"Ancient DNA researchers have succeeded beyond all expectation in retrieving entire genomes from-long dead organisms, and their work is transforming the study of the past", says Elizabeth Coulotta, contributor to Science Magazine.
From Mammoth to Neanderthal to our own ancestors, we are rewriting the known picture of our past with every figurative stone we overturn... and yes, the increasing complexity of our ancestry may show that there is still room for unknown cousins, like Sasquatch!
The more we know, the more questions we have.
Here is a little help to get over the 'Ketchum-burn' - Just take a look at the modern technology.
(via - Science Magazine)
Ancient DNA package:
- Podcast: New life for old bones
- Feature: New life for old bones
- Feature: Revolution in human evolution
- Feature: Breaking a tropical taboo
- Feature: Protein power
- Feature: Lost worlds found
- Sidebar: Prospecting for genetic gold
- In Depth: Mysterious link emerges between Native Americans and people half a globe away
- Research paper: "Genomic evidence for the Pleistocene and Recent population history of Native Americans"
- Research paper: "Abrupt warming events drove Late Pleistocene Holarctic megafaunal turnover"
- Feature from the archive: The thousand-year graveyard
- ScienceCareers: "Journeying back in time with ancient DNA"
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