All tagged human
The Missing in Action Recovery and Identification Project is a collaborative effort spanning multiple disciplines of genetics, marine biology and archaeology, hoping to use eDNA to locate the remains of military service personnel. Dr Sally Le Page sits down with Dr Kirstin Meyer-Kaiser, a marine biologist at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and one of the leads on this project to find out more.
Charles Konsitzke is another lead on the Missing in Action Recovery and Identification Project, and he told Sally Le Page about how human eDNA is currently being used to locate the bodies of missing people around the world.
Jennifer Raff discusses her new book, Origin: A Genetic History of the Americas, telling the story of how humans first populated the American continents.
Krystal Tsosie joins us to discuss why Native American genomes are of such interest to modern geneticists, and how Indigenous researchers are working to take ownership of the field.
