"The conference titled "The Transformation of Europe in the Third Millennium BC" took place in Budapest from April 24 to 27, 2024. The aim of the meeting was to summarize the exponentially increased quantity and quality of knowledge spanning various fields of science, including archaeology, anthropology, genetics/genomics, linguistics, and other biological and environmental sciences, through inspiring dialogue. Internationally recognized invited speakers and the poster session provided a comprehensive insight into the history of the third millennium BC, which brought significant changes to prehistoric Europe.
Led by researchers from the Eötvös Loránd University and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, the study that reveals the patterns of kinship organization in Avar society (6th-9th century AD) was published in the scientific journal Nature (link).
On April 9, 2024, Mende Balázs Gusztáv, deputy director of our institute, delivered a presentation titled "Hungarian Prehistory and the Image of the Hungarians. What Can Archaeogenomics Contribute?" at the meeting of the Specialist Policy Working Group of the Forum of Hungarian Representatives from the Carpathian Basin (KMKF).
On April 9th, 2024, a delegation from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou University and ATES (Association for Trans-Eurasia Exchange and Silk-Road Civilization Development) will arrive at the HUN-REN Research Centre for the Humanities.
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