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How ancient DNA is changing our understanding of the settlement history of the PacificIn this year’s H D Skinner Memorial Lecture, Professor Lisa Matisoo-Smith discusses how advances in genomic technologies are challenging some long-held ideas about Pacific settlement history.
Within the last decade, the recovery of ancient DNA from skeletal remains has provided us with a better understanding of genetic variation present in modern Pacific populations.
These new data are driving new questions and approaches addressing important issues for Pacific peoples.
Kai and cash bar available from 5.30pm.
Talk starts at 6pm.
When: 5.30pm, Wednesday 18 November
Where: Hutton Theatre
Price: Free
Proudly supported by Friends of Tūhura Otago Museum
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Tūhura Otago Museum, Tūhura Otago Museum, Great King St N, North Dunedin, Dunedin 9016, New Zealand, Dunedin
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