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Tag Archives: Palaeogenomics
G(e)nomic Wisdom
When I first started doing ancient DNA way back in two thousand and [polite cough], every base pair was a win. Nature papers were published with less sequence than you’d now expect a fresher to produce in their first lab … Continue reading
Posted in American Lion, Cave Lion, Cheetah, DNA, European Jaguar, Leopard, Lynx, Sabre tooth Cat
Tagged ancient DNA, felidae, Homotherium, Miocene, Oligocene, Palaeogenomics, Pleistocene, Sabretooth cat, Scimitar Cat
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Who were the Denisovans anyway?
Human evolution used to be the preserve of two groups of academics: the ones who liked fossils and the ones who liked stone tools. Both regarded the other as peculiar for being obsessed with the wrong part of a massive … Continue reading
Posted in Denisovan
Tagged Denisovan, DNA, Homo sapiens, Max Planck Institute, mitochondrial DNA, Neanderthal, Palaeogenomics, Species X, Svante Pääbo
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