Focus of the Lab
Our research focuses on human evolutionary genetics and we combine
various areas of expertise with passion for human evolution.
We address topics regarding our very own history using population genetics,
human genomics, computational biology, and archaeogenetics.
Recently, we have developed and inferred demographic models explaining
the patterns of genomic variation of ancient and modern humans from all over the world.
Research Highlights
Ancient DNA pushes human emergence back
A genomic analysis of ancient human remains from KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) revealed that southern Africa has an important role to play in writing the history of humankind. A research team from Uppsala University, Sweden, the Universities of Johannesburg and the Witwatersrand, South Africa, presents their results in the September 28th, 2017 issue of Science.
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The Software
Modern data analyses tools we use and develop are indispensable while working with Big Data.