The current craze to search for our ancestry is complicated and paradoxical. We want to know we are connected – yet we crave to be unique. Moral white panic is also involved and so is big business.
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Articles on Ancestry
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Trying to save Neolithic rock art made by our ancient ancestors is no easy task. But it tells us how people used to live.
Do you own your own genetic data? The future of genomic databases is almost here, and now is the time to figure out how we are going to allow this information to be used.
Modern sabre-tooth mammals have their canines constantly on display. This allows them to seduce mates. But was sexual selection also an important phenomenon among our pre-mammalian ancestors?
New research has shattered the idea that New Zealand’s iconic kiwi bird is a close relative of Australia’s emu. Instead, the kiwi has a closer connection with a giant flightless bird that was the stuff…
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Research Fellow, Deakin University
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Research fellow, The University of Queensland
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Professor of English, York University, Canada
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Professor of Anthropology, Deakin University
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Professor of Community Health and Health Behavior, University at Buffalo
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Visiting Fellow, Newcastle University
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UNSW Sydney
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Research fellow, The University of Queensland
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Canada Research Chair in Human Evolutionary Studies, and Professor of Archaeology, Simon Fraser University
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Ethical, Legal & Social Adviser - Public Health Genomics, Monash University
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Head, Public Health Genomics Program, Monash University
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Reader in Heritage Studies, Newcastle University
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Visual/forensic artist, PhD researcher, Liverpool John Moores University
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Senior Researcher in Vertebrate Palaeontology, University of the Witwatersrand
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Zoology, University of Otago
