AGES

Archaeology, Genomics, Evolution and Societies

Overview

While most anthropobiological laboratories are focused on the study of the human lineage per se, we are interested in integrating human evolution in the broader context, assessing both the transformations of the human lineage and human societies during evolution and history, but also investigating the impact of human activities on their environment and the communities of species that they have interacted with. From a methodological standpoint, our approaches mainly build on the latest advances in ancient DNA research, but will also leverage cutting-edge techniques in environmental DNA and Geometric Morpho-Metrics, as well as key contextual archaeological information. Our research encompasses multiple individual projects that act synergistically to uncover how our biology, but also our diseases, diet, and our social and natural environment, have contributed to the evolution of our own species. Additionally, we aim at understanding how past human groups have transformed wild animals and plants into the full diversity of breeds and varieties that provide today an entire range of services and products, but also how past societies have exploited and transformed their environment. Combined, our research projects provide novel insights into

1. the biological and pathological consequences of colonization;
2. the impact that past pandemics and the Industrial Revolution have had on our health;
3. the transition from Hunter-Gathering to Farming;
4. the domestication of sheep, horses, donkeys and mules, and their consequences on past human mobility and societies;
5. the domestication of cereals, such as wheat, and the origins of modern wine;
6. the impact of our activities on past ecosystems and biodiversity.

People

AHMED Hanin, ALCOUFFE Ameline, BOUWMANN Irene, CALVIERE-TONASSO Laure, CHAUVEY Loreleï, CLAVEL Pierre, CRUBEZY Eric, DER SARKISSIAN Clio, ESTRADA Oscar, GERARD Patrice, GIBERT Morgane, GUARINO-VIGNON Perle, LEBRASSEUR Ophélie, LIRA GARRIDO Jaime, LIU Xuexue, MARTIN-ROY Raphaël, MATA Xavier, NORAZ Rémi, ORLANDO Ludovic,  PAN Jianfei, SCHIAVINATO Stéphanie, SEGUIN-ORLANDO Andaine, THEVES Catherine, TRESSIERES Gaetan, WAGNER Stefanie

Alumni

ALIOGLU Duha, BOUBAKER Sihem, CHEBIL Mona, COLLIN Yvette Running Horse, De PREVAL Baudoin, GAUNITZ Charleen, GERBER Daniel, GILLET Claudia, GUENZI-TIBERI Pierre, HEIGHTON Sean-Paul, HUGUES Alice, KUSLIY Maria, LIBRADO Pablo, MALFILATRE Louise, MARENGONI Aurelio, MORE Kuldeep, PAPIN Chloé, POULLET Marine, RENAUD Gabriel, SUCHAN Tomasz, TEULET Sophie, TODD Evelyn, TOURNAIRE Martin, VERRY Alexander, WALES Nathan

Sponsors