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Kayra

@kayracanpolat.bsky.social
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MSc student at METU Comparative and Evolutionary Biology Lab 🧬

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Kayra @kayracanpolat.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
I will be presenting my poster: “The Population Genetic History of the Hittite Capital Hattusa” at #ESEB2025 📍Poster #273 If you’re around, please come by, ask questions or have a chat, and let’s talk ancient DNA & population genetics!
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CompEvo & HumanG Labs @compevohumang.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
At #ESEB2025, Exploring Female Lineages & Mortuary Practices in Neolithic Çatalhöyük with insights from genomic & archaeological data. Don't miss Eren Yüncü’s presentation at 02:00 p.m.!
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Kayra @kayracanpolat.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
At #eseb2025, Exploring Female Lineages & Mortuary Practices in Neolithic Çatalhöyük with insights from genomic & archaeological data. Don't miss Eren Yüncü’s presentation from @compevohumang.bsky.social team at 02:00 p.m! #catalhoyuk #ancientDNA
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Merve Nur Güler @meerf.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Happy to share our new study I contributed to during my master’s: "Female lineages and changing kinship patterns in Neolithic Çatalhöyük." @compevohumang.bsky.social
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Female lineages and changing kinship patterns in Neolithic Çatalhöyük
Combining 131 paleogenomes with bioarchaeological and archaeological data, we studied social organization and gendered practices in Çatalhöyük East Mound (7100 to 5950 BCE), a major Neolithic settleme...
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Sabina Cveček @sabinacvecek.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
🙌 Exciting new study from #Anatolia published by @compevohumang.bsky.social in @science.org today! Anthropologists have long argued that kinship and family do not need to be genetically oriented. The study from Çatalhöyük wonderfully highlights this point also for Neolithic in Anatolia. Congrats!
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Dilek Koptekin @dilekopter.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Happy to share our new study from my PhD on the spread of farming across Anatolia and into the Aegean and then into Europe. @compevohumang.bsky.social www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 👇🏽
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Out-of-Anatolia: Cultural and genetic interactions during the Neolithic expansion in the Aegean
West Anatolia has been a crucial yet elusive element in the Neolithic expansion from the Fertile Crescent to Europe. In this work, we describe the changing genetic and cultural landscapes of early Hol...
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CompEvo & HumanG Labs @compevohumang.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Hello, Sky! We're a research group from METU & Hacettepe from Türkiye — united by a passion for ancient DNA, archaeogenomics, and the deep story of human history. Posts in Turkish & English. Find us here too: 📸 @compevo_humang 🐦 @CompEvoMetu #AncientDNA #HumanHistory #Science #Anthropology
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