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”.
Recent news
14.6.2024
FM Susanna Ukonaho defends her dissertation in Biology on Friday 14 June FM Susanna Ukonaho defends the dissertation in Biology titled “Mandates and incentives: implementing Finlands first vaccination campaign against smallpox” at...
12.6.2024
Origin and spread of malaria Scientists reconstruct ancient genomes of the two most deadly malaria parasites, Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum In a new study, an...
30.5.2024
New postdocs joining the Human Diversity team – Meet Miguel Baltazar-Soares Miguel: I am an evolutionary biologist specialized in population genetics and genomics, with a deep interest in the application of...
Media
13.6.2024
Reenactment aims to feel rather than know history The value of experimental archaeology is well-known. But what about reenactment? What kind of insights may be collected? New studies...
13.6.2024
Uuden aikakauden arkeologit tutkivat menneisyyden monimuotoisuutta uusin menetelmin Sabrina Imblerin Defectoriin kirjoittamassa perusteellisessa artikkelissa käsitellään uuden aikakauden arkeologeja, jotka tutkivat menneisyyden monimuotoisuutta uusien menetelmien ja teorioiden avulla. Haastateltavana...
9.4.2024
Luihin ja ytimiin -kirja kertoo Suomen Stonehengeksikin kutsutusta Euran Luistarista Euran Luistari on yksi Suomen suurimmista arkeologisesti tutkituista paikoista. Se tunnetaan Euran muinaispuvun ohella erityisesti rikkaista viikinkiajan löydöistä, joihin kuuluu...