This year is the 20th anniversary of the first publication of the Human Genome Project, and the 10th anniversary of the Neanderthal Genome Project. Since both of these projects began, DNA research has changed what we know about the human story more than we could ever possibly have imagined. Come learn about a tiny fraction of this knowledge with us, and listen to our brains explode.
Links
Protein Synthesis: an Epic on the Cellular Level (Internet Archive)
Human Genome Project Information Archive 1990–2003 (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Human Genome Project FAQ (National Human Genome Research Institute)
Game of chances: inheritance is a question of probability, not destiny (The Guardian)
Why Race Is Not a Thing, According to Genetics (National Geographic)
The Neanderthal DNA you carry may have surprisingly little impact on your looks, moods (Science)
Neanderthal DNA highlights complexity of COVID risk factors (Nature)
Neanderthal DNA in Modern Human Genomes Is Not Silent (The Scientist)
Multiple lines of mysterious ancient humans interbred with us (National Geographic)
Denisovan DNA in the genome of early East Asians (Max Planck Gesellscheft)
The complete genome sequence of a Neandertal from the Altai Mountains (Nature)
The CRISPR-baby scandal: what’s next for human gene-editing (Nature)
Neanderthal-like ‘mini-brains’ created in lab with CRISPR (Nature)
This Woman Is Her Own Twin: What Is Chimerism? (Live Science)
The Case of the Woman Who Was Her Own Twin (Genetics Illustrated)
Contact
Email the Dirt Podcast: thedirtpodcast@gmail.com