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Published on Sep 16, 2016
Earth temperature in the context of human history
This is awesome: http://xkcd.com/1732/
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Published on Aug 29, 2016
DNA work that actually looks like SyFy
It has been a perpetual lament of mine that a DNA lab, even the most advanced genomics-oriented one, does not really look too impressive. A few tiny test tubes, blocky boring-lookin...
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Published on Aug 26, 2016
What was climate doing back then
Assuming we can go back in time for 20-30 thousand years, we will hit quite an exciting time in the planet's history: the last ice age and climate shifts before and after that. Most importantly for...
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Published on Aug 23, 2016
How old can you go?
In other organisms, ancient DNA analysis works for samples as old as ~50,000 years, although it depends greatly on the type of fossil preservation. The record thus far is genome sequencing of 700...
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Awesome work, John! thanks a lot for the ref. Any tips on handling this kind of material will be greatly appreciated.
(Ever tried sequencing bulk marine sediment DNA?..)
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Thanks a lot, Sarah, for this great encouraging message as well as your backing. Let me know if you might be open to considering other options except creation - we (evolutionary geneticists) have awesome stories to tell, with evidence!
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