Beringia Centre Science Talks (#BCST) are back! Join us as we explore topics in archaeology, natural science, and palaeontology with experts from around the world.
This talk will be livestreamed on Facebook live and Zoom Thursday May 8, 2025 at 11 am Yukon Time. Click here to visit our Facebook event. Click here to visit the zoom registration page.
About the Talk
This talk will explore how mammoth DNA can be recovered and analyzed across the last million years, the main challenges involved in this process, and the significance of such research for understanding the evolution of both extinct and extant species. The presentation will focus on a recent scientific study that identified the oldest woolly mammoth in North America and provided new insights into how the genetic diversity of mammoths was shaped by past demographic and climatic changes.
About the Speaker
J. Camilo Chacón-Duque is a researcher at the Centre for Palaeogenetics and Stockholm University. He is an evolutionary biologist combining bioinformatics and palaeogenomics to explore the genetic history of endangered and extinct animals. After years of research in human genetics, he’s now living out a childhood dream: studying extinct megafauna.
Read his latest paper: A Million Years of Mammoth Mitogenome Evolution.
