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Post by Admin on May 24, 2017 19:21:38 GMT
How cultural traditions have shaped, and continue to shape, our genomes with presentations on Genomic Basis for Dietary Shifts during Human Origins (Gregory Wray), Adaptations to Human Adult Milk Intake (Sarah Tishkoff), and A Nutritional Basis for the Spread of Indo-European Languages (Henry Harpending) Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [6/2012] [Science] [Show ID: 23904] Indo-European languages are native to populations from Ireland to Afghanistan and India and, in historical times, to the Tarim Basin in China. This spread occurred within a few thousand years carried by people who were mostly horse pastoralists and who carried a mutant regulator of the lactase gene so that they could as adults digest milk sugar. Individuals with such lactase persistence are able to extract 40% more calories from milk, while others usually ferment away the milk sugar lactose by making cheese or yogurt. While superior technology of invaders can be adapted by indigenous people, such a biological advantage cannot be copied.
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Post by Admin on May 26, 2017 19:20:49 GMT
Kristian Kristiansen, The Bronze Age expansion of Indo-European languages Paper presented at the seminar "Tracing the Indo-Europeans: Origin and migration", organized by Roots of Europe - Language, Culture, and Migrations, University of Copenhagen, 12-14 December 2012
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Post by Admin on May 28, 2017 19:20:27 GMT
Today there is an abundance of DNA sequence data from the entire genome of contemporary human populations, as well as from ancient DNA recovered from extinct forms of humans. Michael Hammer (Univ of Arizona) discusses how analyses of these data, with increasingly sophisticated computational tools, are yielding new insights into human evolutionary history. Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Science] [Show ID: 25394]
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Post by Admin on Sept 10, 2017 19:16:47 GMT
Eric Lander, professor of biology and president and founding director of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, is MIT’s James R. Killian Jr. Faculty Achievement Award winner for 2016–2017. A biologist widely known for his work in mapping the human genome, Professor Lander is recognized by the committee for the transformative effect he has had on the study of biology and medicine, as well as for his roles as a leader, teacher, mentor, and public advocate for science at the highest levels.
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Post by Admin on Oct 31, 2017 19:08:55 GMT
Past climate events can tell us a lot about our ancient ancestors, says Richard Potts, Ph.D. Director, Human Origins Program, National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution.
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