Unravelling the Genetic Past and Present of Island Southeast Asia | Irene Gallego Romero @TheLeakeyFoundation
Unravelling the Genetic Past and Present of Island Southeast Asia | Irene Gallego Romero @TheLeakeyFoundation
Uploaded October 2020 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Leakey Foundation grantee Irene Gallego Romero gives a crash course in human genomics and discusses the presence of Denisovan DNA in present-day Papuans. She also examines the positioning of Indonesia in the global human genetics landscape.

This live-streamed lecture is part of The Leakey Foundation's Speaker Series on Human Origins.
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Unravelling the Genetic Past and Present of Island Southeast Asia | Irene Gallego Romero

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