Ancient DNA

Ancient DNA
Using DNA analyses on fossil ostrich eggshells to enhance our understanding of an ancient ecosystem in South-central Africa
Dr. Jessica Thompson - Paleoanthropologist, Yale University South-central Africa occupies a key biogeographical position that has seen range expansions from a number of major taxonomic groups, including early human ancestors, over the Plio-Pleistocene. Today, it is characterized by the Zambezian Phytogeographic Zone (ZPGZ), which consists largely of woodlands and wooded savannahs. This... Read more
Whole Genome Sequencing of Extinct Seals
The Caribbean monk seal (Neomonachus tropicalis) was once abundant throughout the Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and the southeast coast of North America. After the arrival of European, however, the populations of this species crashed because of overhunting and human disturbance. The species was thought to be extinct in the mid 1800’s, but one remaining population was discovered off the coast of... Read more
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