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Your Genome is Showing: Human Origins Gets Personal

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California Academy of Sciences

and The Leakey Foundation

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Partners:: California Academy of Sciences,; Leakey Foundation
Location:: California Academy of Sciences
San Francisco, CA
Event Date:: 11.29.12
Speaker:: Dr. Holly Dunsworth
Tags:: human; genome; evolutionary biology; biology; genetics

Summary: Dr. Holly Dunsworth explains how your genome is showing, and she explores why human origins is getting personal. First we glimpsed our reflected faces, then our cells in microscopes, then our bodies in photographs, and then our bones in x-rays. Now we can see inside our genomes to find things like earwax alleles, Parkinson's disease risk, warfarin response risk, ancient maternal haplogroups, and even Neanderthal genes. But personal genomics isn't just high-tech navel-gazing; it's a powerful tool for grasping human evolutionary biology. Once the technology becomes good enough and the price comes down far enough nearly everyone will have access to this high-resolution fascination with ourselves, our origins, and our evolution. As it enters the mainstream, personal genomics conjures intriguing new questions about its potential impact on our species, like, how will it change public perception of the science of human evolution and humanity's place in nature? How will it affect personal identities and species perspectives? How will it shape conceptions of our future evolution?

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Dr. Holly Dunsworth

Dr. Holly Dunsworth is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Rhode Island. A Leakey Foundation Grantee, she co-directs survey and excavation at the early Miocene primate sites on Rusinga Island, Kenya with an aim at reconstructing the habitats and paleoenvironments of the early hominoid Proconsul. Her other research considers the energetic throughput of zoo apes and as well as the metabolic restrictions on primate reproduction, with a focus on testing the "obstetrical dilemma" hypothesis for hominin evolution.

Dr. Dunsworth posts original classroom activities, teacher resources, and her analyses of current events in human evolutionary sciences on her award winning blog, The Mermaid's Tale. There she strives to overturn misconceptions about, and cultural barriers to, understanding human evolution.

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01 hr 32 min 46 sec

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01.: Findings: Donald Dana, The Leakey Foundation

03 min 30 sec

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02.: Science Discovery Funding

02 min 31 sec

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03.: Gregory Farrington, California Academy of Sciences

04 min 51 sec

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04.: Holly Dunsworth: Your Genome is Showing

01 min 25 sec

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05.: Hyrax Fossil Discovery

03 min 58 sec

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06.: Rusinga Island, Kenya

04 min 02 sec

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07.: The EGG Hypothesis

03 min 19 sec

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08.: DNA in Album Covers

03 min 39 sec

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09.: 23andMe

03 min 10 sec

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10.: Good Genes: Genotype and Chromosomes

03 min 14 sec

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11.: 23andMe: SNP Genotyping

02 min 57 sec

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12.: Personal SNP

05 min 44 sec

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13.: Carrier Status: Inheriting Sequences

04 min 44 sec

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14.: Comparing Genes

02 min 47 sec

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15.: Seeing the Novel for the Words: Issues with 23andMe

04 min 57 sec

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16.: The Gamble: Genotype Probability

02 min 37 sec

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17.: The Spectrum: Personal Genomics

02 min 52 sec

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18.: Genome Privacy

02 min 15 sec

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19.: Eugenics and 'Self'

02 min 55 sec

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20.: Genetics as a Crystal Ball

01 min 54 sec

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21.: Genomic Era

05 min 01 sec

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22.: New Frontier: Epic Humankind

03 min 50 sec

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23.: Thank You

01 min 49 sec

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24.: Q&A: Personal Genomics Course

01 min 47 sec

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25.: Q&A: Microbiome DNA

01 min 50 sec

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26.: Q&A: Knowing Genetic Disorders

02 min 00 sec

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27.: Q&A: Selling Genetic Information and Risk Estimation

02 min 06 sec

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28.: Q&A: The Genographic Project

00 min 52 sec

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29.: Q&A: Pheromones

01 min 59 sec

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30.: Q&A: Genetics of Prisoners

04 min 12 sec

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Human Genome: The New Frontier in Scientific Research

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Holly Dunsworth, Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Rhode Island, argues that the study of the human genome is the new frontier in scientific research. Dunsworth believes that "to know thyself, is to truly know the epic that is mankind.
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