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“New research links ancient Indigenous DNA to living Puerto Ricans” (2019) CBS News
Maria Nieves Colón interviewed by CBS News on the findings of our 2020 ancient DNA study
“La investigación antropológica en tiempos del ADN antiguo” (2020) MNA
Maria Nieves Colón y Anne Stone entrevistadas por el Museo Nacional de Antropología e Historia de México
Other News
UMN Undergraduate Anthropology Conference
Lab members Maggie and Emma present at the 2024 UMN Anthropology Conference.
Our lab featured in CLA News
Read a special feature about our lab “Genetics Lab to Revisit the Past”
Outreach Event Eden Prarie High School
The UMN Anthropological Genetics Lab visits the Anthropology Club at Eden Prairie High School
STEAMM + Storytelling PROUD UPRH
Recording of conversation with Kevin Alicea Torres at the University of Puerto Rico Humacao STEAM + Storytelling event in May 2021. [En español]
Decolonizing Anthropological Genetics
Recorded roundtable discussion session fro, the 2020 American Anthropological Association virtual meetings
An integrative genomics approach to population history in Latin America
Invited talk for University of Michigan Bioanth EHAP series in 2020
New paper: Genomic insights into the early peopling of the Caribbean
Press coverage and information on article: Nägele et al (2020). Genomic insights into the early peopling of the Caribbean. Science
Ancient DNA and Mofongo on the Sausage of Science Podcast
In this episode of the Sausage of Science Dr. Maria Nieves-Colón, an anthropological geneticist, discusses how she uses both ancient DNA and modern genomics tools to examine human population history in the Caribbean and Latin America.
Ancient DNA from Puerto Rico study covered in US and PR press
Our research on ancient DNA from Puerto Rico has featured in several media outlets, in Puerto Rico and the USA
Teaching paleogenomics at the National School of Anthropology in Mexico City
On teaching a special workshop in Paleogenomics and Anthropology at the National School of Anthropology in Mexico City
Raza, racismo y Antropología
Public round table on race, racism and anthropology at Museo Nacional de Antropología de Mexico [ En español]