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• He traces the genetic history of modern humansJune 16, 2025
  The Knut & Alice Wallenberg Foundation has just published an update on the research by Mattias Jakobsson, one of the KAW scholars. Mattias Jakobsson’s focus in his new Wallenberg Scholar project is to track the development that occurred between 300,000 and 600,000 years ago, following the genetic line that leads to modern humans. The material… Read more: He traces the genetic history of modern humans
• HEPpers Outing 2025June 13, 2025
  This year, the Human Evolution Program (HEP) group visited Stora Fjäderholmen during our annual outing. The highlight was playing Boule (also known as Petanque). After several rounds and point counting, we know who can hit the bull’s eye! We were lucky with the weather, too!
• HLA diversity and signatures of selection in the Maniq, a nomadic hunter-gatherer population in Southern ThailandJune 10, 2025
  A new article co-authored by Mattias Jakobsson and Max Larena has been published in Immunogenetics. Schaschl, H., Herzog, T., Oberreiter, V. et al. HLA diversity and signatures of selection in the Maniq, a nomadic hunter-gatherer population in Southern Thailand. Immunogenetics 77, 23 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00251-025-01380-0 Abstract The Maniq, a small and isolated nomadic hunter-gatherer population from the rainforests of Southern… Read more: HLA diversity and signatures of selection in the Maniq, a nomadic hunter-gatherer population in Southern Thailand
• UppTalk podcast with MattiasMay 28, 2025
  Mattias Jakobsson was a guest on the podcast series UppTalk, organised by the Science and Technology Domain at Uppsala University. The conversation, under a title: Vad kan forntida DNA avslöja om människans evolution? (What can ancient DNA reveal about human evolution?) will be available to watch on YouTube (more recorded UppTalks can be accessed at… 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

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