New study shows that the genetic makeup of northern Europe traces back to migrations from Siberia that began at least 3,500 years ago and that, as recently as the Iron Age, ancestors of the Saami lived in a larger area of Finland than today.
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Date & Time: Nov. 28, 2018, 15:00 Speaker: Prof. Alicia Sanchez-Mazas Room: Villa V14 Host: Department of Archaeogenetics
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Appointments to the Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Prof. Dr. Christina Warinner and Prof. Dr. Johannes Krause have been appointed university lecturers at the Friedrich Schiller University in Jena; they are thus members of the Faculty of Biosciences. Congratulations!
Dairying of cattle, sheep, and goats was established in northern Mongolia by 1300 BC – despite limited genetic interactions with Western Steppe herders.
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The 8th International Symposium on Biomolecular Archaeology (ISBA) will take place from 18–21 September 2018 at Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Germany. It is organized by members of the Department of Archaeogenetics of the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
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Previously it was thought that this bacterium mainly infected humans – this new research reveals the possibility of a disease reservoir in wild primates and offers insights into the evolution of the bacterium.
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Researchers find that individuals with more northern and central European genetic ancestry were buried with more elaborate grave goods than those with more southern, local ancestry.
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Science Festival to introduce school children to the STEM fields. Date: Sep. 13, 2018 Location: FSU, Foyer, Ernst-Abbe-Platz Host: Friedrich-Schiller-University of Jenamore
MHAAM is holding a Symposium at Harvard University on Friday, November 2, 2018. Students will present cross-disciplinary research utilizing modern scientific tools and knowledge to illuminate the history of humanity. Abstracts due October 18, 2018.
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Researchers from Eurac Research and the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History have analysed human remains dated between 590 and 630 CE.
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The highly competitive grants will allow the recipients to fund research groups on their projects, “Communicable Disease Exchange in the Age of Seafaring” and “Cultures of dairying: gene-culture-microbiome evolution and the ancient invention of dairy foods”.
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Susanna Sabin was awarded an Outstanding Abstract Award for her submission to the American Society for Microbiology Microbe 2018 conference, titled "Application of a 17th Century Mycobacterium tuberculosis genome to mycobacterial dating and phylogeography".
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Director Johannes Krause hosted a group of diplomats from Africa, who are participating in the 12th Executive Seminar by the German federal Foreign Office. The course is targeted towards young diplomats from sub-Saharan countries. It is designed to transcend political boundaries and strengthen their awareness of opportunities in a regional and multilateral context.
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Researchers recovered three genomes of the bacterium Treponema pallidum from skeletal remains from colonial-era Mexico, and were able to distinguish the subspecies that causes syphilis from the subspecies that causes yaws.
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A pair of 3,800-year-old skeletons buried together in Russia test positive for a strain of the plague-causing bacterium Yersinia pestis that is ancestral to the strain that caused the Black Death.
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The "Adventures in Archaeological Science" Coloring Book has been translated into over a dozen languages and has been distributed to collaborators and friends in countries far and wide, from Mongolia to Mexico.
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The new field of palaeoproteomics, harnessing cutting-edge techniques to analyze ancient proteins, is growing quickly. Researchers set out standards and precautions that aim to provide it with a firm foundation.
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The ERC has selected Wolfgang Haak of the Department of Archaeogenetics as one of the 2017 recipients for its highly competitive Consolidator Grant, for his project "PALEoRIDER - Human health and migration in prehistory."
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Ancient nuclear DNA from 15,000-year-old modern humans from Morocco, the oldest ever recovered from Africa, shows dual genetic ancestry to ancient Near Eastern and to sub-Saharan African populations.
Speaker: Prof. Kyle Harper, Professor of Classics and Letters, Senior Vice President and Provost, University of Oklahoma Date & Time: Mar. 22, 2018, 15:30 Room:Villa V14 Hosts: Johannes Krause & Christina Warinner, Department of Archaeogenetics
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This month we will be highlighting female employees and their work, beginning with Director Nicole Boivin of the Department of Archaeology. Check back here throughout the month for updates!
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New genetic research explains how Austronesian languages were retained throughout its history despite near-total replacement of early Austronesian-Lapita with Papuan ancestry.
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Largest ancient DNA study ever conducted answers the long-debated question of whether the spread of “Beaker” pottery was due to population migrations or the movement of cultural ideas.
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A research team from the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History and the University of Tübingen examines the genetic material of 18th century German architect George Bähr to learn more about his appearance and health.
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Analysis of ancient DNA found that Scandinavia was settled by hunter-gatherers via a southern and a northern route, and reveals that agriculture was likely introduced by migrating agriculturalists.
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Salmonella enterica, the bacterium responsible for enteric fever, may be the long-debated cause of the 1545-1550 AD “cocoliztli” epidemic in Oaxaca, Mexico that heavily affected the native population.
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