#Ancient #DNA Rewrites The Story of How #Germanic And #Celtic #Languages Spread Across Europe : ScienceAlert www.sciencealert.com/ancient-dna-... #humanpast
Ancient DNA Rewrites The Story of How Germanic And Celtic Languages Spread Across Europe
Hundreds of millions of people today speak Germanic languages: English, Dutch, German, Danish, Swedish, etc.
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November 5, 2026 at 6:27 AM
#Ancient #DNA Rewrites The Story of How #Germanic And #Celtic #Languages Spread Across Europe : ScienceAlert www.sciencealert.com/ancient-dna-... #humanpast
Reading tips! #Maize #geneticdiversity is largely unstructured by human #ethnolinguistic diversity in its center of origin | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... #humanpast #evolution #archaeobotany
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November 5, 2026 at 8:49 AM
Reading tips! #Maize #geneticdiversity is largely unstructured by human #ethnolinguistic diversity in its center of origin | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... #humanpast #evolution #archaeobotany
Reading tips! A new #preprint by David Reich: "Hypothesis: A modern #human range #expansion ∼300,000 years ago had a critical role in #Neandertal origins" is out:
doi.org/10.64898/202... #humanpast #archaeogenetics #evolution #aDNA
doi.org/10.64898/202... #humanpast #archaeogenetics #evolution #aDNA
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October 19, 2026 at 8:02 AM
Reading tips! A new #preprint by David Reich: "Hypothesis: A modern #human range #expansion ∼300,000 years ago had a critical role in #Neandertal origins" is out:
doi.org/10.64898/202... #humanpast #archaeogenetics #evolution #aDNA
doi.org/10.64898/202... #humanpast #archaeogenetics #evolution #aDNA
#Reading tips: #Neanderthal #woodworking at Abric Romaní: Insights into the role of wood in a Middle #Palaeolithic #domestic context | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #archaeology #humanpast
Neanderthal woodworking at Abric Romaní: Insights into the role of wood in a Middle Palaeolithic domestic context
Wood technology likely played a key role in human evolution, yet it remains poorly documented because organic materials rarely preserve in archaeological contexts. The Middle Palaeolithic site of Abri...
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October 13, 2026 at 1:02 PM
#Reading tips: #Neanderthal #woodworking at Abric Romaní: Insights into the role of wood in a Middle #Palaeolithic #domestic context | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #archaeology #humanpast
Mattias Jakobsson talked about the unknown origins of #humans on Swedish Radio’s #FörmiddagiP1 today, 29 Sept 2026. Listen here (in Swedish): www.sverigesradio.se/avsnitt/mann...
#sverigeradio #outreach #media #humanpast
#sverigeradio #outreach #media #humanpast
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September 29, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Mattias Jakobsson talked about the unknown origins of #humans on Swedish Radio’s #FörmiddagiP1 today, 29 Sept 2026. Listen here (in Swedish): www.sverigesradio.se/avsnitt/mann...
#sverigeradio #outreach #media #humanpast
#sverigeradio #outreach #media #humanpast
Fresh out of the press: Kilani, Marwan and Bjørn, Rasmus G. (2026). Beyond Recorded #History: Unlocking the Past Through Contact #Linguistics, De Gruyter Mouton, with contributions from CHP researchers www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi... #indo-iranian #proto-torricelli #archaeology #humanpast
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September 22, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Fresh out of the press: Kilani, Marwan and Bjørn, Rasmus G. (2026). Beyond Recorded #History: Unlocking the Past Through Contact #Linguistics, De Gruyter Mouton, with contributions from CHP researchers www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi... #indo-iranian #proto-torricelli #archaeology #humanpast
Right now, our Francesco Giannelli and Carina Schlebusch @cschlebu.bsky.social are at the #SMBE Satellite Meeting: #Gene-#Culture Co-Evolution in Cagliari. Program: shorturl.at/oLAni @smbegeneculture.bsky.social #humanpast #InterdisciplinaryResearch #linguistics #genetics #archaeology
September 22, 2026 at 9:25 AM
Right now, our Francesco Giannelli and Carina Schlebusch @cschlebu.bsky.social are at the #SMBE Satellite Meeting: #Gene-#Culture Co-Evolution in Cagliari. Program: shorturl.at/oLAni @smbegeneculture.bsky.social #humanpast #InterdisciplinaryResearch #linguistics #genetics #archaeology
A new article on #biomolecular #archaeology in #Baltic countries, by one of our associated researchers, Ester Oras. Worth reading! #humanpast #genetics #linguistics #InterdisciplinaryResearch shorturl.at/VJLFg
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September 22, 2026 at 8:25 AM
A new article on #biomolecular #archaeology in #Baltic countries, by one of our associated researchers, Ester Oras. Worth reading! #humanpast #genetics #linguistics #InterdisciplinaryResearch shorturl.at/VJLFg
New reading: #Ancient #DNA unveils distinctive #ancestries in the #Bronze and #Iron Ages of East #Tianshan www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #humanpast
Ancient DNA unveils distinctive ancestries in the Bronze and Iron Ages of East Tianshan
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September 21, 2026 at 9:32 AM
New reading: #Ancient #DNA unveils distinctive #ancestries in the #Bronze and #Iron Ages of East #Tianshan www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #humanpast
New reading on #Denisovans shorturl.at/9OELT
#humanpast #archaeology #genetics #prehistory #Naturejournal
#humanpast #archaeology #genetics #prehistory #Naturejournal
Who were the Denisovans? Rich trove of fossils and tools paints new picture
Objects found in a cave in southwestern China suggest that these enigmatic ancient humans were accomplished hunters.
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September 14, 2026 at 9:50 AM
The symposium on human past takes us on journey. How can linguistic, archaeological and genetic data and spreads be associated with each other? #humanpast #cifu14
August 18, 2025 at 11:37 AM
The symposium on human past takes us on journey. How can linguistic, archaeological and genetic data and spreads be associated with each other? #humanpast #cifu14
Reading tips: Long-term #cultural continuity across the #Neanderthal–modernhuman sequence at Üçağızlı II Cave, northern #Levant #publication in #PNAS #humanpast www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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July 8, 2026 at 9:15 AM
Reading tips: Long-term #cultural continuity across the #Neanderthal–modernhuman sequence at Üçağızlı II Cave, northern #Levant #publication in #PNAS #humanpast www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Reading tips: #AncientDNA reveals elite dynastic rule among #IronAge #Eurasian Steppe #nomads published in #ScienceAdvances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#humanpast #genetics #publications
#humanpast #genetics #publications
Ancient DNA reveals elite dynastic rule among Iron Age Eurasian Steppe nomads
Elite Scythians formed exclusive kin networks across cemeteries, revealing hereditary rule among Iron Age Central Eurasian nomads.
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July 6, 2026 at 8:43 AM
Reading tips: #AncientDNA reveals elite dynastic rule among #IronAge #Eurasian Steppe #nomads published in #ScienceAdvances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#humanpast #genetics #publications
#humanpast #genetics #publications
@pnas.org A new interesting #paper to read: An inverse correlation between structural #linguistic and #human #genetic diversity: doi.org/10.1073/pnas... #humanpast #interdisciplinary #data @haam-community.bsky.social @cschlebu.bsky.social
An inverse correlation between structural linguistic and human genetic diversity | PNAS
Linguistic structures show uneven global distributions, but it remains unknown to
what extent such distributions are driven by human population his...
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May 12, 2026 at 6:59 AM
@pnas.org A new interesting #paper to read: An inverse correlation between structural #linguistic and #human #genetic diversity: doi.org/10.1073/pnas... #humanpast #interdisciplinary #data @haam-community.bsky.social @cschlebu.bsky.social
New #article: #Escoural cave and #neolithic #mortuary chronology: #radiocarbon evidence for #funerary diversity in Southern #Portugal in #Archaeological and #Anthropological Sciences #journal, co-authored by Rita Peyroteo Stjerna #humanpast #genetics link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Escoural cave and neolithic mortuary chronology: radiocarbon evidence for funerary diversity in Southern Portugal - Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences
Escoural Cave, in Portugal’s Alentejo region, provides pivotal chronological evidence for Neolithic mortuary activity in southwestern Iberia. We present new radiocarbon dates on human bone from Escour...
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May 11, 2026 at 9:25 AM
New #article: #Escoural cave and #neolithic #mortuary chronology: #radiocarbon evidence for #funerary diversity in Southern #Portugal in #Archaeological and #Anthropological Sciences #journal, co-authored by Rita Peyroteo Stjerna #humanpast #genetics link.springer.com/article/10.1...
New #publication co-authored by our former #SCAS fellow, Mehmet Somel: The Tie That Binds Us? Challenging the Primacy of #DNA in #Kinship Studies and Re-Centring Community in Defining Human Connections across Time. doi.org/10.1017/S095... @cschlebu.bsky.social #humanpast #archaeology #genetics
The Tie That Binds Us? Challenging the Primacy of DNA in Kinship Studies and Re-Centring Community in Defining Human Connections across Time | Cambridge Archaeological Journal | Cambridge Core
The Tie That Binds Us? Challenging the Primacy of DNA in Kinship Studies and Re-Centring Community in Defining Human Connections across Time - Volume 36 Issue 2
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April 29, 2026 at 1:36 PM
New #publication co-authored by our former #SCAS fellow, Mehmet Somel: The Tie That Binds Us? Challenging the Primacy of #DNA in #Kinship Studies and Re-Centring Community in Defining Human Connections across Time. doi.org/10.1017/S095... @cschlebu.bsky.social #humanpast #archaeology #genetics
New #article worth reading from our colleagues in #Tartu: Segregated #foodculture, #BronzeAge #dietary practices in northern #Estonia #humanpast #genetics #archaeology #biomolecular #Baltic #interdisciplinaryresearch (spoiler alert: diet was mostly plant-based!) shorturl.at/1MKx8
Segregated food culture? Bronze Age (1250–500 cal BCE) dietary practices in northern Estonia
The Bronze Age (2000/1750–500 BCE) in the Eastern Baltic has been considered a period for increased social stratification. While previous research has…
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March 17, 2026 at 1:32 PM
New #article worth reading from our colleagues in #Tartu: Segregated #foodculture, #BronzeAge #dietary practices in northern #Estonia #humanpast #genetics #archaeology #biomolecular #Baltic #interdisciplinaryresearch (spoiler alert: diet was mostly plant-based!) shorturl.at/1MKx8
New #preprint with Carina Schlebusch
@cschlebu.bsky.social
as one of the co-authors: #Ancient #Pathogen #Genomics in #Africa–Current Evidence and Future Directions. #humanpast #genetics #paleogenomics #aDNA www.preprints.org/manuscript/2...
@cschlebu.bsky.social
as one of the co-authors: #Ancient #Pathogen #Genomics in #Africa–Current Evidence and Future Directions. #humanpast #genetics #paleogenomics #aDNA www.preprints.org/manuscript/2...
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March 9, 2026 at 9:52 AM
New #preprint with Carina Schlebusch
@cschlebu.bsky.social
as one of the co-authors: #Ancient #Pathogen #Genomics in #Africa–Current Evidence and Future Directions. #humanpast #genetics #paleogenomics #aDNA www.preprints.org/manuscript/2...
@cschlebu.bsky.social
as one of the co-authors: #Ancient #Pathogen #Genomics in #Africa–Current Evidence and Future Directions. #humanpast #genetics #paleogenomics #aDNA www.preprints.org/manuscript/2...
#Reading alert: Beyond bones: how #biomolecular #archaeology is challenging the definition of #ancient #human remains and its #ethical implications, by Rita Peyroteo Stjerna and Mari Tõrv doi.org/10.1080/0043...
#humanpast #publications #humanremains
#humanpast #publications #humanremains
Beyond bones: how biomolecular archaeology is challenging the definition of ancient human remains and its ethical implications
Technological advancements in the twenty-first century have profoundly transformed archaeological research. Biomolecular archaeology has emerged as a pivotal field, generating vast quantities of mo...
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March 9, 2026 at 9:20 AM
#Reading alert: Beyond bones: how #biomolecular #archaeology is challenging the definition of #ancient #human remains and its #ethical implications, by Rita Peyroteo Stjerna and Mari Tõrv doi.org/10.1080/0043...
#humanpast #publications #humanremains
#humanpast #publications #humanremains
#Call for #Applications: #HumanPast #SCAS #Fellowships 2027-28 for both #early-career and senior #interdisciplinary researchers. Deadline: 1 June 2026. More information on our web: shorturl.at/VAAfl #humanpast #opportunity #genetics #archaeology #linguistics #prehistory @haam-community.bsky.social
Call for the Human Past SCAS Fellowships 2027-28 is open – Center for the Human Past
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March 3, 2026 at 12:01 PM
#Call for #Applications: #HumanPast #SCAS #Fellowships 2027-28 for both #early-career and senior #interdisciplinary researchers. Deadline: 1 June 2026. More information on our web: shorturl.at/VAAfl #humanpast #opportunity #genetics #archaeology #linguistics #prehistory @haam-community.bsky.social
#Reading tips: Wind(ow) of change: The end of the Middle #StoneAge and the beginning of the Later Stone Age at #Umhlatuzana rockshelter, showcasing concurrent technological and techno-economic shifts www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #humanpast #interdisciplinary #Umhlatuzana #sciencedirect
Redirecting
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March 3, 2026 at 10:44 AM
#Reading tips: Wind(ow) of change: The end of the Middle #StoneAge and the beginning of the Later Stone Age at #Umhlatuzana rockshelter, showcasing concurrent technological and techno-economic shifts www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #humanpast #interdisciplinary #Umhlatuzana #sciencedirect
New reading: #Interbreeding between #Neanderthals and modern #humans was strongly sex biased | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #humanpast
Interbreeding between Neanderthals and modern humans was strongly sex biased
Sex biases in admixture and other demographic processes are recurrent features throughout human evolution. For admixture between Neanderthals and anatomically modern humans (AMHs), sex bias has been p...
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February 28, 2026 at 7:26 AM
New reading: #Interbreeding between #Neanderthals and modern #humans was strongly sex biased | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #humanpast
More reading tips from #ScienceAdvances: Multiple southward #migrations of #Neolithic #Chinese #farmers into #SoutheastAsia revealed from large-scale #Y-chromosome sequences www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #genetics #humanpast
Multiple southward migrations of Neolithic Chinese farmers into Southeast Asia revealed from large-scale Y-chromosome sequences
Large-scale East Asian Y-chromosomes reveal multiple waves of Neolithic farmer contributions to Southeast Asian patrilineages.
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February 24, 2026 at 9:07 AM
More reading tips from #ScienceAdvances: Multiple southward #migrations of #Neolithic #Chinese #farmers into #SoutheastAsia revealed from large-scale #Y-chromosome sequences www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #genetics #humanpast
New #publication by @humanevouu.bsky.social group, co-authored by Magdalena Fraser, Torsten Günther, Helena Malmström, Mattias Jakobsson and other #CHP associates: #Genetic #relatedness mattered in the #co-burial ritual of #Neolithic #hunter–gatherers #humanpast #archaeology shorturl.at/o98Bq
Genetic relatedness mattered in the co-burial ritual of Neolithic hunter–gatherers
Abstract. Kin relations among past societies can offer valuable information about the social dynamics of the population. Genetic data from prehistoric huma
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February 23, 2026 at 10:50 AM
New #publication by @humanevouu.bsky.social group, co-authored by Magdalena Fraser, Torsten Günther, Helena Malmström, Mattias Jakobsson and other #CHP associates: #Genetic #relatedness mattered in the #co-burial ritual of #Neolithic #hunter–gatherers #humanpast #archaeology shorturl.at/o98Bq