Neanderthal Genome Project: Insights into Human Evolution
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Published 2023-04-18
Richard Edward Green, Assistant Professor of Biomolecular Engineering, University of California-Santa Cruz.
Dr. Green spoke at the Library on "Recent Human Evolution as Revealed by Ancient Hominin Genomes" as part of the Relatively Human Lecture Series.
Dr. Green has helped pioneer the use of advanced sequencing technology to study ancient DNA extracted from fossil bones. As a postdoctoral researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, he coordinated the Neanderthal Genome Project.
A paper on the Neanderthal genome published in May 2010 earned him the Newcomb Cleveland Prize for the outstanding paper published in the journal Science. A subsequent paper published in the December 2010 issue of Nature described a previously unknown group of human relatives, called “Denisovans.”
This draft sequence yields important new insights into the evolution of modern humans and helps scientists identify features in our genome that define the basis of human uniqueness.
All Comments (21)
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Having formal education in plant and animal science, including courses in genetics and having spent my life in grain and animal production, I marvel at the superiority of the F1 cross. My hats off to the first Neanderthal Homo sapien couple!
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One of the best lectures in paleontology. Dr. Green's presentation was exceptional. He explained difficult concepts with clarity and precision. He is a talented teacher !!!
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As a Neanderthal, i feel gratified for all the interest.
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This is not normally the subject I am going to listen to a lecture on, but very happy I did. Excellent speaker, excellent lecture and Iearned so much. Now I have another interest to begin learning! Thank you
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Just discovered this channel. There goes at least the next week of my life.
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This was a solid lecture. Would love to hear more from Dr. Green. DNA science has become fascinating with the recent breakthroughs.
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I love that he spoke only of science and facts without trying to insert vlocanos or climate or evil humans. Well done
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I find your subject matter fascinating. I didn’t study any of this in University, but just stumbled on it while scrolling through You Tube about six months ago. Now i cant get enough of it. I look for new videos every night. I am particularly fascinated by Neanderthals.
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The problem with missing links is that every time they become found links they shrink.
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Wow. I wish I were smarter to understand this more. It was a little confusing but he was such a good speaker.
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As a famous artist I know through his wonderful work says: if you can’t change your mind, then you don’t have one.
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LOVED the joke at the very end as an answer to the "missing link" question. Also, the last couple of topics relating to autism and the other disease which hinted at genetic throw-back possibilities. Amazing content.
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In the 2011 CARTA video, Ed made it clear that the "12.7" percent was measuring chimp-like DNA in Neanderthal. It would be interesting if any archaic humans (e.g. Ust-Ishim) had any such chimp-like DNA, which would verify the molecular clock theory.
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Loved this! Thank you… Just a quick note, vit D is very low naturally in milk, that is why milk is fortified with Vit D
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I had never heard about the deamination process, nice!
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In Chimps and Humans, the jaw muscles are attached to the scull. One of the biggest differences between these 2 species is the locations of these attachment points. .. This difference is found in the genomes, as well. ..
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Excellant lecture
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While visiting France as a child there was a shopkeeper in Strasbourg with the most pronounced brow ridge I have ever seen on a human. He also had a head of enviable coarse hair and fingers twice as thick as my dad's. I knew then and there where the Neanderthals had gone, nowhere they were still here.
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Amazing. Thanks mate
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Is the sample size sufficient to statistically state the factual and textual content being floated on the internet?
