Centre for Palaeogenetics
@cpgsthlm.bsky.social
CPG brings scientists from diverse disciplines together in a state-of-the-art aDNA research facility, and is jointly run by Stockholm University and the Swedish Museum of Natural History.
More info: https://www.palaeogenetics.com
More info: https://www.palaeogenetics.com
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⏰ The clock is ticking❗
LESS THAN 10 DAYS LEFT to submit your abstracts (30th Nov).
Do it here👉 icp2026.palaeogenomics.org/abstracts/
Many of you are asking for the registration fees 💸. We are still working out the details, but we estimate 400-500€ for regular attendees and 300-400€ for students.
LESS THAN 10 DAYS LEFT to submit your abstracts (30th Nov).
Do it here👉 icp2026.palaeogenomics.org/abstracts/
Many of you are asking for the registration fees 💸. We are still working out the details, but we estimate 400-500€ for regular attendees and 300-400€ for students.
Abstracts – International Conference on Palaeogenomics 2026
icp2026.palaeogenomics.org
November 21, 2025 at 11:39 AM
⏰ The clock is ticking❗
LESS THAN 10 DAYS LEFT to submit your abstracts (30th Nov).
Do it here👉 icp2026.palaeogenomics.org/abstracts/
Many of you are asking for the registration fees 💸. We are still working out the details, but we estimate 400-500€ for regular attendees and 300-400€ for students.
LESS THAN 10 DAYS LEFT to submit your abstracts (30th Nov).
Do it here👉 icp2026.palaeogenomics.org/abstracts/
Many of you are asking for the registration fees 💸. We are still working out the details, but we estimate 400-500€ for regular attendees and 300-400€ for students.
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Our manuscript on bovine deep-time paleogenomics at Denisova Cave and in the broader mid-latitude Asia is online! doi.org/10.1093/gbe/... 🦬🦴🧬
Main findings in the 🧵 below ⬇️
@cpgsthlm.bsky.social @genomebiolevol.bsky.social #aDNA
Main findings in the 🧵 below ⬇️
@cpgsthlm.bsky.social @genomebiolevol.bsky.social #aDNA
Paleogenomics Reveals a Loss of Bovine Lineages in Mid-latitude Asia Over the Last 200,000 Years
Abstract. Bovines have a complex yet poorly understood evolutionary history that is characterized by admixture and diversity loss during the Late Pleistoce
doi.org
November 20, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Our manuscript on bovine deep-time paleogenomics at Denisova Cave and in the broader mid-latitude Asia is online! doi.org/10.1093/gbe/... 🦬🦴🧬
Main findings in the 🧵 below ⬇️
@cpgsthlm.bsky.social @genomebiolevol.bsky.social #aDNA
Main findings in the 🧵 below ⬇️
@cpgsthlm.bsky.social @genomebiolevol.bsky.social #aDNA
🦣 🤯 🦣 🤯 🦣
Video of woolly mammoth leg discovered in the Siberian permafrost!
Researchers from #CpgSthlm and SciLifeLab have now, for the first time ever, identified signatures of gene activity in frozen mammoth remains!
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Video of woolly mammoth leg discovered in the Siberian permafrost!
Researchers from #CpgSthlm and SciLifeLab have now, for the first time ever, identified signatures of gene activity in frozen mammoth remains!
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
November 16, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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Video of woolly mammoth leg discovered in the Siberian permafrost!
Researchers from #CpgSthlm and SciLifeLab have now, for the first time ever, identified signatures of gene activity in frozen mammoth remains!
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Video of woolly mammoth leg discovered in the Siberian permafrost!
Researchers from #CpgSthlm and SciLifeLab have now, for the first time ever, identified signatures of gene activity in frozen mammoth remains!
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
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Meet our plenary speakers 💁♂️
CHRISTINA WARINNER (@harvard.edu)
@christinawarinner.bsky.social investigates ancient microbiomes to reveal insights into the diets and health of past human populations.
Conference info 👉 icp2026.palaeogenomics.org
⚠️ Abstract submission open! (deadline 30th Nov) ⚠️
CHRISTINA WARINNER (@harvard.edu)
@christinawarinner.bsky.social investigates ancient microbiomes to reveal insights into the diets and health of past human populations.
Conference info 👉 icp2026.palaeogenomics.org
⚠️ Abstract submission open! (deadline 30th Nov) ⚠️
November 7, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Meet our plenary speakers 💁♂️
CHRISTINA WARINNER (@harvard.edu)
@christinawarinner.bsky.social investigates ancient microbiomes to reveal insights into the diets and health of past human populations.
Conference info 👉 icp2026.palaeogenomics.org
⚠️ Abstract submission open! (deadline 30th Nov) ⚠️
CHRISTINA WARINNER (@harvard.edu)
@christinawarinner.bsky.social investigates ancient microbiomes to reveal insights into the diets and health of past human populations.
Conference info 👉 icp2026.palaeogenomics.org
⚠️ Abstract submission open! (deadline 30th Nov) ⚠️
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Meet our plenary speakers 💁♂️
IAN BARNES, Professor at
@nhm-london.bsky.social
Ian is a pioneer in the use of #ancientDNA to investigate evolution and extinction in Late Pleistocene mammals and other wild fauna.
Full info👉 icp2026.palaeogenomics.org
⚠️Abstract submission open! (deadline 30th Nov)
IAN BARNES, Professor at
@nhm-london.bsky.social
Ian is a pioneer in the use of #ancientDNA to investigate evolution and extinction in Late Pleistocene mammals and other wild fauna.
Full info👉 icp2026.palaeogenomics.org
⚠️Abstract submission open! (deadline 30th Nov)
October 31, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Meet our plenary speakers 💁♂️
IAN BARNES, Professor at
@nhm-london.bsky.social
Ian is a pioneer in the use of #ancientDNA to investigate evolution and extinction in Late Pleistocene mammals and other wild fauna.
Full info👉 icp2026.palaeogenomics.org
⚠️Abstract submission open! (deadline 30th Nov)
IAN BARNES, Professor at
@nhm-london.bsky.social
Ian is a pioneer in the use of #ancientDNA to investigate evolution and extinction in Late Pleistocene mammals and other wild fauna.
Full info👉 icp2026.palaeogenomics.org
⚠️Abstract submission open! (deadline 30th Nov)
#CpgSthlm PhD student @sam-siwatlaali.bsky.social is coauthor on a new Scientific Data paper:
“Decoding the Peruvian Amazon with in situ DNA barcoding of vertebrate and plant taxa”
👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
“Decoding the Peruvian Amazon with in situ DNA barcoding of vertebrate and plant taxa”
👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
So excited to share a new paper I’m coauthor on which has just come out in Scientific Data: “Decoding the Peruvian Amazon with in situ DNA barcoding of vertebrate and plant taxa”
👇
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
👇
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Decoding the Peruvian Amazon with in situ DNA barcoding of vertebrate and plant taxa - Scientific Data
Scientific Data - Decoding the Peruvian Amazon with in situ DNA barcoding of vertebrate and plant taxa
www.nature.com
October 1, 2025 at 3:31 PM
#CpgSthlm PhD student @sam-siwatlaali.bsky.social is coauthor on a new Scientific Data paper:
“Decoding the Peruvian Amazon with in situ DNA barcoding of vertebrate and plant taxa”
👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
“Decoding the Peruvian Amazon with in situ DNA barcoding of vertebrate and plant taxa”
👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🧬🧬🧬 🦣❤️🦣 🧬🧬🧬
New #CpgSthlm paper led by @maridehasque.bsky.social published in Biology Letters!
Genomic and morphological analysis reveals long-term mammoth hybridization in British Columbia, Canada
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
New #CpgSthlm paper led by @maridehasque.bsky.social published in Biology Letters!
Genomic and morphological analysis reveals long-term mammoth hybridization in British Columbia, Canada
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
September 25, 2025 at 8:36 PM
🧬🧬🧬 🦣❤️🦣 🧬🧬🧬
New #CpgSthlm paper led by @maridehasque.bsky.social published in Biology Letters!
Genomic and morphological analysis reveals long-term mammoth hybridization in British Columbia, Canada
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
New #CpgSthlm paper led by @maridehasque.bsky.social published in Biology Letters!
Genomic and morphological analysis reveals long-term mammoth hybridization in British Columbia, Canada
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
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Interested in giving a talk at the Plant and Animal Genome conference (PAG 33) in San Diego?
Together with several colleagues, we are arranging 5 interconnected sessions.
To submit an abstract, please fill out this Google Form before Oct 12th, 2025:
forms.gle/q7j275Di6umY...
Together with several colleagues, we are arranging 5 interconnected sessions.
To submit an abstract, please fill out this Google Form before Oct 12th, 2025:
forms.gle/q7j275Di6umY...
September 19, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Interested in giving a talk at the Plant and Animal Genome conference (PAG 33) in San Diego?
Together with several colleagues, we are arranging 5 interconnected sessions.
To submit an abstract, please fill out this Google Form before Oct 12th, 2025:
forms.gle/q7j275Di6umY...
Together with several colleagues, we are arranging 5 interconnected sessions.
To submit an abstract, please fill out this Google Form before Oct 12th, 2025:
forms.gle/q7j275Di6umY...
Reposted by Centre for Palaeogenetics
Our new study is out!
We analysed 40 Malaise trap samples collected across Sweden by the Insect Biome Atlas project using #metabarcoding and #metagenomics
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
@cpgsthlm.bsky.social @tvdvalk.bsky.social
We analysed 40 Malaise trap samples collected across Sweden by the Insect Biome Atlas project using #metabarcoding and #metagenomics
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
@cpgsthlm.bsky.social @tvdvalk.bsky.social
Small Bugs, Big Data: Metagenomics for Arthropod Biodiversity Monitoring
We used metagenomic sequencing of 40 bulk arthropod samples collected across Sweden to classify taxa and compare results with metabarcoding from the same samples. While metabarcoding was more sensiti...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
September 19, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Our new study is out!
We analysed 40 Malaise trap samples collected across Sweden by the Insect Biome Atlas project using #metabarcoding and #metagenomics
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
@cpgsthlm.bsky.social @tvdvalk.bsky.social
We analysed 40 Malaise trap samples collected across Sweden by the Insect Biome Atlas project using #metabarcoding and #metagenomics
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
@cpgsthlm.bsky.social @tvdvalk.bsky.social
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One week left to apply for our postdoc position on Deep-Time Small Rodent Palaeogenomics!
This is a 2-year full-time position that includes Swedish employment benefits, as well as funding for research expenses and work-related travel.
More info and application link:
su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
This is a 2-year full-time position that includes Swedish employment benefits, as well as funding for research expenses and work-related travel.
More info and application link:
su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
September 15, 2025 at 1:07 PM
One week left to apply for our postdoc position on Deep-Time Small Rodent Palaeogenomics!
This is a 2-year full-time position that includes Swedish employment benefits, as well as funding for research expenses and work-related travel.
More info and application link:
su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
This is a 2-year full-time position that includes Swedish employment benefits, as well as funding for research expenses and work-related travel.
More info and application link:
su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
Check out @benjaminguinet.bsky.social's fantastic thread explaining how he recovered the oldest host-associated microbial genome! 🦠🦣🧬
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www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
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www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
September 3, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Check out @benjaminguinet.bsky.social's fantastic thread explaining how he recovered the oldest host-associated microbial genome! 🦠🦣🧬
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www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
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www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
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🧵 Exciting news from our lab #CpgSthlm! 🥳
Thousands of years ago, mammoths roamed, and so did their fascinating microbial companions. Our latest study, published in 𝘊𝘦𝘭𝘭, brings them to light 🦣🦠🧬
Read the full paper here 👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...
Thousands of years ago, mammoths roamed, and so did their fascinating microbial companions. Our latest study, published in 𝘊𝘦𝘭𝘭, brings them to light 🦣🦠🧬
Read the full paper here 👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...
September 3, 2025 at 9:15 PM
🧵 Exciting news from our lab #CpgSthlm! 🥳
Thousands of years ago, mammoths roamed, and so did their fascinating microbial companions. Our latest study, published in 𝘊𝘦𝘭𝘭, brings them to light 🦣🦠🧬
Read the full paper here 👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...
Thousands of years ago, mammoths roamed, and so did their fascinating microbial companions. Our latest study, published in 𝘊𝘦𝘭𝘭, brings them to light 🦣🦠🧬
Read the full paper here 👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...
The world's oldest bacterial DNA found in a million-year-old mammoth!
New results from researchers at #CpgSthlm published in Cell!
Paper:
www.cell.com/cell/abstrac...
New results from researchers at #CpgSthlm published in Cell!
Paper:
www.cell.com/cell/abstrac...
September 2, 2025 at 8:52 PM
The world's oldest bacterial DNA found in a million-year-old mammoth!
New results from researchers at #CpgSthlm published in Cell!
Paper:
www.cell.com/cell/abstrac...
New results from researchers at #CpgSthlm published in Cell!
Paper:
www.cell.com/cell/abstrac...
🚨JOB ALERT!🚨
Postdoc position at #CpgSthlm on Microtine Palaeogenomics!
Join our deep-time genomics project, funded by @erc.europa.eu, and help us explore lemming and vole evolution using ancient DNA from fossils spanning the last 2.6 million years 🐭🦴🧬
Apply here:
su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
Postdoc position at #CpgSthlm on Microtine Palaeogenomics!
Join our deep-time genomics project, funded by @erc.europa.eu, and help us explore lemming and vole evolution using ancient DNA from fossils spanning the last 2.6 million years 🐭🦴🧬
Apply here:
su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
September 2, 2025 at 9:13 AM
🚨JOB ALERT!🚨
Postdoc position at #CpgSthlm on Microtine Palaeogenomics!
Join our deep-time genomics project, funded by @erc.europa.eu, and help us explore lemming and vole evolution using ancient DNA from fossils spanning the last 2.6 million years 🐭🦴🧬
Apply here:
su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
Postdoc position at #CpgSthlm on Microtine Palaeogenomics!
Join our deep-time genomics project, funded by @erc.europa.eu, and help us explore lemming and vole evolution using ancient DNA from fossils spanning the last 2.6 million years 🐭🦴🧬
Apply here:
su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
🤓
What utter horror is this?
And this beauty.
August 28, 2025 at 11:11 AM
🤓
New paper out from @johannanvs.bsky.social, @lovedalen.bsky.social and others from #CpgSthlm, using historical DNA to investigate temporal genomic change in the Scandinavian arctic fox!
Paper:
academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/a...
Paper:
academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/a...
August 13, 2025 at 8:45 AM
New paper out from @johannanvs.bsky.social, @lovedalen.bsky.social and others from #CpgSthlm, using historical DNA to investigate temporal genomic change in the Scandinavian arctic fox!
Paper:
academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/a...
Paper:
academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/a...
New paper from "Team Rodents" at CPG, demonstrating a very recent origin of the Norwegian lemming!
Great work by @edanalord.bsky.social, @indianadiez.bsky.social and others!
Great work by @edanalord.bsky.social, @indianadiez.bsky.social and others!
I'm super excited to share our new paper on Norwegian lemming genomics just published in @pnas.org!! Read the paper here: www.pnas.org/doi/epub/10....
Summary ⬇️
Summary ⬇️
July 1, 2025 at 9:50 AM
New paper from "Team Rodents" at CPG, demonstrating a very recent origin of the Norwegian lemming!
Great work by @edanalord.bsky.social, @indianadiez.bsky.social and others!
Great work by @edanalord.bsky.social, @indianadiez.bsky.social and others!
Postdoctoral Position in Wildlife Palaeogenomics!
Come join us in beautiful Stockholm!
su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
Come join us in beautiful Stockholm!
su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
June 4, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Postdoctoral Position in Wildlife Palaeogenomics!
Come join us in beautiful Stockholm!
su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
Come join us in beautiful Stockholm!
su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
What an incredible time we had last week at the Nobel Symposium "Palaeogenomics: Charting the Future of Ancient DNA" 💀🦣🦠🧬🧪
Connecting with so many leading international researchers in #ancientDNA at beautiful Villa Aske and Stockholm was inspiring ✨🤩
Thank you to all participants!
Connecting with so many leading international researchers in #ancientDNA at beautiful Villa Aske and Stockholm was inspiring ✨🤩
Thank you to all participants!
June 3, 2025 at 7:41 AM
What an incredible time we had last week at the Nobel Symposium "Palaeogenomics: Charting the Future of Ancient DNA" 💀🦣🦠🧬🧪
Connecting with so many leading international researchers in #ancientDNA at beautiful Villa Aske and Stockholm was inspiring ✨🤩
Thank you to all participants!
Connecting with so many leading international researchers in #ancientDNA at beautiful Villa Aske and Stockholm was inspiring ✨🤩
Thank you to all participants!
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”You should be lucky to be in Stockholm where @cpgsthlm.bsky.social has sequenced over 1 million year old DNA”
Ludovic Orlando from University of Toulouse lecturing in Aula Magna on "The Taming of the Horse" about how prehistoric DNA has changed our understanding of horse domestication. #AncientDNA
Ludovic Orlando from University of Toulouse lecturing in Aula Magna on "The Taming of the Horse" about how prehistoric DNA has changed our understanding of horse domestication. #AncientDNA
May 30, 2025 at 8:35 AM
”You should be lucky to be in Stockholm where @cpgsthlm.bsky.social has sequenced over 1 million year old DNA”
Ludovic Orlando from University of Toulouse lecturing in Aula Magna on "The Taming of the Horse" about how prehistoric DNA has changed our understanding of horse domestication. #AncientDNA
Ludovic Orlando from University of Toulouse lecturing in Aula Magna on "The Taming of the Horse" about how prehistoric DNA has changed our understanding of horse domestication. #AncientDNA
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NOBEL SYMPOSIA
We are delighted to announce two exciting public talks on Ancient DNA at Aula Magna (Stockholm University) on May 30th, 10:00-12:30h.
🦣⬅️ ”Can we bring back the woolly mammoth?” by Beth Shapiro.
🐎✋”The taming of the horse” by Ludovic Orlando.
Free entrance. All welcome!
We are delighted to announce two exciting public talks on Ancient DNA at Aula Magna (Stockholm University) on May 30th, 10:00-12:30h.
🦣⬅️ ”Can we bring back the woolly mammoth?” by Beth Shapiro.
🐎✋”The taming of the horse” by Ludovic Orlando.
Free entrance. All welcome!
April 30, 2025 at 3:08 PM
NOBEL SYMPOSIA
We are delighted to announce two exciting public talks on Ancient DNA at Aula Magna (Stockholm University) on May 30th, 10:00-12:30h.
🦣⬅️ ”Can we bring back the woolly mammoth?” by Beth Shapiro.
🐎✋”The taming of the horse” by Ludovic Orlando.
Free entrance. All welcome!
We are delighted to announce two exciting public talks on Ancient DNA at Aula Magna (Stockholm University) on May 30th, 10:00-12:30h.
🦣⬅️ ”Can we bring back the woolly mammoth?” by Beth Shapiro.
🐎✋”The taming of the horse” by Ludovic Orlando.
Free entrance. All welcome!
We're thrilled to announce that the FIRST International Conference on Palaeogenomics will happen in Stockholm, Sweden, June 23-26 2026!
Topics will span from humans to wildlife and sediments 🧬🦣💀🦠 bring it on!
Save the dates!
Follow @palaeogenomics.bsky.social for news
👉icp2026.palaeogenomics.org
Topics will span from humans to wildlife and sediments 🧬🦣💀🦠 bring it on!
Save the dates!
Follow @palaeogenomics.bsky.social for news
👉icp2026.palaeogenomics.org
May 27, 2025 at 8:53 AM
We're thrilled to announce that the FIRST International Conference on Palaeogenomics will happen in Stockholm, Sweden, June 23-26 2026!
Topics will span from humans to wildlife and sediments 🧬🦣💀🦠 bring it on!
Save the dates!
Follow @palaeogenomics.bsky.social for news
👉icp2026.palaeogenomics.org
Topics will span from humans to wildlife and sediments 🧬🦣💀🦠 bring it on!
Save the dates!
Follow @palaeogenomics.bsky.social for news
👉icp2026.palaeogenomics.org
New review paper in TREE out!
The Progressive Evolution of Cold-Adapted Species
By John Stewart, @lovedalen.bsky.social, @palaeopete.bsky.social and others
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The Progressive Evolution of Cold-Adapted Species
By John Stewart, @lovedalen.bsky.social, @palaeopete.bsky.social and others
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
May 19, 2025 at 8:49 AM
New review paper in TREE out!
The Progressive Evolution of Cold-Adapted Species
By John Stewart, @lovedalen.bsky.social, @palaeopete.bsky.social and others
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The Progressive Evolution of Cold-Adapted Species
By John Stewart, @lovedalen.bsky.social, @palaeopete.bsky.social and others
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
NOBEL SYMPOSIA
We are delighted to announce two exciting public talks on Ancient DNA at Aula Magna (Stockholm University) on May 30th, 10:00-12:30h.
🦣⬅️ ”Can we bring back the woolly mammoth?” by Beth Shapiro.
🐎✋”The taming of the horse” by Ludovic Orlando.
Free entrance. All welcome!
We are delighted to announce two exciting public talks on Ancient DNA at Aula Magna (Stockholm University) on May 30th, 10:00-12:30h.
🦣⬅️ ”Can we bring back the woolly mammoth?” by Beth Shapiro.
🐎✋”The taming of the horse” by Ludovic Orlando.
Free entrance. All welcome!
April 30, 2025 at 3:08 PM
NOBEL SYMPOSIA
We are delighted to announce two exciting public talks on Ancient DNA at Aula Magna (Stockholm University) on May 30th, 10:00-12:30h.
🦣⬅️ ”Can we bring back the woolly mammoth?” by Beth Shapiro.
🐎✋”The taming of the horse” by Ludovic Orlando.
Free entrance. All welcome!
We are delighted to announce two exciting public talks on Ancient DNA at Aula Magna (Stockholm University) on May 30th, 10:00-12:30h.
🦣⬅️ ”Can we bring back the woolly mammoth?” by Beth Shapiro.
🐎✋”The taming of the horse” by Ludovic Orlando.
Free entrance. All welcome!