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Focus of the Lab<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Our research focuses on human evolutionary genetics and we combine
various areas of expertise with passion for human evolution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We address topics regarding our very own history using population genetics<\/a>, 
human genomics<\/a>, computational biology, and archaeogenetics<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recently, we have developed and inferred demographic models explaining
the patterns of genomic variation of ancient and modern humans from all over the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Research Highlights<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Ten-thousand-year-old genomes from southern Africa change picture of human evolution<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n

The ancient southern Africans show little spatiotemporal stratification for 9,000\u2009years, consistent with a large, stable Holocene population transcending archaeological phases. While southern Africa served as a long-standing geographical refugium, there is outward gene flow over\u00a08,000\u2009years ago; however, inward gene flow manifests only after around\u00a01,400\u2009years ago. The ancient genomes reported here are therefore key to the evolution of\u00a0Homo sapiens<\/em>, and are important for advancing our understanding of human genomic variation. The results are published online in Nature (3 Dec 2025).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Research Highlights<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Ancient DNA pushes human emergence back<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n

A genomic analysis of ancient human remains from KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) revealed that southern Africa has an important role to play in writing the history of humankind. A research team from Uppsala University, Sweden, the Universities of Johannesburg and the Witwatersrand, South Africa, presents their results in the September 28th, 2017 issue of Science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Our funding agencies<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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European Research Council<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The Software<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Modern data analyses tools we use and develop are indispensable while working with Big Data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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