Geneticist Eske Willerslev, professor and Director of the GeoGenetics Centre of Excellence at the University of Copenhagen, takes the audience on a journey two million years back in time. His recent work recently drew international attention when it made the cover of the scientific journal Nature.
The talk follows his search for ancient DNA, from the discovery that genetic material survives in the environment far longer than once thought, to the mysteries of the Ice Age and the peopling of the Americas. He also considers what DNA from the distant past can tell us about the present and how it might help us face the challenges of climate change.
