Human Diversity
Human Diversity focuses on cutting-edge research on how human contacts and communication networks influence material and immaterial culture, genes, disease burden, transgenerational effects and evolutionary fitness of people. We tackle the following questions: How did past contacts and communication networks induce current human diversity, and how will society be prepared for future changes in diversity?
Human Diversity is funded by the Academy of Finland (Profi7) and links to the University of Turku’s strategic research and education profile “Cultural memory and social change”.
Research outcomes
21.4.2023
New Grambank database shows the diversity of the world’s languages An international team has created a new database that documents patterns of grammatical variation in over 2400 of the world’s...
11.1.2023
Mothers of twins are not more fertile, just lucky Are women who have twins more fertile? While previous studies concluded they are, a detailed analysis of more than 100,000...
News
18.4.2023
Human Diversity interdisciplinary seminar series starts 21.4. Human Diversity seminars showcase interdisciplinary research associated to the consortium. At the start of the seminar a consortium member tells...
14.4.2023
Human Diversity post doctoral position call extended until 28.4 We invite applications for 2-4 post doctoral researcher positions for a fixed term period for 24 months (with an option...
20.3.2023
eHRAF World Cultures database trial until April 9th Turku University provides trials on electronic resources that are of interest to topics dealt in Human Diversity project. There is...