Ancient DNA & U.S. History: The Genetic Legacy of African Americans from Catoctin Furnace
Date and Time
February 7, 2024
05:30PM - 06:45PM EST
Location
CGIS South, Belfer Case Study Room (Lower Level), Harvard University, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA
The Initiative for the Science of the Human Past at Harvard invites you to a discussion about recent work in U.S. History from Prof. David Reich’s lab that deploys ancient DNA and Big Data to discover new genomic insights into the life stories of 27 enslaved African American Ironmakers at Catoctin Furnace Md, 1774-1850.