Ready for the Future: Understanding the Long-Term Resilience of Human Culture
(RES-HUM)

15 Jan

MU scientists coordinated genetic study of Avar burials

The surprising result of the investigation, that the individuals from Leobersdorf were mostly of East Asian origin, while those buried in Mödling had predominantly European ancestry, was published in the prestigious journal Nature.

31 Dec 2024

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20 Nov 2024

Second meeting of the project expert team

At the end of November, the second meeting of the RES-HUM project expert team took place. The expert workers of the research WPs met to discuss the development of the research activities.

18 Oct 2024

The first ISAB meeting of the RES-HUM project took place

On 18 October 2024, the 1st meeting of the International Scientific Advisory Board (ISAB), an independent advisory body on the strategy and evaluation of the project team, took place.

23 Aug 2024

We're the opposite of garbage men. We reconstruct life from the rubbish of extinct civilisations, says archaeologist

In the new laboratory we want to describe the genetic basis of mankind deep into the past, describes archaeologist and holder of the Czech Head award for invention in archaeological research Jiří Macháček

16 Jul 2024

Brno archaeologists found a prehistoric child's grave in the Znojmo region

The site was uncovered by students from the Institute of Archaeology and Museology of the Faculty of Arts MU during summer school research in the locality of Těšetice-Kyjovice.

7 May 2024

Unexpected reproductive behaviour in Avar society: new revelations thanks to a unique DNA study

An international team of geneticists, archaeologists, anthropologists and historians, led by Zuzana Hofmanová from the Institute of Archaeology and Museology of the Faculty of Arts of Masaryk University, has managed to reconstruct the deepest genetically documented family tree ever. The study revealed, among other things, that Avar communities strictly adhered to the patrilineal system and that women played a key role in the social cohesion of society.

18 Jan 2024

Archaeologists from Masaryk University discovered a bronze belt fitting referring to an unknown pagan cult

An extraordinary discovery was made by archaeologists from the Faculty of Arts of MU in the locality of Lány near Breclav. See what the Czech and foreign media wrote about it.