Tag: ancient DNA
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He traces the genetic history of modern humans
The Knut & Alice Wallenberg Foundation has just published an update on the research by Mattias Jakobsson, one of the […]
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UppTalk podcast with Mattias
Mattias Jakobsson was a guest on the podcast series UppTalk, organised by the Science and Technology Domain at Uppsala University. […]
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Making Ancestors: The Politics of Death in Prehistoric Europe
The ERC-funded Ancestor Project (2020-25) was set to test alternative models of prehistoric inequality and pathways. It studies social relations […]
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Nobel Symposium 2025 “Palaeogenomics: charting the future of ancient DNA”
WHERE: Villa Aske (Bro) & StockholmWHEN: 26-30 May 2025 Organizers: Centre for Palaeogenetics, SciLifeLab Ancient DNA unit, Uppsala University Human Evolution […]
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Ancient DNA HLA typing reveals significant shifts in frequency in Europe since the Neolithic
A new article by Plascencia, Jakobsson & Sánchez-Quinto (2025) is published in Nature Scientific Reports. Abstract Computational HLA typing has surged as […]
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New grant from the Swedish Research Council
Mattias Jakobsson received funds to start a new project, A genetic model for the evolution of H. sapiens, from 1 […]
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Multiple migrations to the Philippines during the last 50,000 years
An article in PNAS described as the largest and most comprehensive DNA-mapping study of the Philippines, by Larena et al. […]
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New insights on cultural dualism and population structure in the Middle Neolithic Funnel Beaker culture on the island of Gotland
Magdalena Fraser and others have published new insights into the Neolithic Funnel-Beaker culture. This multidisciplinary article in the Journal of Archaeological […]
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Ancient human DNA: How sequencing the genome of a boy from Ballito Bay changed human history
Carina and Mattias were involved in a commentary article in the South African Journal of Science describing the scientific merits of […]
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Patterns of variation in cis-regulatory regions: examining evidence of purifying selection
Thijessen and others from the group highlighted the genomic signatures of purifying selection under consideration of confounding factors such as […]