Use class time to explore one or more of these historical episodes that uses scientific, archaeological, and\/or genetic evidence. <\/p>\n
1) To what extent are the Jewish people a genetically distinct group whose ancestry can be traced to the land of Palestine, now known as Israel?<\/strong> <\/p>\n Jewish Researcher Attacks DNA Evidence Linking Jews to Israel<\/a> (Genetic Literacy Project, 2013)<\/p>\n “When Ancient DNA Gets Politicized,”<\/a> Smithsonian Magazine, July 2019<\/p>\n 2) What can genetics tell us about Egyptian mummies? <\/strong><\/p>\n “Egyptian Mummies Yield Genetic Secrets”<\/a> (Nature, 2013)<\/p>\n “Black or White? Egyptian Race Mystery Now Solved,”<\/a> ThinkBig (January 2022) <\/p>\n “First Genome Data from Ancient Egyptian Mummies,”<\/a> Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology (May 2017)<\/p>\n 3) Who were early Europeans and what can we know about them from genetic evidence? <\/strong><\/p>\n “Who Killed the Men of England”<\/a> in the 4th Century AD? (Harvard Magazine, 2009)<\/p>\n “The Genetic History of Ice Age Europe,”<\/a> Nature (2016) — view an animated map video<\/a> about the researcher’s findings <\/p>\n “Scientists Say Otzi the Iceman Has Living Relatives, 5300 Years Later”<\/a> (NBC News, 2013)<\/p>\n “The Iceman’s Last Meal”<\/a> (NOVA, 1998)<\/p>\n 4) More on Neanderthal Genealogy<\/strong><\/p>\n Using WSU library resources, track down and read two articles from the scientific journal Nature<\/em>. Their titles are: <\/p>\n “The complete genome sequence of a Neanderthal from the Altai mountains”<\/p>\n and<\/p>\n “An early modern human from Romania with a recent Neanderthal ancestor”<\/p>\n What are their findings? How might historians use their conclusions and\/or their evidence? Explore how these articles were covered in news outlets at the time. <\/p>\n 5) How can science and genetics help us understand plant domestication? (i.e. who invented corn?) <\/strong><\/p>\n The Evolution of Corn<\/a> (University of Utah Genetic Science Learning Center) <\/p>\n “Tracking the Ancestry of Corn Back 9000 Years”<\/a> (New York Times, 2010)<\/p>\n “DNA Evidence from 5310-Year-Old Corn Cob Fills Gaps in History”<\/a> (Science Daily, 2016)<\/p>\n 6) A Case of Science \/ History “Fake News”…?<\/strong><\/p>\n “Canadian Teenager Star Pupil Finds Lost Mayan City by Studying Ancient Charts of the Night Sky from his Bedroom”<\/a> The Telegraph, May 2016<\/p>\n No, he didn’t<\/a> (New York Magazine, May 2016)<\/p>\n 7) Tracking the 1918 Flu<\/strong><\/p>\n “100-Year-Old Lungs Yield Genetic Samples of 1918 Flu Viruses”<\/a> The Scientist, May 18, 2021<\/p>\n Measuring Mortality in 1918 Flu and Covid-19 Pandemics<\/a> Health Affairs Forefront, (April 2021)<\/p>\n Taubenberger J., “The Origin and Virulence of the 1918 ‘Spanish’ Influenza Virus,”<\/a> Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, March 2006. <\/p>\n 8) If you want more on the Jefferson \/ Hemings story…<\/strong><\/p>\n The Monticello historic site has dramatically changed its public history programming on this in the last five years. Examples here<\/a> and here<\/a>. <\/p>\n Unearthing Sally Hemings’ Legacy<\/a> (PBS NewsHour, 2018)<\/p>\n Archeology of Monticello Slave Quarters<\/a> (Digital Archaeological Archive of Comparative Slavery) <\/p>\n “Slave Subsistence Strategies at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello Plantation: Paleoethnobotanical Analysis and Interpretation of the Site 8 Macrobotanical Assemblage<\/a>,” MA Anthropology Thesis, Univ of Tennessee (2016) by Stephanie Nicole Hacker<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Use class time to explore one or more of these historical episodes that uses scientific, archaeological, and\/or genetic evidence. 1) To what extent are the Jewish people a genetically distinct group whose ancestry can be traced to the land of … Continue reading