Human Evolution

Collage of program activities

We have a broad interest in human evolution, human history and population genetics. Our research focus on understanding population history and human evolution using genetic information. We analyze the population-genomic information from current-day individuals and ancient human remains to gain access to information about human past that was previously hidden.

Researchers and Research Groups

About our research groups and main areas of research.

Researcher profiles

Research groups

Malmström Labb

Schlebusch Labb

Publications

Ancient RNA expression profiles from the extinct woolly mammoth

Marmol-Sanchez, Emilio; Fromm, Bastian; Oskolkov, Nikolay; Pochon, Zoe et al.

Part of Cell, p. 52-6.9e+23, 2026
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The hunt for the last great auks: ancient DNA resolves a 180-year-old mystery

Cavill, Emily L.; Hernández Alonso, Germán; Imhoff, Emily; Farrington, Heather et al.

Part of Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2025
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Genomic and morphological analysis reveals long-term mammoth hybridization in British Columbia, Canada

Dehasque, Marianne; van der Valk, Tom; Chacón-Duque, J. Camilo; Termes, Laura et al.

Part of Biology Letters, 2025
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Tracing 2500 years of human betaherpesvirus 6A and 6B diversity through ancient DNA

Guellil, Meriam; van Dorp, Lucy; Saag, Lehti; Beneker, Owyn et al.

Part of Science Advances, 2026
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Archaic humans have contributed to large-scale variation in modern human T cell receptor genes

Corcoran, Martin; Chernyshev, Mark; Mandolesi, Marco; Narang, Sanjana et al.

Part of Immunity, p. 635-652000000, 2023
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