Cesar Fortes-Lima

Very proud of my talk about genomic diversity in #Africa at the #HumanEvo25. Kudos to the Scientific Committee for their impressive work this week at the @sangerinstitute, UK. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

Regional variability in the Acheulian to Middle Stone Age transition in southern Africa nature.com/articles/s4159…

Evaluating multi-ancestry genome-wide association methods: Statistical power, population structure, and practical implications cell.com/ajhg/fulltext/… 🧬🖥️🧪

For biologists and archaeologists studying the peopling of the western Pacific, the remote archipelago of Palau has long posed a vexing puzzle. About 3200 years ago, Southeast Asian seafarers known as the Lapita pushed east into the tropical islands of the Pacific Ocean, hitting nearly every habitable isle in that corner of the globe from New Guinea to Fiji and Tonga. As they did so, they left behind artifacts of their culture, including pottery stamped with distinctive geometric patterns. But on Palau, there’s not a single shard of Lapita pottery—and the island’s inhabitants speak a language that’s distinct from the tongues spoken on other Pacific islands. So who were the first Palauans, and where did they come from? A new study suggests an answer. Learn more: scim.ag/3PqCkqS

+ Provisional overview of the keynote talks, the workshops and the papers accepted for presentation: bantugent.ugent.be/wp-content/upl…

I'm so pleased and honoured to be one of the Keynote speakers at the 11𝙩𝙝 𝙄𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙤𝙣 𝘽𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙪 𝙇𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙪𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙨 (𝘽𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙪11). This event will be hosted at Ghent University in Belgium this August. + Info: bantugent.ugent.be/bantu11

How did farming reach the Southern Andes? Through migration or cultural transmission? Our new paper in @Nature combines ancient DNA, isotopes, archaeology & paleoclimate to reconstruct 2,000+ years of history in Uspallata, Mendoza. nature.com/articles/s4158…

My next Webinar is in just one week! Title: "Insights into human demographic history in Africa from a population genomics perspective" Organised by the Human Palaeosystems at the Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology. Free Zoom Registration --> gea.mpg.de/201476/cross-d…

Our colleagues, @LesleaHlusko & @marina__mpg , joined @viveradioburgos for a special #8M program. 🔬 They highlighted world-class science in Burgos and the growing presence of women researchers. 🎧 Listen from min 14: Vive! Burgos Especial 8M 06.03.2026 @CENIEH @ERC_Research

Science is crucial to Haiti claiming a place in the global knowledge economy, @EvensEmmanuel1 told @ScienceInsider in a wide-ranging interview. scim.ag/3OPtWAV

interested in AI research? New job post at @moreno_lab to join CZI funded project on single-cell transcriptomics and genomic data from Latin America 🧬linkedin.com/jobs/view/4377…

I'm happy to share our new review with @magiabb1 @LauCO32363528 @Mariana99414512 @LIIGH_UNAM just published in @GenomeBiolEvol Recent microbial evolutionary insights from metagenomics academic.oup.com/gbe/advance-ar… Inspired by session Molecular evolution through metagenomics at #SMBE24

Our paper on aDNA from the Netherlands is out in @Nature. "lowland individuals from settlements adopting Corded Ware pottery had hardly any steppe ancestry, despite a Y-chromosome characteristic of people associated with the early Corded Ware complex. nature.com/articles/s4158…

In a new effort to improve representation in genetic research, the authors of @HGGAdvances latest article construct the largest Indian genetic reference panel to date, using whole-genome sequencing data from more than 2,600 individuals: cell.com/hgg-advances/f… #ASHG

Insights into human history and complex traits from the genomes of African populations. Habtom Kiros Bitsue, Chaonan Tang, Zhaohui Yang. Molecular Biology and Evolution, January 2026, msaf329, doi.org/10.1093/molbev…

Buscamos una/un postdoc entusiasta y motivada para unirse al grupo de Paleogenómica y Biología Evolutiva en @LIIGH_UNAM para liderar un proyecto enfocado a muestras humanas prehispánicas. Interesadxs ​por favor enviar CV y ​​carta de intención a fsanchez@liigh.unam.mx #RT.

A newly sequenced 5500-year-old genome of Treponema pallidum rewrites the origins of syphilis, according to a new study in Science. Learn more: scim.ag/4tc0Yv5

🚨 EARLY CAREER RESEARCHERS TALKS! 6th HAAM-RADIO Webinar 🌍 African Population Demography and Social Organizations of the Past. 🗓️ Wed, 28 Jan 2026 #AncientDNA #HumanGenetics #AfricanHistory #HAAM #Webinar Register here: 👉docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Thank you @christalestelas for your amazing cover of 'Horses: a 4000-year journey across the world'. newscientist.com/article/mg2693… @PrincetonUPress @newscientist