My role in this work was featured in the following press coverage: 1) El Nuevo Día I was interviewed for the article Expuesto el origen de los primeros pobladores written by AAAS Mass Media Fellow Kevin Alicea Torres for El Nuevo Día, Puerto Rico's main newspaper (available for download here). This article describes how our work and the work of other colleagues are changing understanding of Puerto Rico's pre-contact history. 2) ASU Now Anne C. Stone and I were interviewed by Taylor Woods for her article New data unveils ancestry of first peoples to inhabit Caribbean published in ASU Now
I had a blast talking with Cara Ocobock and Chris Lynn from the Sausage of Science podcast last fall about my research with Ancient DNA in Puerto Rico, the genetic diversity of Latin American populations and my family's mofongo recipe.
Our research on ancient DNA from Puerto Rico has featured in several media outlets, in Puerto Rico and the USA since the pre-print was released on Biorxiv this past September. **Update Jan 2020**: This study is now published in Molecular Biology and Evolution 1) The AtlanticOur study was beautifully described by Ed Yong, science writer for The Atlantic in his piece How Ancient DNA Can Help Recast Colonial History. The article details our main findings and its ramifications for reconstructing the pre-contact histories of Puerto Ricans and other Caribbean islanders. 2) CBS NewsI was interviewed by CBS News in a segment discussing the importance of our work for understanding pre-colonial history in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean. This was my first TV newscast interview and it was a lot of fun! Thanks to CBSN anchor Vladimir Duthiers and producer Olivia Wilson for their great reporting on this segment. You can see the video below or access it on the CBSN page here. DNA test shows P.R. tribe didn't die out A new study found ancient indigenous DNA in Puerto Ricans, breaking a previous myth that the Taino tribe were eradicated in centuries ago. Maria Nieves-Colon joined CBSN to discuss her findings and why the discovery may help correct Puerto Rican history. Caption written by CBS News, accessed on Sept. 25, 2019: https://www.cbsnews.com/video/new-research-links-ancient-indigenous-dna-to-living-puerto-ricans/ 3) El Nuevo DíaEl Nuevo Día is Puerto Rico's main newspaper. Our study was described by journalist J. Miguel Santiago Colón in his article Aclaran el rol taino en la genética. For a PDF copy of the article click here. 4) Orlando Spectrum News 13
5) El Adoquín Times
The Rust Family Foundation which funded part of my ancient DNA research in Puerto Rico has written up a cool summary of my work. See it here! To learn more abut the RFF Archaeology Grants Program click here. Thanks to the ASU Center for Evolution and Medicine (CEM) for funding my research through their Venture Funds Grant program. Check out their press release of my work studying the genetics of Afro-Caribbean populations here! Consider following the CEM on twitter at @evmedasu! Our paper on successful enrichment of whole mitochondrial genomes from ancient dental calculus collected from human remains at the Norris Farms site is available on Open Access from the American Journal of Physical Anthropology. Click here to view! Press coverage of our article by National Geographic can be found here. Coverage by Nature Research Highlights here and by EurekaAlert here. This work was conducted in collaboration with researchers at University of Oklahoma and Penn State. |
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