Type:
Conference
Date:
May 22, 2019 to May 25, 2019
Location:
Sweden
Subject Fields:
African History / Studies, Anthropology, Archaeology, Demographic History / Studies, Early Modern History and Period Studies
The International conference: 'Africa, the cradle of human diversity' will take place on May 22nd-25th 2019 at Uppsala University (Sweden). The conference will assemble 30 leading researchers from different fields to present and discuss state-of-the-art approaches to address long-standing questions about past and present human diversity in Africa. These questions include modern human origins in Africa, the history of farming expansions, admixture patterns, adaptation to new environments and cultural transitions. Conference contributions will span the fields of paleoanthropology, paleogenomics, evolutionary genetics, biological anthropology, archaeology, historical linguistics, and population genetics. Further, the conference will feature a keynote lecture from: Marlize Lombard (Professor and Director of the Centre for Anthropological Research, Department of Anthropology and Development Studies, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa).
Contact Info:
The registration is free but required, and includes conference materials, coffee breaks and a cocktail reception. Registration is now open and the deadline is on April 22nd. Please register at https://goo.gl/forms/ND4ODgZKYQLrSsFi1 Abstract submission system for posters is also open and the deadline is on March 22nd. If you are interested in presenting a poster, please register first and then submit your abstract via this link: https://goo.gl/forms/ZsYR6PS6BHLINwKy1 For more information please visit the official website for the event https://africathecradleofhumandiversity.wordpress.com
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