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Research
Latest papers
Earliest evidence for intentional cremation of human remains in Africa.
Science advances · 2026
Entwined African and Asian genetic roots of medieval peoples of the Swahili coast.
Nature · 2023
Ethics of DNA research on human remains: five globally applicable guidelines.
Nature · 2021
Latest funding
- $62,418
Health and herding around Lake Turkana, Kenya: bioarchaeological perspectives on pastoralism, climate change, and resilience in eastern Africa
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
- $25,000
DNAirobi
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
3 publications.
Earliest evidence for intentional cremation of human remains in Africa.
Cerezo-Román JI, Sawchuk E, Schilt F, Bertacchi A, Buckley G, Chibisa E, Fahey BP, Falchenberg SGH, Kaliba P, Kennett DJ, Mercader J, Pargeter J, Stock J, Szymanski R, Thompson JC
Entwined African and Asian genetic roots of medieval peoples of the Swahili coast.
Brielle ES, Fleisher J, Wynne-Jones S, Sirak K, Broomandkhoshbacht N, Callan K, Curtis E, Iliev L, Lawson AM, Oppenheimer J, Qiu L, Stewardson K, Workman JN, Zalzala F, Ayodo G, Gidna AO, Kabiru A, Kwekason A, Mabulla AZP, Manthi FK, Ndiema E, Ogola C, Sawchuk E, Al-Gazali L, Ali BR, Ben-Salem S, Letellier T, Pierron D, Radimilahy C, Rakotoarisoa JA, Raaum RL, Culleton BJ, Mallick S, Rohland N, Patterson N, Mwenje MA, Ahmed KB, Mohamed MM, Williams SR, Monge J, Kusimba S, Prendergast ME, Reich D, Kusimba CM
Ethics of DNA research on human remains: five globally applicable guidelines.
Alpaslan-Roodenberg S, Anthony D, Babiker H, Bánffy E, Booth T, Capone P, Deshpande-Mukherjee A, Eisenmann S, Fehren-Schmitz L, Frachetti M, Fujita R, Frieman CJ, Fu Q, Gibbon V, Haak W, Hajdinjak M, Hofmann KP, Holguin B, Inomata T, Kanzawa-Kiriyama H, Keegan W, Kelso J, Krause J, Kumaresan G, Kusimba C, Kusimba S, Lalueza-Fox C, Llamas B, MacEachern S, Mallick S, Matsumura H, Morales-Arce AY, Matuzeviciute GM, Mushrif-Tripathy V, Nakatsuka N, Nores R, Ogola C, Okumura M, Patterson N, Pinhasi R, Prasad SPR, Prendergast ME, Punzo JL, Reich D, Sawafuji R, Sawchuk E, Schiffels S, Sedig J, Shnaider S, Sirak K, Skoglund P, Slon V, Snow M, Soressi M, Spriggs M, Stockhammer PW, Szécsényi-Nagy A, Thangaraj K, Tiesler V, Tobler R, Wang CC, Warinner C, Yasawardene S, Zahir M
Health and herding around Lake Turkana, Kenya: bioarchaeological perspectives on pastoralism, climate change, and resilience in eastern Africa
Principal investigators: Sawchuk, Elizabeth
Keywords: Health and disease; Bioarchaeology; Pastoralism; Human growth and development; Stress; Dental histology; Palaeopathology; Turkana; Eastern Africa; Food production
DNAirobi
Principal investigators: Sawchuk, Elizabeth A.
Keywords: ancient DNA; paleogenomics; Africa
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