Dear colleagues, We are organizing a symposium titled "Paleogenomics and human evolutionary history: new insights and novel methods" to be held during the SMBE meeting in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, between July 7-11, 2024. Deadline for abstract submission is March 15th, 2024. More information about the SMBE meeting visit https://smbe2024.org. We are looking forward to seeing you in Puerto Vallarta! Anna-Sapho, Emilia, Hannah, Mehmet, and Priya *** Title: Paleogenomics and human evolutionary history: new insights and novel methods Invited speakers Kay Prufer, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology Maanasa Raghavan, University of Chicago Abstract Ancient genomes have opened up new possibilities for studying evolutionary history at varying time scales. Long-term evolution, including speciation patterns and the consequences of introgression between diverged lineages, is increasingly studied using paleogenome time-series data. Ancient genomes have also revealed the existence of lineages previously unknown from the fossil record, as exemplified by the discovery of a new hominin group, the Denisovans. Beyond long-term evolution, paleogenome time series has boosted demographic inference studies, revealing unexpected patterns of past population structure, admixture, inbreeding, sex-biased mobility, and natural selection. The symposium will highlight methodological developments that address technical challenges in the analysis of ancient genomes, such as genotyping, imputation, and inference of population history from temporal genomics datasets and the resulting new insights gained into hominin evolution, human population history, and our relationships with domesticate, commensal, and pathogen species. Finally, we will showcase the importance of interdisciplinary approaches to human evolution and the ongoing co-evolution of genetics and archaeology. Organizers Emilia Huerta-Sanchez (Brown University and Trinity College Dublin, emilia_huerta-sanchez@brown.edu) Anna-Sapfo Malaspinas (University of Lausanne, annasapfo.malaspinas@unil.ch) Priya Moorjani (University of California, Berkeley, moorjani@berkeley.edu) Hannah Moots (Centre for Palaeogenetics, Stockholm, hannah.moots@nrm.se ) Mehmet Somel (Middle East Technical University, somel.mehmet@googlemail.com ) Dates: Abstract submission deadline: March 15, 2024 Notification of decisions: April 20, 2024 Early bird deadline: May 10, 2024 Note that this year SMBE is implementing rates for members in Low-and-Middle Income Countries (LMIC). Abstract submission page: https://smbe2024registration.org/abstracts Mehmet Somel (to subscribe/unsubscribe the EvolDir send mail to golding@mcmaster.ca)