Africa2019
International conference: “Africa, the cradle of human diversity” 2019
Important Dates
About Africa2019
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. Further, the conference will feature keynote lectures from Marlize Lombard (University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa) and Lluis Quintana-Murci (Institute Pasteur, Paris, France).
Topics
Genomics, Historical linguistics, Human evolution, Paleoanthropology, Population genetics, Prehistory, Ethnology, Anthropology, Human genetics, ArchaeologyCall for Papers
International conference: “Africa, the cradle of human diversity” will take place on May 22nd-25th 2019 at Uppsala University (Sweden). The overarching goal of the conference is to assemble scholars with multidisciplinary thinking to collaborate in new cross-bridging initiatives to study human diversity across Africa.
The registration is free, including conference materials, coffee breaks and a cocktail reception. Registration is now open and the deadline is in April 22nd. Please register at https://goo.gl/forms/ND4ODgZKYQLrSsFi1
Abstract submission for posters is also open and the deadline is in 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
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