Lizzie Wade
Did medieval Black Death reach as far as sub-Saharan Africa?
[S]ome researchers point to new evidence from archaeology, history, and genetics to argue that the Black Death likely did sow ...
Mexico’s new science minister fiercely skeptical of GMO crops and new breeding techniques
In early June, evolutionary developmental biologist Elena Álvarez-Buylla received an out-of-the-blue phone call from the campaign of Andrés Manuel López ...
Ancient DNA suggests South Asians descended from 3 Eurasian groups—hunter-gatherers, farmers, herders
[A] study of the first ancient DNA recovered from South Asia shows that populations there mingled repeatedly thousands of years ...
Uncovering ‘hidden stories of slavery’ in modern Latin American DNA
If you walked the cobblestone streets and bustling markets of 16th and 17th century Mexico City, you would see people ...
DNA from mummies show ancient Egyptians had almost no sub-Saharan African genes
After trying repeatedly to extract it, many scientists were convinced that the hot desert climate and, perhaps, the chemicals used ...
Argentina developing eagerly anticipated drought tolerant GMOs
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Sunflowers are hardy, tolerating heat ...
Human diversity, racial identity core revelations of Human Genome Project
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Sequencing the human genome ...
What’s the genetic ancestry of average Americans?
In the United States, almost no one can trace their ancestry back to just one place. And for many, the ...