Sentences with phrase «anthropological geneticist»

«Over the long term, if the Earth keeps warming, I would not be surprised to see genetic shifts,» says anthropological geneticist Anne Stone at Arizona State University in Tempe.

In December's «The Hidden History of Men» by Robert Kunzig, anthropological geneticist Spencer Wells claims that «we can definitely rule out a date prior to 20,000 years ago» for the arrival of the first humans in the Americas.

Archaeologists would want to mount a rescue dig — exactly what anthropological geneticists are doing these days.

As a result, «Africa was left out of the party,» says anthropological geneticist Jason Hodgson of Imperial College London.

How humans settled the planet, in prehistoric and historic times, and how they came to be so diverse, are interesting questions for anthropological geneticists to tackle, if only those questions can be freed from their association, in some people's minds, with racism and colonialism, and if only the geneticists can get enough support.

Using genetic and paleoecological evidence, University of Utah anthropological geneticist Dennis O'Rourke, University of Colorado archaeologist John Hoffecker and University of London paleoecologist Scott Elias were able to bolster a long - standing theory known as the «Beringian Standstill.»

«This study sets the standard for future research into admixtures between humans and earlier species,» says anthropological geneticist Mark Shriver of Pennsylvania State University, University Park.

The genome of the Spirit Cave Mummy is significant because it could help to reveal how ancient humans settled the Americas, says Jennifer Raff, an anthropological geneticist at the University of Kansas in Lawrence.

«It's helping us to recognize the ways that really fine - scale historical experiences and practices have left this deeply significant imprint on our genomes,» says Deborah Bolnick, an anthropological geneticist at the University of Texas here.

As for type 2, «it is a complex disorder with strong environmental and genetic components,» said Robert Williams, an anthropological geneticist at Arizona State University.

Robert Williams, the anthropological geneticist at Arizona State University, collided with the question in a study for the Strong Heart cardiovascular project.

Wells is an anthropological geneticist and an energetic collector of DNA, especially Y chromosomes.

«We really have to change the top - down approach, where we come to people and say «these are our research questions and you should participate, because — SCIENCE»,» says Jennifer Raff, an anthropological geneticist at the University of Texas at Austin.

At the State University of New York in Oneonta, the anthropological geneticist John Relethford showed that just because Neanderthal DNA does not match that of living people does not mean Homo sapiens never consorted with them.

Michael Steiper, an anthropological geneticist at Hunter College in New York City who has conducted numerous molecular studies of primate evolution, welcomes the new findings.

If you're hopping down coasts by boat, «then you can actually move relatively fast,» says Theodore Schurr, an anthropological geneticist at the University of Pennsylvania who wasn't involved in the study.

An anthropological geneticist, she works at the University of Texas at Austin.

Among populations living at high altitudes, who also have to cope with low oxygen levels, researchers have previously found different genetic adaptations that converge on the same phenotype, all in some way affecting red blood cell count, notes Theodore Schurr, an anthropological geneticist at the University of Pennsylvania who was not involved in the study.