Fragments of ancient DNA

19:00
May 21 2025

Open and free

Museum of Engineering and Technology in Krakow

Św. Wawrzyńca 15, 31-060 Kraków

Zuzana Hofmanová will talk about how fragments of ancient DNA reveal previously unseen stories of migration, intercultural contacts and clashes of civilisations. We will see how the clash of hunter-gatherers with the first farmers and shepherds shaped the genetic and cultural heritage of modern Europeans.

Archaeogeneticist. Leader of the Genetic History Group at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. She studies DNA fragments of fossilized bones, tracing gene flows between desc…

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