The hidden history in our DNA - Part 2 - Travel and Culture

BBC Inside Science

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Technology, Science

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🗓️ 2 January 2020

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Our genomes are more than just an instruction manual for our bodies. They are maps, diaries, history books and medical records of our and our ancestor's lives...if you know how to read them. In the second part of BBC Inside Science's special, series, Adam Rutherford, UCL geneticist Lucy van Dorp and other scientists discover how travel and even culture of our ancestors can be decoded in our DNA today.

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0:00.0	You're about to listen to a BBC podcast and trust me you'll get there in a moment but if you're a comedy fan
0:05.2	I'd really like to tell you a bit about what we do. I'm Julie Mackenzie and I commission comedy
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0:24.4	subjective and everyone has different tastes so we've got a huge range of comedy on offer
0:29.6	from satire to silly shocking to soothing profound to just general pratting about. So if you
0:36.2	fancy a laugh, find your next comedy at BBC Sounds.
0:41.6	BBC Sounds, Music, radio podcasts.
0:45.0	Hello you, I'm Adam Rutherford.
0:47.0	The story of us is the greatest tale ever told,
0:50.0	and we're right in the middle of retelling it,
0:52.0	with archaeology, with old old bones and now with DNA.
0:55.2	This week's program is part two of our holiday special first broadcast on the 2nd of January
1:01.2	2020.
1:02.2	Happy New Year. You can catch up with part one on the 2nd of January 2020, happy new year.
1:03.4	You can catch up with Part 1 on the podcast or on BBC Sounds,
1:06.4	details are on the website.
1:08.3	Last week we told the stories of plague and malaria
1:11.5	of how the secrets of history can be stashed in our DNA and Lucy Van Dort was our guide Lucy is a geneticist from University College London who specializes in ancient diseases
1:20.8	Welcome back Lucy. Hi Adam and today she is going to be our guide
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