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Arev P. Sümer

@arevsumer.bsky.social
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Interested in population genetics, archaeology, anthropology, Neandertals and early modern humans. Working at MPI-EVA

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Graham Coop @gcbias.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I’m looking to hire an NIH funded postdoc to join our lab here at Davis (please RT). Ongoing areas of interest include: 1) polygenic signals of selection from time series, ARGs, GWAS, etc 2) The interpretation of GWAS, polygenic scores, & sources of confounding
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Torsten Günther @trstngnthr.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Diachronic reuse of Neolithic burial monuments by Bronze Age newcomers in Southwestern Britain by @nikolavukovic.bsky.social et al. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Diachronic reuse of Neolithic burial monuments by Bronze Age newcomers in Southwestern Britain - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Diachronic reuse of Neolithic burial monuments by Bronze Age newcomers in Southwestern Britain
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Cecilia Padilla-Iglesias @ceciliapad.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Another opportunity to join us in Tübingen! 😍
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Dr Rebecca Wragg Sykes @lemoustier.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
🧪🏺🦣 Cool new work using ZooMS on bone assemblages from one of my favourite #Neanderthal sites, Les Pradelles. More hominin remains (MNI = 8), no new processing marks except fresh fracturing, but faunal comparison supports impression of diff taph/treatment. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Integrating ZooMS and taphonomy further highlights differential processing of animal and Neandertal carcasses in the Quina Mousterian at Les Pradelles (Marillac‐le‐Franc, southwest France)
The cave of Les Pradelles (Marillac-le-Franc, France) was repeatedly visited by Neandertals ~55 000 years ago and is a key site in discussions of Neandertal cannibalism. Excavations between 1967 and ...
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Arev P. Sümer @arevsumer.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Our new study with @benmpeter.bsky.social is now on biorxiv! Here we present a new computational tool which makes it possible to conduct population genetic analyses from very contaminated and very low quality archaic human genomes. (1/7)
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(Y|G)iannis P. @ipatramanis.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
We have a new preprint out :D www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... Did Denisovans inherit their AMBN gene from Homo erectus? We have released a short preprint trying to answer this question! @lauritsskov.bsky.social @fridowelker.bsky.social ~Summary below~
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Dilek Koptekin @dilekopter.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Check out our new review: Ancient DNA in motion! We examine how the integration of archaeogenomic data with archaeological evidence can help reconstruct past human mobility and interactions, as well as their consequences, while also addressing key terminological and interpretive limitations.
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Stephan Schiffels @stschiff.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
If you are interested in learning computational population genetics and ancient genomics, I have curated my list of workshops and online tutorials (and will continue to do so) indicating suitability for self-learners and status. You find the list [here](www.stephanschiffels.de/resources.html).
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Nicolas Martin @nclsmartin.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
🚨 New paper out in @natcomms.nature.com! We used bony labyrinth morphology to reconstruct over 40,000 years of human population history in northeastern Africa, a region where ancient DNA is almost entirely unavailable. A thread 🧵 ⬇️ www.nature.com/articles/s41... 1/11
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Bony labyrinth morphology reveals deep population history and isolation among Homo sapiens in prehistoric northeastern Africa (44–3 ka) - Nature Communications
Little is known of the Homo sapiens population history in late prehistoric northeastern Africa. Using inner ear morphology from 148 individuals, this study documents 40.000 years of human evolution, i...
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Arev P. Sümer @arevsumer.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Cool work led by Daniel Tabin, including human genomes associated with Epipaleolithic in the Balkans
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Oleg Sobchuk 🇺🇦 @sobchuk.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Reminder: two weeks are left to apply for the PhD and postdoc positions in my lab. See more info here www.aesthetics.mpg.de/en/career/jo...
Postdoc and PhD positions at MPIAE in Frankfurt
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Isabelle Crevecoeur @isabellecrevecoeur.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Another fun excavation year of #Mousterian contexts at Saint-Cesaire with great colleagues and friends ✨️🤗 @hrougier.bsky.social Thanks to the Ministère de la culture, @charente-maritime.bsky.social , @univbordeaux.bsky.social, Paléosite,... #archaeology #prehistory #neandertal
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Melike Dönertaş @mdonertas.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Super happy to share that I closed the loop and returned where my journey started.. This time as a faculty at METU Informatics Institute. Thanks so much to everyone who supported my journey so far! Looking forward to continue our collaborations & starting new ones 💪🤩
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Matthew Collins @matthewcollins.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Copenhagen job alert 🚨 GLOBE (@ucph.bsky.social) is hiring a 21-mo Postdoc in #Bioinformatics & #ComputationalProteomics Work with @lindorfflarsen.bsky.social, @fridowelker.bsky.social, @brandtgroup.bsky.social & more mapping collagen/keratin diversity across 1000s of genomes. 📅 Deadline Aug 31
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Postdoc of Bioinformatics and Computational Proteomics
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Dr. E Grace Veatch @egveatch.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
🐘 check out our newest paper from Liang Bua! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... Did H. floresiensis hunt Stegodon? 🔪 Did they also had control use of fire? 🔥 We tested these early claims of complex behavior using taphonomy, experimental archaeology, and zooarchaeology of the Stegodon assemblage.
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Ayshin Ghalichi @ayshingh.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Happy to share our new paper titled "Ancient DNA reveals elite dynastic rule among Iron Age Eurasian Steppe nomads" in Science Advances! A huge thank you to all of our coauthors and collaborators whose expertise and teamwork made this study possible! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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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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Michael Sieber @michaelsieber.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Have ideas for your own, independent research program in Theoretical Biology? Then come and join us as a Group Leader at the @mpi-evolbio.bsky.social in Plön, Germany!
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Group Leader in Theoretical Biology (m/f/d)
Experience in Theoretical Biology, Applied Mathematics, Theoretical Physics
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Oleg Sobchuk 🇺🇦 @sobchuk.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
📣 I'm hiring! Two positions (PhD student & Postdoc) in my ERC project Macroevolution of European Literature. Let's study the cultural evolution of literature using massive data 📚📈 📍Frankfurt | Apply by August 15 Details: www.aesthetics.mpg.de/en/career/jo... Please repost to help spread the word!
Job announcement of two positions at the Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics in Frankfurt: postdoc (Macroevolution of European Literature) and PhD student (Computational Literary Studies). Successful candidates will be affiliated with the research group Cultural Evolution of the Arts.
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Arev P. Sümer @arevsumer.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
All talks are now available including mine: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZmF... Luckily the video became online on the same day as the paper I talked about at the end of my talk "confidentially" 😅
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Du Paléolithique moyen au Paléolithique supérieur... (4) - Jean-Jacques Hublin (2025-2026)
YouTube video by Sciences de la vie - Collège de France
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Isabelle Crevecoeur @isabellecrevecoeur.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
A new paper on late Neandertal genetic diversity - A must-read! 👏🍾 Congratulations to our amazing paleogeneticist colleagues! Great to see so much data from Belgian sites, made possible in part through our bone-sorting endeavours with @hrougier.bsky.social 🦴🤓🤩 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Genetic diversity of late Neanderthals in northwestern Europe - Nature
Genetic sequencing of multiple late Neanderthals living less than 52,500 years ago provides an overview of genetic diversity and demonstrates that even low-coverage nuclear genome data can increase re...
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Mateja Hajdinjak @matejahajdi.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Our late Neandertal paper is officially out! 💀❤️🧬 www.nature.com/articles/s41... It was years in the making, a tremendous feat spearheaded by our PhD student Alba Bossoms Mesa and co-led by @janetk.bsky.social and @benmpeter.bsky.social
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ellie_ancient @elenaessel.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
So happy and proud to see this paper out in @natcomms.nature.com today! We show that traces of human DNA can persist on cave walls for thousands of years. Absolutely fantastic work by the wonderful Alba Bossoms Mesa at @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social and a great team! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Investigating ancient human DNA preservation on cave walls and in rock art - Nature Communications
Ancient DNA can be preserved on materials from archaeological floor deposits such as bones, sediments and artifacts. Here, the authors investigate whether Palaeolithic wall art can preserve human DNA ...
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Torsten Günther @trstngnthr.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
I am recruiting a PhD student (fully funded, 4yrs) to analyze modern 🧬 and ancient 🦴 genomic data from humans and domestic animals 🐑 Please share, I am happy to chat at #ICP2026 or #SMBE2026 this summer www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
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PhD student position in Population Genomics - Uppsala University
PhD student position in Population Genomics , Department of Organismal Biology, Uppsala University
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Solange Rigaud @solangerigaud.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
🧪Heading to shorturl.at/Uaq0d at the Collège de France. Members of the extended @pacea.bsky.social family in the program, N.Zwyns, T.Tsanova, J.Henrion @mariesoressi.bsky.social I’ll speak about beads and networks during the Mid/UP transition @univbordeaux.bsky.social @cnrsecologie.bsky.social
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Du Paléolithique moyen au Paléolithique supérieur : la transition en question | Collège de France
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Arev P. Sümer @arevsumer.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
This exciting symposium will take place next Tuesday, come join us if you are in Paris :)
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Sandra Oliveira @sandra-oliveira.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
We’re looking for a MSc student based in Zurich (UZH or ETH) to join a computational project at the intersection of human population genetics and linguistics. #UZH #ETH #Genomics #Linguistics #Switzerland @nccrlanguage.bsky.social @lifesciencezurich.bsky.social
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Adam "Ben" Rohrlach @brohrlach.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Are you screening your ancient DNA study for chromosomal aneuploidies? Or looking for a new way to call genetic sex? Regardless of sequencing data type? Our Bayesian method (implemented in R as RChASM) has now been published in Bioinformatics: doi.org/10.1093/bioi...
Diagnostic plot for aneuploidy assignment in RChASM.
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Oleg Sobchuk 🇺🇦 @sobchuk.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
My group at the MPI for Empirical Aesthetics now has a name: Cultural Evolution of the Arts! You can read a bit more about the idea behind the group at the group's web page: www.aesthetics.mpg.de/en/research/... And here's the obligatory door nameplate :)
Door name plate with the name of my research group: Cultural Evolution of the Arts
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European Society for the Study of Human Evolution @eshesociety.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Registration and abstract submission are open for #ESHE2026 in Burgos (16–20 Sept)! 🗓 Abstract deadline: 8 May 2026 (11:59 PM PDT) If you're planning to submit, consider registering and paying ahead of the deadline to avoid last-minute technical issues. More info: www.eshe.eu/meetings/
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European Society for the study of Human Evolution
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Tom Booth @boothicus.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
🏺Broad, enticing discussion of recent archaeogenetics papers that have found evidence for matrlineal organisation of cemeteries at various times/places in the past, including Iron Age Britain, in some cases implying matrilocal residence patterns. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Exploring matrilocality in history Insights from ancient DNA | Evolutionary Human Sciences | Cambridge Core
Exploring matrilocality in history Insights from ancient DNA
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Arev P. Sümer @arevsumer.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Our institute @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social starting a new Masters program with the University of Leipzig. If you are a bachelors student graduating soon, and would like to get involved with our research during you MSc, consider applying :) www.uni-leipzig.de/en/studying/...
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Evolutionary Anthropology MSc
The programme aims to provide in-depth knowledge of the latest research into human evolution and development. The focus is on the genetic, paleoanthropological and cognitive aspects of human behaviour and the mind. Particular emphasis is placed on engaging with the complexities of research processes, and on developing skills in designing, implementing and evaluating studies. Students will gain professional expertise in handling and rigorously analysing and effectively presenting data, preparing them for doctoral research.
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Love Dalén @lovedalen.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
How did catastrophic black death and myxomatosis outbreaks on an isolated island affect the genomes of humans & rabbits, respectively? And how did the microbes evolve in response to this? PhD position @cpgsthlm.bsky.social with Anders Götherström and me as supervisors! su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
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Dr Rebecca Wragg Sykes @lemoustier.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
🧪🦣 🧬 New #Neanderthal genome just dropped! Denisova cave male, c. 120 Ka, some Denisovan ancestry, and living in very small effective breeding population <50. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Figure 1 from Paabo et al 2026 paper, titled "A high-coverage Neandertal genome from the Altai Mountains reveals population structure among Neandertals".
Image shows a map, photo of fossil fragment, and data on DNA. 
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"Neandertal D17 and its relationship with other Neandertals. (A) Locations of high-coverage Neandertal genomes used in the study. (B) Picture of the undiagnosed bone fragment from Neandertal D17. (C–F) Relative derived allele sharing between Neandertal genomes, computed using D-statistics of the form D-(ind1, ind2; ind3, Mbuti), where ind3 is either (C) Neandertal D17, (D) Neandertal D5, (E) Neandertal Chag8 or (F) Neandertal Vi33.19. In each panel, ind1 and ind2 are indicated at the Left and Right of the graph. Positive values indicate greater allele sharing between ind3 and ind1; negative values indicate greater allele sharing between ind3 and ind2. |Z-score| ≥ 3 are in red. (G) Schematic phylogenetic relationships among Neandertal D17, other archaic genomes, including the Denisovan D3, and modern humans inferred from autosomal DNA analyses using branch shortening and demographic modeling with cecast and F(A|B) statistics (SI Appendix, SI Appendix 6, 10, and 12). (H) Schematic mitochondrial (mt) DNA inferred from a Bayesian tree estimated using BEAST2 from previously published study on D17 mtDNA (11). (I) Y chromosome phylogeny as inferred from a Bayesian tree estimated using BEAST2 including previously published Y chromosomes of the Denisovan Denisova 8 (D8) and Neandertals Mezmaiskaya 2 (Mez2) (12) and Chagyrskaya 2 (Chag2) (7) (SI Appendix, SI Appendix 18).".
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Andrew Curry @andrewcurry.com · 23/03/2026
Two new studies of Neanderthal DNA from @massilanilab.bsky.social, @hrougier.bsky.social, @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social and others show our ancient cousins survived for millennia in small, geographically isolated groups. www.science.org/content/arti... @science.org 🧬🏺
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Neanderthals survived on a knife’s edge for 350,000 years
A pair of studies illuminates these humans’ long, hardscrabble existence
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Chris Stringer @chrisbstringer.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Natural History Museum. Apply for Principal Researcher in Human Evolution jobs.nhm.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
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Principal Researcher in Human Evolution:South Kensington
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Oleg Sobchuk 🇺🇦 @sobchuk.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Yay! This week I started working at the MPI for Empirical Aesthetics in Frankfurt as a group leader. Lots of work ahead, but super exciting kind of work 🔥
Happy me in front of the MPI for Empirical Aesthetics
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Société d'Anthropologie de Paris (SAP) @sapanthropologie.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
🚩 #joboffer two-year #postdoctoral position available at @pacea.bsky.social @univbordeaux.bsky.social “Biology and #taphonomy of human #fossils from the Late #Paleolithic and #Mesolithic periods in southwestern France.” contact: Bruno Maureille
As part of the Human Past Major Research Program (GPR), we are recruiting a Postdoctral 
fellowship in biology and taphonomy of Mesolithic and Upper Palaeolithic human fossils 
from the South-West of France W/M.Recruitment process: Applications are reviewed as they arrive. 
Candidates selected for an interview will be contacted by the Recruitment Officer for a first 
pre-qualification phone conversation. An interview with the supervisor will then be 
organised by videoconference. Interested applicants should send a CV, brief statement of 
qualifications and basis for interest in the position, copies of up to 3 relevant publications, 
and the email addresses of 2 appropriate references.b offer: https://www.u-bordeaux.fr/universite/travailler-a-l-universite/offresdemploi/postdoctral-fellowship-biology-and-taphonomy-mesolithic-and-upper-palaeolithichuman-fossils-south-west-france-wm or https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/413364
Please note that to be admissible, you must apply to the job offer or send e-mail with your 
documents at: job-ref-7lbvnelvoc@emploi.beetween.com
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Torsten Günther @trstngnthr.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
The @scilifelab.se Ancient DNA Unit is recruiting a (permanent) Research Engineer for planning user projects and generating #aDNA 🧬 data: Application deadline: March 25th 🧪🏺 www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
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Research engineer - Uppsala University
Research engineer, Department of Organismal Biology, Uppsala University
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Yulin Zhang @yulinzhang.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Have you ever wondered how many archaic populations contributed DNA to modern humans? We know about Neanderthals and Denisovans, but the fossil and genetic evidence suggests a much more complex history! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Jenny Tung @jennytung.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Leipzig U and the MPI for Evolutionary Anthropology (MPI-EVA) have an open faculty position (W2) in evolutionary population genetics! This position is tenured and comes with generous core funding. We are eager to welcome a new colleague! Deadline March 11. www.uni-leipzig.de/en/newsdetai...
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Professorship in population genetics in the field of evolutionary anthropology and medicine (W2)
Faculties & Facilities
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Adam "Ben" Rohrlach @brohrlach.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Want to check your ancient DNA study for chromosomal aneuploidies? RChASM is now available for R, to screen for autosomal and sex chromosomal aneuploidies, such as Down syndrome on data from 0.0014X coverage. We also wrote a step-by-step tutorial with examples: jonotuke.github.io/RChASM/artic...
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Example ChASM Analysis Using Example Data
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(Y|G)iannis P. @ipatramanis.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
The final chapter of my PhD thesis, is finally published in GBE! academic.oup.com/gbe/article/... You can also read the earlier recommendation by PCI in a nice little summary here: evolbiol.peercommunityin.org/articles/rec... #palaeoproteomics #phylogenetics
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Assessing the potential of ancient protein sequences in the study of hominid evolution
Abstract. Palaeoproteomic data can provide invaluable insights into hominid evolution over long timescales. Yet, the potential and limitations of ancient p
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) @mpidr.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
📣Call for Applications‼️ ARTEMIS – African Research Talents Experiencing Mentoring In Science 📅Application Deadline: April 13, 2026. 👓Read all: www.mpg.de/26122924/artemis-mentori… ✍️Application: www.mpg.de/26133233/MPG_ARTEMIS_202…
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Ewan Birney @ewanbirney.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Are you a computational postdoc or even in the last year of your PhD and you want to set up your own lab? Want to work in one of the most multi-disciplinary and multi-national institutions in the world? Want to be a leader in understanding biology - molecules up? Apply below!
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Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution @official-smbe.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Mehmet Somel (Middle East Technical University, Turkey) will join us in Copenhagen to present a plenary talk on the latest advances in human evolution, at SMBE 2026. Title: "Human societies past and present in light of ancient DNA" #SMBE2026
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Adam van Casteren @adamvanc.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
My post-doc Charlotte King will be starting her own Minerva research group in September and is looking for PhD students. Click here if you are into experimental biomechanics, apes and hominin evolution. www.eva.mpg.de/career/posit...
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Positions available - Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
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Archaeological Proteomics Lab @archaeoprotein.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Register now for our free online workshop on 10th March,
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Pontus Skoglund @pontus-skoglund.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Applications welcome to be a PhD-student in my ancient DNA research programme at @crick.ac.uk: 🏰 Ancient human history in Europe and beyond. ⚕️ Statistical genetics to understand human biology with ancient genomes. 🦠 Pathogen genomics of past infections. Apply at www.crick.ac.uk/careers-and-...
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Arev P. Sümer @arevsumer.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
I participated in this summer school a few years ago and it was really fun. Highly recommend 👇
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