BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.2.1//EN TZID:Asia/Jerusalem X-WR-TIMEZONE:Asia/Jerusalem BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1183@biology.technion.ac.il DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Jerusalem:20230626T130000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Jerusalem:20230626T140000 DTSTAMP:20230613T054645Z URL:https://biology.technion.ac.il/en/seminars/faculty-seminar-dr-viviane- slon-monday-26-6-at-1300/ SUMMARY:Faculty Seminar: Dr. Viviane Slon\, Monday 26/6 at 13:00 [No Catego ries] DESCRIPTION:Location: Dr. Viviane Slon\n Affiliation: \n Host:Dr. Sagi L evy\n Sedimentary Ancient DNA as a tool to study Human Evolution\n\n \ ;\n\nViviane Slon1\,2\n\n \;\n\n Department of Anatomy and Anthropolo gy and Department of Human Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry\, Sackler F aculty of Medicine\, Tel Aviv University\, Israel\n The Dan David Center for Human Evolution and Biohistory Research\, Tel Aviv University\, Israel \n\n \;\n\n \;\n\nIn the past years\, DNA retrieved from ancient h uman remains have been instrumental in furthering our understanding of our own evolutionary past\, as well as that of our closest extinct relatives\ , the Neandertals and the Denisovans. Such studies\, however\, are inheren tly limited to sites and timeframes where such remains have been found and made available for sampling. A complementary approach can be to recover h uman DNA fragments from ancient sediments – a source material present in any archaeological site. Yet\, this approach is complicated by the need t o accurately identify the genuinely ancient human DNA fragments present in a sample\, out of a mixture of DNA from various sources. Here\, I will ou tline a methodology to do so\, including its highlights and pitfalls\, and demonstrate the potential of this research avenue using examples from pre historic sites in Europe and Asia.\n\n \; END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Asia/Jerusalem X-LIC-LOCATION:Asia/Jerusalem BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20230324T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0300 TZNAME:IDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR