Category: DNA

"Genetic test analysis led to artistic expression of thanks"

5/18/2024

A quilt is so much more than pieces of cloth, stitched together. Quilts, stitched together by individuals or groups of quilters, working together, tell stories of community, family, history, culture, traditions, heritage, and in this case, a particularly appreciated DNA analysis. It is thrilling when art and science come together -- as they do in the quilt described in the article. What a joy!

Reference: Owen, D. R. (2024, May 16). "Genetic test analysis led to artistic expression of thanks: Guild presents quilt to Genetic Medicine Clinic in appreciation of member learning her genetic variants." UW Medicine Newsroom. https://newsroom.uw.edu/blog/genetic-test-analysis-led-to-artistic-expression-of-thanks

"The Native Americans Before the Native Americans"

5/16/2024

Khan, R. (2024, February 2). "The Native Americans Before the Native Americans: In 2021, scientists radiocarbon-dated pollen found in human footprints at the White Sands National Park in New Mexico and came back with dates of greater than 20,000 years..." Palladium Governance Futurism. https://www.palladiummag.com/2024/02/02/the-native-americans-before-the-native-americans/

From the author:

new piece from me in @palladiummag
where i'm trying to lay out the exciting but uncertain time we are in re: the genetics and archaeology of the peoples of the New World and their origins... https://t.co/sugIGGlmlF
— Razib □ Khan □ □✍️□ (@razibkhan) February 2, 2024

"Army Veteran Serves in MIA Recovery Missions as DHA Volunteer."

4/19/2024

From the News Release: "Nearly 80 years after being declared missing in action during World War II, Army Air Forces Staff Sgt. Henry L. Stevens of Monroe, Alabama, has been identified.

"Stevens was accounted for on Sept. 15, 2023, according to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, following several recovery missions in Belgium by a team of volunteers with the University of Wisconsin Missing in Action Recovery and Identification Project and the DPAA."

The article provides information about how Stevens was identified using anthropological, mitochondrial and autosomal DNA analyses and offers unique insights as to how Michael MacLaren, DHA liaison officer with U.S. Special Operations Command, relied on his military background to help with the recovery of the remains.

Source: Hammer, R. (2024, April 17). "Army Veteran Serves in MIA Recovery Missions as DHA Volunteer." U.S. Department of Defense. https://www.defense.gov/News/Feature-Stories/Story/Article/3744697/army-veteran-serves-in-mia-recovery-missions-as-dha-volunteer/

Published Study (April 3, 2024): "Modern Blackfoot people descend from an ancient ice age lineage"

4/4/2024

Alex, B. (2024, April 3). "Modern Blackfoot people descend from an ancient ice age lineage: A new study of historic and modern genomes may help tribes protect ancestral lands and water rights." Science. https://www.science.org/content/article/modern-blackfoot-people-descend-ancient-ice-age-lineage

Link to original, Open Access published report:

Dorothy First Rider et al. Genomic analyses correspond with deep persistence of peoples of Blackfoot Confederacy from glacial times.Sci. Adv.10,eadl6595(2024).DOI:10.1126/sciadv.adl6595

From the published report summary: "We show that the genomics of sampled individuals from the Blackfoot Confederacy belong to a previously undescribed ancient lineage that diverged from other genomic lineages in the Americas in Late Pleistocene times. Using multiple complementary forms of knowledge, we provide a scenario for Blackfoot population history that fits with oral tradition and provides a plausible model for the evolutionary process of the peopling of the Americas." Read the rest of the published journal article: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adl6595

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