at the Max Planck Institute for Science of Human History in Jena, Germany
The Department of Archaeogenetics (DAG) concentrates on generating genetic data of past populations spanning the last 10,000-20,000 years of Eurasian history to tester-examine previously formulated historical hypotheses. The reconstruction of the European genetic population structure at various time windows is a major focus of the DAG in order to evaluate historical migratory events and population relationships. Such an approach is used at multiple scales. On a local scale, e.g. to investigate the geographical origin of the Minoans, as well as on a global West Eurasian scale, e.g. the first millennia B.C., to scrutinize genetic evidence for large migration events. Such data is invaluable to a data-based understanding of connections between historical events, cultural changes, and actual population movement.
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