SoHP: “What’s New in Genomic Archaeology? The Peopling of Europe from ancient and modern DNA”

Date: 

Tuesday, December 2, 2014, 5:30pm

Location: 

Yenching Auditorium, Yenching Library 2 Divinity Ave, Cambridge, M.A.

 The Initiative for the Science of the Human Past at Harvard invites you to this exciting talk and discussion:

 “What’s New in Genomic Archaeology? The Peopling of Europe from ancient and modern DNA”

 By Nick Patterson,  Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, and David Reich, Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School

 Hosted by Michael McCormick, Francis Goelet Professor of Medieval History Chair, Steering Committee for the Science of the Human Past

 The talk by two of the world’s leading specialists will explore the latest evidence from ancient and modern genetics, how that is transforming our understanding of ancient movements into and out of western Eurasia and what some implications might be for the origins of the human population structures of Europe.

 Tuesday, December 2, 2014

5:30 PM

Yenching Auditorium, Yenching Library

2 Divinity Ave, Cambridge, M.A.

Followed by a reception with the speakers

 We are looking forward to seeing you there

 Sponsored by the Initiative for the Science of the Human Past at Harvard  

For more information, contact Edward Silva, Coordinator, SoHP, at esilva [at] fas.harvard.edu