Visit researchers who study prehistoric DNA from animals, humans and sediments. This includes the DNA of million-year-old mammoths. These researchers have also mapped human migration patterns in the Nordic countries during the Stone Age and the Viking Age.
Among other things, researchers at the Centre for Palaeogenetics at Stockholm University have charted the genes of mammoths that lived a million years ago and have studied the cave lion Spartak. Through studies of human DNA, they have mapped migration patterns in the Nordic countries during the Stone Age and the Viking Age. Their research results have attracted a great deal of international attention. By studying DNA in sediments, researchers can also see how ecosystems have changed through the ages.
Through pioneering research, 2022 Nobel Prize laureate in physiology or medicine Svante Pääbo achieved what no one thought possible: mapping the genome of Neanderthals, an extinct relative of living humans. He also made the sensational discovery of a previously unknown hominin: denisova. With this discovery, Svante Pääbo laid the foundation for the field of palaeogenetics.
You are invited to visit the lab at the Centre for Palaeogenetics and learn about research that is changing our view of the prehistory of humans and animal species. Welcome!
