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Bence Viola

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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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HEAS @heasvienna.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

We are looking forward to welcoming @benceviola.bsky.social back to Vienna for the first #HEASSeminar in the 2025-2026 series in #HumanEvolutionandthePalaeolithic. @univie.ac.at More information and registration on our website 👇🔗

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HEAS Seminar Series - Human Evolution and the Palaeolithic - HEAS

As part of the HEAS Seminar Series in Human Evolution and the Palaeolithic Bence Viola from the University of Toronto will give a talk on Teeth, Genes, and Taxonomy – fifteen years of Denisovan discov...

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Tim Vernimmen @timvernimmen.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

My latest story is based on papers in @science.org and @cp-cell.bsky.social revealing Homo longi aka 'Dragon Man' was a Denisovan - or is it the other way around? Featuring @benceviola.bsky.social, @fridowelker.bsky.social and @chrisbstringer.bsky.social. www.nationalgeographic.com/history/arti...

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This is the first ever confirmed skull of a Denisovan

Finally, we can put a face on a Denisovan.

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