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Carina Schlebusch
@cschlebu.bsky.social
Geneticist, Evolutionary Biologist, Interested in human evolution, African history, Professor at Uppsala University
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Last week, our group travelled to Maputo, Mozambique, for PANAF 2026 🇲🇿!

We had a great time sharing our research through talks, catching up with collaborators, and making new connections across the community. Thanks to everyone who made the conference such a stimulating and enjoyable experience! 🌍
August 5, 2026 at 7:23 AM
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Our new paper is out!

Our review explores the current evidence for ancient pathogen genomics in Africa, highlights major knowledge gaps, and discusses future directions for the field.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🌍🦠🧬 Congrats to Maja and co-authors! 🎉👏🎊
#AncientDNA #Paleogenomics #Africa
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July 20, 2026 at 11:09 AM
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Our colleague Francesco Giannelli presented this great poster at #SMBE2026:

Reconstructing the Bantu Expansion Through an Individual-Based Simulation

His work uses SLiM forward-time simulations to jointly model genetic and linguistic evolution among Bantu-speaking populations. 🧬 🗣️ 💻
July 1, 2026 at 1:39 PM
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Great talk by Andrea Soler i Núñez at #SMBE2026 on AMY1 CNVs and starch adaptation, highlighting the importance of controlling for demography in adaptation associations. Paper available on BioRxiv! doi.org/10.64898/202...
June 29, 2026 at 12:58 PM
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The Schlebusch Group had a great time at #ICP2026 in Stockholm! Several group members attended, and Maja Vukovikj presented her poster, Ancient Pathogen Genomics in Africa. Great work, Maja! 👏 #AncientDNA #Palaeogenomics
June 29, 2026 at 9:42 AM
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Excited to share our new paper in Communications Biology!

We generated >1000 new complete mitochondrial genomes from understudied regions in sub-Saharan Africa, providing an updated overview of maternal genetic diversity and demographic history across the continent.

www.nature.com/articles/s42...
Revisiting the African mtDNA landscape through complete mitochondrial genomes - Communications Biology
A study provides an updated, continent-wide portrait of African human mtDNA diversity, sharpening mtDNA-based demographic inferences regarding the Niger-Congo-associated and Bantu-associated demograph...
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June 4, 2026 at 7:22 AM
Thanks to KAW @kawresearch.bsky.social for their support and this very nice feature on our research!
May 4, 2026 at 10:15 AM
One month left to apply!
May 4, 2026 at 10:13 AM
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Lots of exciting new papers coming out in our special issue on population genetics methods & software in 2026 🚀

New tools, pipelines, and best practices - great to see this growing into a useful community resource.

📅 Submissions open until 31 May
👉 www.pivotscipub.com/hpgg/special...
April 10, 2026 at 12:58 PM
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📢 Our aDNA study has been published today in
@natcomms.nature.com! A great collaboration with Ricardo Rodríguez, Anders Götherström, Carina Schlebusch & team.

𝘈𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘺𝘴𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘢𝘭 𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘐𝘣𝘪𝘻𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘤 𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘥. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Analysis of medieval burials from Ibiza reveals genetic and pathogenic diversity during the Islamic period - Nature Communications
Ibiza, an island in present-day Spain, was under Islamic rule between the 10th and 13th centuries CE. Here, the authors analyse the remains of thirteen individuals from medieval Islamic burials in Ibi...
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March 26, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Great to work with Michael Thame on this ScienceVega issue highlighting women in STEM!

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ScienceVega
ScienceVega - March 2026
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March 25, 2026 at 9:07 PM
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We have a new preprint! - "Ancient Pathogen Genomics in Africa – Current Evidence and Future Directions"

A review of current evidence, challenges, and opportunities for studying past epidemics and host–pathogen evolution using ancient DNA from African contexts.

www.preprints.org/manuscript/2...
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March 2, 2026 at 1:55 PM
New preprint! with @a-solernunez.bsky.social

Rethinking a textbook example of human adaptation "AMY1 copy number evolution in light of demographic history"

Once population structure is accounted for, the classic starch–agriculture narrative becomes much less clear

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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February 19, 2026 at 11:05 AM
Great press coverage by @elsabebrits.bsky.social on our recent publication. Thank you!
@cschlebu.bsky.social and @uj-palaeo.bsky.social article about your Nature paper.
It seems that southern Africa provided an ecological refuge where people adapted successfully for more than 200,000 years – without other hunter-gatherer groups coming in from elsewhere.
December 7, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Our new ancient DNA paper has just been published!
We present 28 new genomes from southern Africa - several of them high-coverage whole genomes.
Exciting to be moving towards population-level representation of ancient southern African genetic diversity!

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Homo sapiens-specific evolution unveiled by ancient southern African genomes - Nature
The genomes of 28 ancient southern African individuals dated to between 10,200 and 150 years before present offer insights into the evolution of Homo sapiens.
www.nature.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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Our special issue on popgen methods and software is on a roll with the second paper out! Looking forward to many exciting papers to come! Submission open until 15 January. www.pivotscipub.com/hpgg/special...
Next paper published in the @hpgg-pivot.bsky.social special issue on popgen methods and software!

Coll Macià & Skov "Best practices and pitfalls in using hmmix for reference-free detection of introgressed sequences"

doi.org/10.47248/hpg...

Submission for contributions still open to 15 January!
Best practices and pitfalls in using <monospace>hmmix</monospace> for reference-free detection of introgressed sequences
Best practices and pitfalls in using <monospace>hmmix</monospace> for reference-free detection of introgressed sequences
doi.org
November 21, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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So happy after presenting my poster at #ASHG2025 in Boston, Massachusetts. New insights and wonderful questions about key demographic events that have re-shaped the genomic and cultural landscape in Africa. Kudos to my great collaborators and mentors. 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽
October 17, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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Due to the popularity of our special issue on Population Genomics Methods and Software and the high quality of submitted papers, we’ve extended the submission deadline to 15 January!

Submissions focusing on software and tools are very welcome.
🔗 www.pivotscipub.com/hpgg/special...
🎉The 1st paper in our special issue "Population Genomics Methods and Software" is now published!!

“SimHumanity: Using SLiM 5.0 to run whole-genome simulations of human evolution”
www.pivotscipub.com/hpgg/5/4/000...

Many more exciting papers to come - stay tuned!
www.pivotscipub.com/hpgg/special...
SimHumanity: Using SLiM 5.0 to run whole-genome simulations of human evolution
SimHumanity: Using SLiM 5.0 to run whole-genome simulations of human evolution
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October 17, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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🎉The 1st paper in our special issue "Population Genomics Methods and Software" is now published!!

“SimHumanity: Using SLiM 5.0 to run whole-genome simulations of human evolution”
www.pivotscipub.com/hpgg/5/4/000...

Many more exciting papers to come - stay tuned!
www.pivotscipub.com/hpgg/special...
SimHumanity: Using SLiM 5.0 to run whole-genome simulations of human evolution
SimHumanity: Using SLiM 5.0 to run whole-genome simulations of human evolution
www.pivotscipub.com
October 16, 2025 at 7:05 AM
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Our new paper is out! 🪶 “The coevolution of languages, peoples & environments in Central Africa’s Kwilu-Kasai region since ~1000 BCE” revisits Jan Vansina’s ideas using new linguistic, archaeological & genetic data - revealing the region was a hub of Bantu diversification. doi.org/10.1016/j.qe...
The coevolution of languages, peoples and environments in Central Africa’s Kwilu-Kasai region since ∼1000 BCE: A dialogue with Jan Vansina
In this article, Jan Vansina’s essay on the deep-time population history of the Kwilu-Kasai region, now more than half a century old, is revisited thr…
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October 15, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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This week, we welcomed our colleague Modeste Zeye from Burkina Faso to Uppsala. 🌍 It was great to meet in person again and catch up.
One evening, we had dinner at Messob, an Ethiopian/Eritrean restaurant — a nice chance to chat and enjoy some really good food! 🍲
October 9, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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Application deadline in less than a week! Apply to join the Uppsala Human Evolution team!
September 24, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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Thrilled to announce that Routledge has published our book chapter in #OpenAccess. This chapter is part of an outstanding 740-page book that examines the early events of the Bantu expansion in Africa using multidisciplinary perspectives, including genetics. www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/oa-...
The Early Bantu Expansion into Central Africa | 9 | New Data and Insig
Central Africa hosts populations characterised by diverse linguistic, cultural, and genetic backgrounds. In this study, we have generated new genome-wide
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July 19, 2025 at 9:58 PM