Archaeogenetics - The Past in Our Genes

The Naked Scientists Podcast

Dr Chris Smith

Science Radio, Natural Sciences, Engineering, Science, Medicine, Life Sciences, Technology, Health & Fitness, Naked Scientists

4.6 • 893 Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2010

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

We explore the marriage of archaeology and genetics in this week's Naked Scientists, finding out how modern genetic techniques are helping to reveal more about our past. We ask what archaeogenetics can tell us about human origins and migration as well as the diseases that evolved alongside us. We explore the genome of a 4000 year old man, which tells us he had dry earwax! Also, new data that could help to predict the Asian monsoon, why dreams help you to remember and how it feels to be a pill - after you've been swallowed. Plus, why many of us might have a little bit of Neanderthal in our... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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0:00.0	Boldly going where no science show has gone before.
0:05.0	The Naked Scientists
0:11.0	Hello on the Naked Scientists this week week predicting one of the most important
0:15.1	weather systems in the world that's the Asian monsoon how dreaming about
0:19.1	something helps you remember it what it feels like to be a pill after you've been swallowed and how
0:24.7	gene silencing stops stem cells from reaching their full potential. Plus we'll
0:29.1	explore the genetic evidence that shows we've all got a little bit of
0:32.3	Neanderthal in us and probably
0:33.9	some of us more than others. I'm Dr. Kat Arnie and joining me this week is
0:37.4	Diana O' Carroll. Thanks Kat's also on the way this week we're looking at
0:41.7	the science of archaeogenetics. What can DNA tell
0:44.8	us about the past? We'll find out about the impact of genetics on archaeology, what it can tell
0:49.8	us about human origins, and how we can use genetic techniques to discover some very personal details about ancient people.
0:57.0	Plus, Mira Centilingham finds out what we can learn about the diseases that evolved alongside or rather inside our ancestors and
1:05.0	Ben and Dave test an ancient way of sterilizing water.
1:08.4	That's all to come on today's naked scientists.
1:11.0	If you want to get in touch with any questions or comments, we'd love to hear from you.
1:15.0	Our email address is Chris at the Naked Scientists.com.
1:18.5	The Naked Scientists Podcast powered by UKfast, the UK's best hosting provider on the web at UKfast.
1:30.2	This is the Naked Scientists with me Dr Katani and I'm Diana O' Carroll.
1:34.4	I'm going to kick off this week with the discovery of all the history about Asian monsoons.
1:39.8	Researchers this week have presented for the first time a record of ancient monsoon data
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