12th Petersen Memorial Lecture: Contributions of Ancient DNA to Understanding the Human Past

Contributions of Ancient DNA to Understanding the Human Past: from Peopling to Present in the Caribbean by Kendra Sirak, Ph.D.

Dr. Sirak will discuss her research with colleagues using ancient DNA to inform archaeological reconstructions of human populations, interaction and mobility. Her presentation will focus on the methods involved in extracting viable human genomic data from archaeological populations and the powerful results generated from regional datasets.

Dr. Sirak is Research Associate, Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School and Department of Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University. Reich Lab, Senior Staff Scientist

12th Annual James B. Petersen Lecture in Celebration of VT Archaeology Month!

101 Fleming Museum. No Registration Required.

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