How our species, Homo sapiens, came to be what it is today is an endlessly fascinating question. Two advances have radically transformed our ability to answer this question: the availability of genome data for lots of humans living today and the ability to sequence DNA from fossil remains of our ancestors and their relatives, such as Neanderthals.
The forthcoming Cell Symposium ‘Evolution of Modern Humans – From Bones to Genomes’ held on March 16-18, 2014 in Sitges, Spain, will pay homage to these developments. For those who can’t attend, Cell is broadcasting a free webinar on Thursday, January 23, 2014, 1:00pm ET hosted by Pardis Sabeti and Joshua Akey – two world leaders in the study of human evolution. Join the experts for a showcase of the different approaches by which genome information is used to understand the forces that shaped the way humans evolved and became what they are today.
