Ancient DNA and the Human Story: Interview with Geneticist Eske Willerslev

Tides of History

Wondery / Patrick Wyman

Documentary, Society & Culture, History

4.8 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2020

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Ancient DNA is the key that's unlocking the deep history of humanity, allowing us to answer questions about our collective past that we never dreamed of addressing even 20 years ago. Eske Willerslev is a pioneer in the field of extracting, sequencing, and analyzing the preserved DNA of people who lived thousands upon thousands of years ago; on top of that, he's a fascinating person with unique perspectives on how to understand the human past.

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0:00.0	Hey, Prime Members, you can listen to Tides of History, add free on Amazon Music.
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0:06.2	Hi, everybody.
0:16.8	From Wondery, welcome to another episode of Tides of History.
0:19.4	I'm Patrick Weiman.
0:20.4	Thanks for joining me.
0:21.8	So as we get into our new season on the Deep Human Past, we're heading into Uncharted
0:25.8	Territory.
0:26.8	We've got tons of new techniques, types of evidence, and ways of thinking about ourselves
0:30.5	in the world that we're going to need to wrap our heads around.
0:33.0	To help us do that, we've got a heck of a guide with us here today.
0:36.4	He's an evolutionary geneticist and a pioneer in the field of ancient DNA.
0:40.6	He holds the Prince Philip Professorship in Ecology and Evolution at the University of Cambridge
0:44.7	and the Lundbeck Professorship in Evolution at Copenhagen University in Denmark.
0:49.3	He's the director of the Center of Excellence in Geogenetics and he's a member of the National
0:53.4	Academy.
0:54.4	As if all of that weren't enough, he is a dang interesting guy with a wealth of lifetime
0:58.5	experiences.
0:59.5	Dr. Eska Village left.
1:00.5	Thank you so much for joining me today.
1:02.0	My pleasure.
1:04.0	So your team was actually the first to extract sequence and publish an ancient genome.
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