We are looking for an innovative scholar with a background in archaeology preferably with a specialisation in the European Upper/Late Upper Palaeolithic, computational material culture analysis, and/or cultural evolution. The position is associated with the Villum Foundation Synergy project COEVOLVE, which aims to (i) develop a robust conceptual framework for long-term gene-culture coevolution, (ii) create a protocol for the creation of linked material culture and palaeogenomic data, and (iii) study gene-culture coevolution in the European Late Upper Palaeolithic (~20.000-11.000 BP). This data-driven project is led by two PIs – archaeologist Felix Riede and population geneticist Mikkel Schierup – and establishes interdisciplinary collaboration between archaeologists and bioinformaticians to create the first integrated workflow for reconstructing gene-culture coevolution using cophylogenetic methods applied in parallel to material culture data and ancient DNA. The successful applicant is expected to participate in project activities related to gene-culture coevolutionary theory, data collection and analysis, and will actively collaborate closely with the project’s other postdoc, the two PIs and our colleagues and collaborators.

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