The study of human evolution wins a Nobel Prize, but the challenges of ancient DNA research are highlighted. Public interest and media attention sometimes steer the science, while the true value of answering scientific questions is overshadowed.
On my 26th birthday, I woke up to incredible news for my field of evolutionary anthropology : For the first time, the study of human evolution won a Nobel Prize . Geneticist Päabo had turned science fiction into science fact, and now the entire field was being rewarded. But the odds did not always favor ancient DNA making that jump. From its beginning, paleogenetics has developed in the media spotlight.
Many in the press and public wanted to know if, how, and when extinct species would be resurrected from aDNA (as ancient DNA is often shortened to). This publicity sometimes steered the science, undermining the scientific method. Such interest also distracted from the breakthrough’s Nobel-worthy value: answering scientific questions about species’ history and evolution. began chasing the dream of aDNA. Tkach believed one could retrieve dinosaur DNA from mosquitoes that fed on them millions of years ago—provided the blood suckers got trapped in tree resin that solidified into ambe
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