Decoding the DNA of human sacrifice (Aylin Woodward, Wall Street Journal)
How genetic science helps us understand the rituals of human sacrifice among the Mayans.
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07, 2024
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03, 2019
DNA shows Tudor diversity (Nicola Davis, The Guardian)
DNA from the Mary Rose shows an ethnically diverse crew.
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07, 2018
Pre-natal ethics: should we change DNA before birth? (Ian Sample, The Guardian)
Is it ethical to change embryonic DNA as part of pre-natal care?
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04, 2018
Following DNA pathways in the weave of history (Paul Rincon, BBC Science)
How ancient DNA reveals the historic travels of our ancestors.
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02, 2017
DNA and dynasty: tracing history through science (Andrew Curry, National Geographic)
Modern DNA analysis reveals clues to changes in Native American society beginning in the ninth century CE.
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03, 2016
Edna St. Vincent Millay on human fallibility
Her sonnet meditates on human degradation, and self-degradation, in the new Iron Age. From "Epitaph on the Race of Man" Here lies, and none to mourn him but the sea, That falls incessant on the empty shore, Most various Man, cut down to spring no more; Before his prime, even in his infancy Cut down, [...]
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10, 2024
Columbus the wanderer (Sam Jones and Nadeem Badshah, The Guardian)
Researchers claim that DNA documents Columbus's Jewish ancestry.
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05, 2023
The genome’s philosophical turn (David Cox, BBC Future)
New debate over the degree that genetics shape our choices.
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07, 2022
Pacific migration and matrilocal matrices (Hannah Devlin, The Guardian)
New DNA analysis reveals migration routes of Pacific Islanders.
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06, 2022
Hunting the origins of the Black Death (Malu Cursino, BBC News)
Teeth from Central Asia suggest its first location.