July to December 1998
Organisers: P Donnelly (Oxford), W Fitch (Irvine), N Goldman (Cambridge)
While the basic pattern of hominid evolution is well documented, the recent evolutionary history of homo sapiens is less clear. Application of molecular genetics techniques has great potential for resolving issues over this period, but as the complexity of such data increases the quantitative methods used for its analysis become more important. This phase is also one of the richest for biological and behavioural evidence derived from both fossils and archaeology. The ASI aims to bring together experts from these diverse areas and through survey and research lectures to inform participants of the latest developments in the field, covering data and its interpretation, and experimental and analytical techniques.
The programme will be aimed at research scientists at postdoctoral level and beyond, though it will also be accessible to advanced graduate students.
Organising Committee:
Director: Peter Donnelly (Oxford)
Robert Foley (Cambridge), Svante Paabo (Munich), Alan Rogers (Utah)
08.30-09.30 Registration
09.30-10.30 R Foley (Cambridge)
From fossils to molecules: a hundred years of debate in human evolution
10.30-11.00 Discussion
11.00-11.30 Coffee
11.30-12.30 S Pääbo (München)
DNA sequence variation in human populations
12.30-13.00 Discussion
13.00 Lunch
15.15-16.00 Tea
16.00-17.00 P Donnelly (Oxford)
Population modelling and the coalescent
17.00-17.30 Discussion
17.30 Welcome reception
09.15-10.15 P Lee (Cambridge)
Primate biology and behaviour: the context for human genetic
evolution
10.15-10.45 Discussion
10.45-11.30 Coffee
11.30-12.30
R Foley (Cambridge)
The pattern of hominid evolution
12.30-13.00 Discussion
13.00 Lunch
15.15-16.00 Tea
16.00-17.00 G Barbujani (Ferrara)
Genetic variances within and between populations
17.00-17.30 Discussion
18.00 Reception at Cambridge University Press Bookshop
09.15-10.15 S Pääbo (München)
Ancient DNA
10.15-10.45 Discussion
10.45-11.30 Coffee
11.30-12.30J Bertranpetit (Barcelona)
Patterns of Y-chromosome variation
12.30-13.00 Discussion
13.00 Lunch
14.15-15.15 D Nettle (Oxford)
Linguistic and genetic
evolution
15.15-15.45 Discussion
15.45-16.15 Tea
16.15 Posters I
09.15-10.15 P Donnelly (Oxford)
Applications of the coalescent in human evolution
10.15-10.45 Discussion
10.45-11.30 Coffee
11.30-12.30 N Takahata (Tokyo)
HLA polymorphism and human evolution I
12.30-13.00 Discussion
13.00 Lunch
15.15-16.00 Tea
16.00-17.00 N Takahata (Tokyo)
HLA polymorphism and human evolution II
17.00-17.30 Discussion
09.15-10.15 R Ward (Oxford)
Molecular diversity in subdivided populations
10.15-10.45 Discussion
10.45-11.30 Coffee
11.30-12.30 R Foley (Cambridge)
The ecological and behavioural context for human evolution
12.30-13.00 Discussion
13.00- Lunch
15.15-16.00 Tea
16.00-17.00 J Bertranpetit (Barcelona)
mtDNA variation and the peopling of Eurasia
17.00-17.30 Discussion
09.15-10.15 G Barbujani (Ferrara)
The Paleolithic vs Neolithic contribution to the European gene pool
10.15-10.45 Discussion
10.45-11.30 Coffee
11.30-12.30 R Griffiths (Monash)
Ancestral inference from DNA sequences I
12.30-13.00 Discussion
13.00 Lunch
09.15-10.15
J-J Hublin (Paris)
Evolution of Homo
10.15-10.45 Discussion
10.45-11.30 Coffee
11.30-12.30 R Griffiths (Monash)
Ancestral inference from DNA sequences II
12.30-13.00 Discussion
13.00 Lunch
14:15-15.15 M Stoneking (Penn State)
The human mtDNA ancestor and the evolution of modern humans
15:15-15:45 Discussion
15:45-16:15 Tea
16:15- Posters II
09.15-10.15 M Lahr (Sao Paolo)
Palaeontological perspectives on modern human evolution
10.15-10.45 Discussion
10.45-11.30 Coffee
11.30-12.30 J-J Hublin (Paris)
Neanderthals
12.30-13.00 Discussion
13.00 Lunch
14:15-15:15 M Lahr (Sao Paolo)
Modern human diversity in time and space
15:15-15:45 Discussion
15:45-16.30 Tea
16:30-17:30 P Bateson (Cambridge)
Behaviour and evolution
17:30-18:00 Discussion
09.15-10.15 M Stoneking (Penn State)
Alu insertion polymorphisms and human
evolution
10.15-10.45 Discussion
10.45-11.30 Coffee
11.30-12.30 L Jorde (Utah)
Reconstructing the evolution of modern humans: mitochondrial and nuclear
perspectives
12.30-13.00 Discussion
13.00 Lunch
16.00-16.30 Tea
16.30-17.30 Round table discussion
09.45-10.45 E Zietkiewitcz (Montreal)
DNA variability at two X-linked loci in a world-wide poulation sample:
what can we learn about the history of modern humans
10.45-11.30 Coffee
11.30-12.30 R Ward (Oxford)
Origins and evolution of native Americans
12.30-13.00 Discussion
13.00 Lunch
14.30-15.30 L Jorde (Utah)
Genetic evolution in south Indian caste and tribal populations
15.30-16.00 Discussion
16.00 Tea