Human Diversity kick-off at Vanhalinna

Human Diversity consortium brings together research experts for example on General linguistics, Digital linguistics, Population health studies, Evolutionary medicine, Archaeogenetics, Population genetics, Scientific archaeology, Evolutionary Ecology, Evolutionary genomics, Computational sciences, Landscape studies and Migration studies.

The kick-off event of Human Diversity on February 9, 2023 brought together key researchers of the consortium at Liedon Vanhalinna (Old Castle), the ancient hillfort site near the University of Turku. Artefacts from as far back as the stone age have been found from the hill. Among the flora in the area there are many archaeophytes. They are either useful plant species’ that have travelled with human migration, or that people have deliberately cultivated.  – What could have been a more appropriate place for the Human Diversity kick-off event!