Thousands of years ago, people crossed a land bridge from Siberia to Western Alaska and dispersed southward into what we now call the Americas. The story of exactly when that was, how they did it, and who they were has fascinated us for a long time as excavations have uncovered pieces of those stories. University of Kansas Associate Professor of Anthropology Jennifer Raff joins us to talk about her book "Origin: A Genetic History of the Americas", digging into the ways modern genetics is being used to help us understand the history of people dispersing across the Americas. Along the way we learn more about how scientists have mis-stepped in their interactions with Indigenous people, and how new partnerships are being created to more respectfully investigate this history.
#525 Chernobyl
#524 The Human Network
#523 Happy As A Clam (Garden)
#522 Home Alone?
#521 The Curious Life of Krill
#520 A Closer Look at Objectivism
#519 Animal Architects
#518 With Genetic Knowledge Comes the Need for Counselling
#517 Life in Plastic, Not Fantastic
#516 The Keys to Skeletons Lost
#515 Humanimal
#514 Arctic Energy (Rebroadcast)
#513 Dinosaur Tails
#512 All Over The Map
#511 Ok you worked out, now what?
#510 Gene Drives (Rebroadcast)
#509 Anisogamy: The Beginning of Male and Female
#508 Freedom's Laboratory
#507 Poaching, and We Don't Mean Eggs
#506 Everybody Poops (Rebroadcast)
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