and good luck, Mariam!Go to Mariam’s profile… Read more: New PhD project by Mariam Omar Gómez
• Ancient tree-topologies and gene-flow processes among human lineages in Africa—a new article in prepressMarch 25, 2025
  Gwenna, Per, Carina and Mattias are the co-authors of a new paper (prepress now) on Africa. Abstract The deep history of human evolution in Africa remains intensely debated with increasingly complex models being proposed. To investigate human evolutionary history in Africa, we sequenced and investigated 73 novel high-quality whole genomes from 14 Central and Southern… Read more: Ancient tree-topologies and gene-flow processes among human lineages in Africa—a new article in prepress

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