Reposted by Hélios DelbrassineSMBE Satellite Meeting on Gene-Culture Co-Evolution @smbegeneculture.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Group picture at the SMBE satellite meeting - Campus of Architecture, University of Cagliari 0136
Hélios Delbrassine @heliosdlbs.bsky.social · 17/09/2026two talks from our lab at the SMBE Satellite Meeting on Gene-Culture Co-Evolution! i'll be talking about alcohol-metabolism-related regions, selection signals and climate. 👀 looking forward to it! 040
Reposted by Hélios DelbrassineTom Booth @boothicus.bsky.social · 28/08/2026www.nature.com/articles/s43...nature.comNo evidence for climate-driven fragmentation of Neanderthal habitats prior to their extinction - Communications Earth & Environment“Neanderthal habitats remained spatially extensive and connected throughout the Late Pleistocene in western Europe, as shown by analysis using paleoenvironmental data and ensemble species distribution... 043
Reposted by Hélios DelbrassinebioRxiv Evolutionary Biology @biorxiv-evobio.bsky.social · 19/08/2026The south Congo Basin was critical to Bantu settlement of south central Africa www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20… 002
Reposted by Hélios DelbrassineStephan Schiffels @stschiff.bsky.social · 12/08/2026If 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). 16039
Reposted by Hélios DelbrassineEvolutionary Ecology Group, Cambridge @eegcam.bsky.social · 31/07/20263 postdoc open positions in our lab on a project developing new AI methods to integrate genetics and ecological data to predict the impact of global change on species - see below 259
Reposted by Hélios DelbrassineNicola Pirastu @npirastu.bsky.social · 25/07/2026We’re looking for a Statistical Geneticist to join our team at @humantechnopole.bsky.social. The role offers the opportunity to work across a wide range of projects, supporting research groups throughout Human Technopole while developing and implementing new statistical methods tinyurl.com/44uyt8u2tinyurl.comStatistical GeneticistStatistical Geneticist 046
Hélios Delbrassine @heliosdlbs.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Super excited & honoured to announce that my on-going project "45,000 years of changes in ancestry profiles and environmental conditions as shaping forces of Homo sapiens demography worldwide" has been selected for a short talk at the upcoming #EESHuman conference in Heidelberg! See you all there! 010
Hélios Delbrassine @heliosdlbs.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Wonderful preprint by Miccolis et al! "...the first comprehensive review of threat status and policy inclusion of Italian biodiversity, encompassing animals, plants, fungi, lichens, and algae." A monstrous yet necessary work to start tackling the biodiversity crisis! 👏🏻 000
Reposted by Hélios DelbrassineEnrico R. Crema @ercrema.bsky.social · 29/06/2026A 5-year PDRA position in "Statistical Modelling in Archaeology" is available @cam-archaeology.bsky.social as part of the FORAGER project. Deadline: 21/8/2026 tinyurl.com/muhcjkfy www.forager-erc.eutinyurl.comResearch Assistant/Research Associate in Statistical Modelling in Archaeology (Fixed Term) - Job Opportunities - University of CambridgeResearch Assistant/Research Associate in Statistical Modelling in Archaeology (Fixed Term) in the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research at the University of Cambridge. 11926
Reposted by Hélios DelbrassineOleg 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! 08082
Reposted by Hélios DelbrassineMateja Hajdinjak @matejahajdi.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Our 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.socialnature.com 311551
Hélios Delbrassine @heliosdlbs.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Such an exciting preliminary program that I feel super honoured to be a part of! Don't forget to register if you want to hear from a panel of wonderful anthropologists + me rambling about the evolution of alcohol metabolism 👀🧬🍻 020
Reposted by Hélios DelbrassineAaron Ragsdale @apragsdale.bsky.social · 30/05/2026I’m looking to hire one or two postdocs - possible projects include pop gen theory, methods development, and human evolutionary inference. Please share, and email if you are interested. More info: evoldir.net/brian/evoldi...evoldir.net 03451
Hélios Delbrassine @heliosdlbs.bsky.social · 05/06/2026After a month in Leipzig at the MPI EvAn, 10 days in Belgium, an intense week of CES in Rabat, I have finally got back to Padua! (And, as per the last picture, immediately took my bike to Venice, getting caught in a storm and much mud... but making it to Ithaca) 000
Reposted by Hélios DelbrassineCesarFortesLima @cesarforteslima.bsky.social · 05/06/2026I'm so thrilled to be one of the Guest Editors of the new Nature Portfolio Collection on "𝙃𝙪𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝘼𝙙𝙢𝙞𝙭𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙈𝙞𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣". This cross-journal collection involves publications in 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘎𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘴, 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘉𝘪𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺, and 𝘚𝘤𝘪 𝘙𝘦𝘱. communities.springernature.com/posts/call-f...communities.springernature.comCall for papers: Human Admixture and MigrationThis Collection invites submissions that use ancient or modern genetic data to explore human population history, admixture, and health. Submissions are encouraged by 28 February 2027. 141
Reposted by Hélios DelbrassineSMBE Satellite Meeting on Gene-Culture Co-Evolution @smbegeneculture.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Registration for the SMBE Satellite Meeting on Gene–Culture Co-Evolution is OPEN at this link geneculturecoevolution.com ✏️ DEADLINE 20th of June! Acceptance of short talks and posters and recipients of travel grants will be notified in two weeks.geneculturecoevolution.comGene-Culture Co-Evolution – Cagliari – Sardinia, 21-23 September 2026 023
Reposted by Hélios DelbrassineSCSchmidt @scschmidt.archaeo.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/05/2026📢📢 At the ESTER-project we're looking for two #PostDocs and one #PhD student: ester-project.org/2026/05/01/the-es… 📢📢 If you are interested in demography, biological proxies, modelling and/or Bayesian statistics, have a look! Deadline is May 31st, this sunday! […]archaeo.socialOriginal post on archaeo.social 024
Reposted by Hélios DelbrassineAylwyn Scally @aylwyn-scally.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Postdoctoral job announcement: come to Cambridge and work on population genetic modelling with environmental and ancient DNA, jointly with @gamzeandgursoy.bsky.social and me. Details at www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/55580/ - applications by June 16th.jobs.cam.ac.ukResearch Associate in Population Genetics Modelling and Environmental DNA (Fixed Term) - Job Opportunities - University of CambridgeResearch Associate in Population Genetics Modelling and Environmental DNA (Fixed Term) in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics at the University of Cambridge. 04652
Hélios Delbrassine @heliosdlbs.bsky.social · 15/05/2026What a week! I had a wonderful time at #CES2026 and I'm very thankful for the opportunity to hang out with such amazing people and researchers, learn about their work and present my own. 🧬 I leave Morocco the head full of ideas, the heart full of friendship (and the stomach full of tajine) 🙌🏻 161
Reposted by Hélios DelbrassineAndra Meneganzin @andrameneganzin.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Speed-running between amazing sessions at #CES2026 and different perspectives on shared cultural evolutionary questions feels like my life now. Some highlights from day #2. 1162
Reposted by Hélios DelbrassineEnrico R. Crema @ercrema.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Very proud of my PhD student Alexes Mes for her first archaeology paper where she has developed a novel Bayesian spatiotemporal model for estimating arrival times using 14C dates authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S... 1137
Reposted by Hélios DelbrassineSMBE Satellite Meeting on Gene-Culture Co-Evolution @smbegeneculture.bsky.social · 07/05/2026We invite you to submit an abstract for a session talk or poster presentation! 0155
Reposted by Hélios DelbrassineTom Booth @boothicus.bsky.social · 30/04/2026🏺🧪Preprint of 1039(!) whole ancient human genomes from Britain, mainly dating to 1st Millennium CE, representing the best part of 7 years of my life. Herculean effort by @marinasdsilva.bsky.social to get this over the line. 'Migration Period' is more migrationy than we could have possibly imagined. 39226
Reposted by Hélios DelbrassineCecilia Padilla-Iglesias @ceciliapad.bsky.social · 30/04/2026🚨FULLY FUNDED PHD POSITION!🚨 If you are interested in trying to answer the question of "How did climate shape the movements, interactions, and evolution of hominin populations?" Come join my lab at @humanorigins.bsky.social 🧬🧪 deadline 7th of June ⬇️ uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet... 15757
Reposted by Hélios DelbrassineICArEHB @icarehb.bsky.social · 27/04/2026The #HEIRS Group Synthesis Project 2026 call is now open! We invite #HumanEvolution scientists worldwide to apply for collaborative groups of 10–15 researchers, including at least one #ICArEHB member. Deadline: 18 June 2026. #ResearchSynthesis #OpenScience heirs.icarehb.com 096
Reposted by Hélios DelbrassineRob Foley @robfoley.bsky.social · 24/04/2026ICArCHEB in Portugal has put out a call for proposals for HEIRS (the Hub for Human Evolution Research Synthesis). HEIRS supports collaborative research projects designed to produce syntheses of important issues in the field. A wonderful opportunity - link below heirs.icarehb.com/calls-traini...heirs.icarehb.comCall for Group Synthesis Project 2026 – heirs 0148
Reposted by Hélios DelbrassineCedric Boeckx @cedricboeckx.bsky.social · 22/04/2026“The evolutionary history and unique genetic diversity of Indigenous Americans” 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comThe evolutionary history and unique genetic diversity of Indigenous Americans - NatureAnalysis of 128 high-coverage Indigenous American genomes shows extensive diversity shaped by several South American dispersals, ancient Australasian admixture, archaic introgression and long-term ada... 044
Hélios Delbrassine @heliosdlbs.bsky.social · 16/04/2026Super excited about this new paper by Akbari et al.! A lot of food for thought, I'll definitely give it multiple reads 🧬 www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comAncient DNA reveals pervasive directional selection across West Eurasia - NatureAnalysis of 15,836 ancient West Eurasian genomes reveals hundreds of instances of directional selection, showing that sustained changes in allele frequency were widespread, rather than being... 020
Reposted by Hélios DelbrassinebioRxiv Genetics @biorxiv-genetic.bsky.social · 08/04/2026Graph transformer for ancient ancestry inference www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20… 076
Reposted by Hélios DelbrassinebioRxiv Evolutionary Biology @biorxiv-evobio.bsky.social · 04/04/2026The Neanderthal population history and the introgression landscape inferred from the UK Biobank www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20… 0104
Hélios Delbrassine @heliosdlbs.bsky.social · 04/04/2026Check out our revamped preprint on partitioning the genomic journey to becoming Homo sapiens! Questioning whether modern and archaic humans should be considered as different species or populations. 👀🧬 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...biorxiv.org 000
Hélios Delbrassine @heliosdlbs.bsky.social · 03/04/2026What a programme, I can't wait to see everyone there! 🙌🏻 and don't hesitate to come hang out in S32 on Tuesday if you're interested in bridging the gap between population genetics and cultural evolution 👀 020
Reposted by Hélios DelbrassineThe Onion @theonion.com · 25/03/2026Archaeological Dig Uncovers Ancient Race Of Skeleton People theonion.com/archaeological-dig-unc… 9883761586
Reposted by Hélios DelbrassineEmily Hallinan @eshallinan.bsky.social · 23/03/2026📣 New paper #2: The SASSI open dataset is a comprehensive spatial, chronological and contextual database of southern African ESA, MSA and LSA sites, providing a FAIR data resource for comparison and synthesis @icarehb.bsky.social openarchaeologydata.metajnl.com/articles/10....openarchaeologydata.metajnl.comThe Southern African Stone Age Site Index (SASSI): A Spatial, Chronological and Contextual Resource for Archaeological Research | Journal of Open Archaeology Data 074
Reposted by Hélios DelbrassineHUMAN ORIGINS - Cluster of Excellence @humanorigins.bsky.social · 18/03/2026📢 Another #jobalert from the new Cluster of Excellence HUMAN ORIGINS, University of Tübingen. 💼 Independent Junior Group Leader in Ethics Laboratory. 📅Deadline: April 6th, 2026 🔗 Link: shorturl.fm/EXRxc Please forward to interested potential candidates!🔄 01519
Reposted by Hélios DelbrassineSMBE Satellite Meeting on Gene-Culture Co-Evolution @smbegeneculture.bsky.social · 20/03/2026SAVE THE DATE! SMBE Satellite Meeting on Gene–Culture Co-Evolution: Molecular Perspectives on Human History and Diversity 🌍 University of Cagliari, Italy - Abstract submission and travel grants deadline: 30 April - Registration opening soon - Conference dates: 21-23 September 2026 1179
Reposted by Hélios DelbrassineZena Kamash @zenakamash.bsky.social · 10/02/2026The Association of Greek Archaeologists has published an open letter withdrawing its participation from the EAA Athens advisory committee 🍉 archaeol.gr/anoichti-epi...archaeol.grΑνοιχτή επιστολή σχετικά με τις εξελίξεις στην European Association of Archaeologists - Σύλλογος Ελλήνων ΑρχαιολόγωνΑνοιχτή επιστολή σχετικά με τις εξελίξεις στην European Association of Archaeologists Κατόπιν της ομόφωνης απόφασης των μελών του… 02310
Reposted by Hélios DelbrassineInstitut Jacques Monod @ijmonod.bsky.social · 29/12/2025#JobOffer 💼 Postdoc in human evolutionary genetics and bioinformatics (M/F) 📆 May 1st 2026 📍 Institut Jacques Monod / Peyrégne Lab 🔗 Apply on the CNRS job portal before January 9th emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U... 054
Reposted by Hélios DelbrassineCarina Schlebusch @cschlebu.bsky.social · 03/12/2025Our 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...nature.comHomo sapiens-specific evolution unveiled by ancient southern African genomes - NatureThe 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. 511750
Reposted by Hélios DelbrassineIsabelle Crevecoeur @isabellecrevecoeur.bsky.social · 20/11/2025‼️📢 Neandertal as prey‼️ We demonstrated selective cannibalism behavior at the end of the Middle Palaeolithic in Northern Europe #Neandertal #Prehistory #Cannibalism #MiddlePaleolithic #Goyet 3348
Reposted by Hélios DelbrassineChiara Barbieri @chiarabarbieri.bsky.social · 30/08/2025A very special paper where we did something NEW! 🔥combining a large genetic dataset 🧬, a large linguistic dataset 💬, and Bayesian multilevel logistic regressions 📈, counting the effects of areal contact (geographic constrains) 🌎. Genetic admixture explains higher levels of linguistic exchanges... 23915
Reposted by Hélios DelbrassinePACEA laboratory, Human evolution, Prehistory @pacea.bsky.social · 05/06/2025🧪 By our colleague F. d’Errico: the evolution of cultural transmission over the past 3.3 million years! Outcome of a 4-year project supported by the GPR Human Past and by I. Collage’s yearly visits as a Visiting Scholar shorturl.at/EEK2S @univbordeaux.bsky.social @cnrsecologie.bsky.socialshorturl.atAn empirically-based scenario for the evolution of cultural transmission in the human lineage during the last 3.3 million yearsHumans accumulate an ever-growing body of knowledge that far exceeds the capacity of any single individual or generation. Social learning and transmission are essential for this process. However, how ... 0136
Reposted by Hélios DelbrassineVSC | Vlaams Supercomputer Centrum @vschpc.bsky.social · 28/05/2025🧬 Over 1,000 years of history revealed from 3,000+ burials in Sint-Truiden. Researchers from KU Leuven & global partners uncovered genetic traces of migration, ancestry & the Black Death, powered by VSC 💻 📰 Read more www.vscentrum.be/post/discove... #HPC #DNA #Paleogenomics #Supercomputing 012
Reposted by Hélios DelbrassineMaarten Larmuseau @maartenlarmuseau.bsky.social · 20/05/2025Discover our results of the largest ancient DNA study ever conducted on a single burial site: 400 skeletons from the Belgian city Sint-Truiden (8th–18th century). A unique glimpse into 1000 years of genetic history. (1/9) @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social 33014
Reposted by Hélios DelbrassineSimon J. Greenhill @simongreenhill.bsky.social · 15/05/2025Fantastic paper in @science.org today revealing: 1. strong selection for cold tolerance in Beringia 2. gene-flow across the strait around 5ky 3. diversification of S. American lineages into 4 groups ~ 14k-10ky 4. followed by population crash of >40-80% 12310
Hélios Delbrassine @heliosdlbs.bsky.social · 12/05/2025Had the pleasure of being interviewed by Bas den Hond at @trouw.nl about our preprint on the diffusion of mythological motifs around the world! He did a truly marvellous job, read the full piece here: www.trouw.nl/wetenschap/w...trouw.nlWat verhalen die de wereld over reizen over de mensheid onthullenIn mythen overal ter wereld zitten elementen die al met de mensheid meereizen zo lang die bestaat. Dat blijkt als je culturele en genetische informatie combineert. 000
Reposted by Hélios DelbrassineMarta Mirazon Lahr @martamlahr.bsky.social · 30/04/2025@heliosdlbs.bsky.social had a poster about this work at #HumanEvo25 - fascinating study 🤩🤩🤩 1145
Reposted by Hélios DelbrassineICArEHB @icarehb.bsky.social · 14/04/2025🚨 New call: FRB-CESAB & HEIRS (w/ PNDB) will fund 4 projects under the IdeaShare & DataShare schemes – incl. one on #Biodiversity & #HumanEvolution. 2 yrs funding | Interdisciplinary teams 🔗 www.icarehb.com/opportunity-... #ResearchFundingicarehb.comOpportunity for Biodiversity and Human Evolution Research - ICArEHBThe FRB-CESAB, in collaboration with HEIRS (hub for Human Evolution Research Synthesis), and supported by the PNDB, is launching a call to fund two types of complementary groups: IdeaShare – Focuses o... 032
Reposted by Hélios DelbrassineFrido Welker @fridowelker.bsky.social · 10/04/2025Incredibly proud that our paper on the #palaeoproteomics analysis of the Penghu mandible, led by @tsutatsuta.bsky.social and in collaboration with Chun-Hsiang Chang, Enrico Cappellini and co, is out now in @science.org! doi.org/10.1126/scie...doi.orgA male Denisovan mandible from Pleistocene TaiwanDenisovans are an extinct hominin group defined by ancient genomes of Middle to Late Pleistocene fossils from southern Siberia. Although genomic evidence suggests their widespread distribution through... 814553