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Denisova in the news

Mon, 2012-01-30 23:45 -- John Hawks

Hey, I'm in the New York Times today!

"DNA Turning Human Story Into a Tell-All"

It's a story about the Denisova genome and its possible relationships to recent human populations. We have been concentrating here on the Neandertals for the last few months, but I did get some analyses run on Denisova last week (thanks in large part to my grad student, Aaron Sams, who lifted over the genome from the old to new genetic map coordinates). I'll share some of those results soon.

Neandertals

For years, I've worked on their bones. Now I'm working on their genes. Read more about the science studying these ancient people.

Denisova

From a finger bone of an ancient human came the record of a completely unexpected population. My lab is working on the science of the Denisova genome.

Acceleration

The advent of agriculture caused natural selection to speed up greatly in humans. We're uncovering some of the ways that populations have rapidly changed during the last 10,000 years.

Malapa

Just outside Johannesburg, the Malapa site is producing some of the most exciting finds in human evolution. This site is the headquarters of the Malapa Soft Tissue Project.