How Genetics Interacts with Biological Anthropology

Once the field of genetics was developed, our understanding of biology was completely transformed. How did this specifically impact the field of anthropology? From Mendel's laws to the Human Genome Project, let's learn about how our ever-expanding understanding of DNA elucidated the history of Homo sapiens and other hominid species.
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[@RyanGhezawi]

It’s important to note that humans and chimps also share the same remnants of ancient viral infections in the same genomic location which they both inherited from their common ancestor, which is uninterpretable proof of common ancestry

[@mitzzzu_tigerjones444]

I sort of wish every university lecture would begin with a jingle like this… Like you’re sitting in class waiting for things to start and then music begins as the professor dances in.😂

[@fakepng1]

Also the end, that melody is so silly

[@FeyPax]

Big agree. None of my professors do a little dance where as I think they should 😂

[@AlbertaGeek]

@@FeyPax Right? You're paying their salary, so the least they could do is give the audience what they want!

[@mitzzzu_tigerjones444]

@@FeyPax It’s the perfect way to engage the mind to get it up and running

[@popcorn_and_zero-coke_lady_fan]

You are the best TH-camr covering almost everything.

[@glennpearson9348]

You just know that at some point we're going to see someone in this comment section use the old line: "If humans evolved from apes, why are there still apes?"
Naturally, the people who will ask this question will no more understand the point of this video than they understand the hypothesis of abiogenesis or the notion that, in fact, space is not fake.
This is a great series, Prof Dave. I look forward to their uploads with anticipation.

[@kakahass8845]

Just reply with "Why wouldn't there be apes" and watch them fold.

[@farisakhtar4824]

Humans are apes. And we didn't evolve from apes, we have a common ancestor with other apes. I know this isn't what OP was saying themselves but this would be the response to that.

[@kakahass8845]

@@farisakhtar4824You really think they would be smart enough to understand that?

[@glennpearson9348]

@@kakahass8845 No, I do not.

[@glennpearson9348]

@@farisakhtar4824 I agree. This would be a reasonable reply - that anyone who would make the comment I mentioned would completely not understand.

[@Greenmachine305]

I gotta say, Dave is a very knowledgeable person. Respect.

[@SweetMamaG]

Both my parents are black. My mom, her parents, and my grandpa's father all, like me, have pale white skin. My dad's black (Ice cubes complexion). I have type 4 hair, bell pepper nose, thick lips, but flat booty, my skin in pale and freckled, and i have green eyes. Everyone's black, married black, etc. My husband's 1st generation Italian American. Our son came out bronzed, but with light brown hair (no one has that) and daughter came out with curly sue almost black hair, crystal bluec eyes, and paper white. Genetics are so finicky!

[@waelfadlallah8939]

You're a mutt

[@FeyPax]

I have a friend that’s Black and he had auburn curly hair as a kid. My cousins husband is also Black and has the most beautiful gray eyes. Genetics is strange but fascinating.

[@MossyMozart]

@SweetMamaG - A few years back, _National Geographic Magazine_ published their "Race" issue. They had a photograph on the cover of twin girls, one of whom looked pale European and one who looked like she was of African descent. If you can find that issue, it is fascinating.
(Hint: There is not such thing as "race". We are all Sapiens with minor superficial variations.)

[@asdasdwrwe32-bh3gw]

@@MossyMozart So true, that example shows race is a useless descriptor and that's why so many chinese people look african due to rando chance. Also, white colonialism must be atoned for

[@snowmanthegamer4983]

Thanks for the class. Hope you have a good day!

[@mjjoe76]

Great stuff as always.

[@DeepSpace145]

It's really amazing how morphological and anatomical studies, converge with genetic comparisons on the same phylogenetic, behavioural, social and psychological patterns, in the family of the great Apes, in a way that agrees with the patterns found in the fossil record. The fact that truth can be strengthened by looking at it from different scientific fields of research is truly amazing !!

[@sciencenerd7639]

thank you Dave and thank you Erika!

[@keegan6388]

Are you familiar with Aron Ra's phylogeny project?

[@jamiegallier2106]

Excellent presentation. Thank you!

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[@waelfadlallah8939]

The fact that there were an old human species that went extinct is just fascinating. Even humans can extinct 😅

[@alterego2421]

technically yes but actually no

[@waelfadlallah8939]

@@alterego2421 as without so within

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[@alterego2421]

@@waelfadlallah8939 how so?

[@waelfadlallah8939]

@@alterego2421 as above so below

[@mitzzzu_tigerjones444]

Professor Dave!!!❤🎉🎉🎉

[@naveenb9255]

Hii.. If possible, could you please do a content about Faraday and his thought to generate free energy

[@xanv8051]

An explanation on how genetic sequence works would help because I'm having difficulty understanding how we are getting variables in the sequencing process like duh I look it up right now lol but there's is a cynic wondering how we are identifying the difference in our DNA and how it becomes letters to compare with other animals?

[@ProfessorDaveExplains]

This series will assume basic knowledge of biochemistry and biology, so you'll have to check my playlists on those topics if you need some background information.

[@marysuegromek5609]

Off subject. Will it be possible u can explanation on solar storms and earthquakes?
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[@rickkwitkoski1976]

@xanv8051
Please do go and watch his other tutorials to get up to speed.
But barring those, there is MUCH good baground info that you can READ online.
Go and find it if you are really interested.
Don't expect to be spoon fed every step of the way.

[@MossyMozart]

@@marysuegromek5609 - SPOILER: Solar storms [and eclipses, as others have said] do not cause Earthquakes.

[@kubaissen]

Nice thank you for great video

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[@Masteralien186]

Hey Dave sorry for being off topic but could u make a video on Christian apologetics and apologists like William Lane Craig or John Lennox or Frank Turek and want to hear your thoughts on these types of apologists. It would be interesting as they are definitely more credible and not as obviously insane as James Tour or Kent Hovind.

[@ScienceIsBeautiful100]

The latest video from answers in genesis Canada tries to debunk the evidence for evolution.

[@tgstudio85]

they try that since beginning of era of modern science... and they still fail constantly;)

[@principalghssrspura3965]

Professor it's a very humble request that you make a Course on Crypto currency

[@BrandonGrinstead206]

Third. :( Awesome subject, tho!

[@mehrshadgafarzadeh2944]

human evolution isnt purly adaptives because of another mecanism named random genetic drifts

[@johnoglesby-vw7ck]

There are, as per usual, many variables and 'drivers' involved

[@hilurmohammed2023]

How the face of these old people are assumed when there is only skeletal remains

[@tahaymvids1631]

Fat and muscle distribution overlayed over skeletal structure.

[@hilurmohammed2023]

@@tahaymvids1631 what's the probability that the designed one's facial features match with the original ancestor?

[@caedenmolloy]

@@hilurmohammed2023it’s just an estimate, probably didn’t look exactly like them but if you saw the pics of the computer generated and the real one next to each other they’d look pretty close

[@MossyMozart]

@hilurmohammed2023 - There's a whole specialty of people who reconstruct facial features from skeletons. You see this all the time in police investigations when unidentified skeletal remains are found.
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The people who do this work combine science with art. If a skeleton has any DNA left, some things, like the color of skin, hair, and eyes can be determined. For species without available DNA, the coloring is arrived at as logically as possible.
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Bones have marks where muscles were attached - the artists can evaluate what they would look like and what the skin would look like that overlays them and the bones. Skin thickness in modern Sapiens is well known. It can be logically arrived at for other species. Stance and posture can be determined by physical experiments with the fossils and the angles and strides the bones would make in life.
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Since there are varying depictions of the same species by reconstruction artists, you can see that there are various interpretations. As I said, it's an art blended with science. There are videos on TH-cam that show reconstructionists at work. Look for some. It is truly fascinating.

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[@alphacozmo1752]

FIRST

[@ScottBosworth-y8w]

Now put up a pic of mRNA spliced dna strands…. We will wait.

[@ProfessorDaveExplains]

Um, that doesn't mean anything, and also are you pretending we don't have electron microscope images of nucleic acids? Because that would be a very dumb thing to be pretending.

[@66bloodmoon]

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