Click here to read an article about how the entire genome of a man that lived 4,000 years ago was decoded.Where did the DNA sample come from? What information were scientists about to gather about this ancient man and his people?
Wow - I thought I was getting old!
i heard about this on the news! it's pretty amazing what they can do with a piece of hair. i also thought it was interesting that they migrated from siberia i wonder why they did that?
ReplyDeleteThat picture..... is that what the scientists thinks he looks like?
ReplyDeleteOther than that, it was really fascinating.
Was it ABOUT 4,00 years ago?
ReplyDeleteOr was it EXACTLY 4,000 years ago?
Leslie,
ReplyDeleteMy first point: you are not getting old! I would say (if someone asked me) I am 12 years young.
About the article... This is so cool! I never realized how much info you can find IN A SINGLE STRAND OF HAIR!!
Thanks Leslie! By the way, where do you find such awesome articles?
LOL! Leslie, you're funny!
ReplyDeleteIt's interesting that DNA can be found in hair!
I didn't know that!
This was a very interesting article, Leslie! Thanks!
Wow, I can't believe that scientists can get 80% of a person that lived 4,000 years ago out of his tufts of hair! That's really cool!
ReplyDeleteThanks for posting this Leslie, it was really interesting!
Thanks Leslie! (for the article)
ReplyDeleteLeslie, you are NOT old!
There are a lot of people older and younger than you. And that's more older than younger like MR. 4000 years old man here. Just think about the people older than you like Gregor Mendel or George Bush. But that must be hard since you're in school everyday surrounded by children of only 12/13 years of age...
ANYWAY... on that cheerful note...
The article was quite interesting.
Natalie: Haha,... very funny... 12 years young.
You know, I should try that. And like Leslie said in class, each cell in your body contains 36 CHROMOSOMES. (Except for certain cells like you-know-what for females and you-know-what for males) That's a LOT of info. A strand of hair can have hundreds if not thousands of cells. Figure the math out.
Michael N. 7I :)
oh! this is so cooool! i saw this on yahoo....but this is much easier to come too
ReplyDeletethx leslie!
p.s y would you think ur getting old? on the first day of 7th grade i thought u were a high schooler
i swear!
In the article it says that there have only been 8 human genomes decoded
ReplyDeletewhose genomes are those?????????
matthew7i
(please and thank you)
Michael, it's actually 46 chromosomes... right?
ReplyDeleteAnd Leslie, the only thing that matters is that you look young. But you're still young. Guys, let's give Leslie our moral support and convince her that she is not old!
Its amazing how you can tell what a person looks like from DNA.
ReplyDeleteHuwon - you are correct, there are 46 chromosomes in the nucleus of every cell.
ReplyDeleteBy the way - I was only joking about feeling old, but thanks for all the moral support!
I think that they migrated to Siberia because the continents were closer together than now. I loved that article ! It was really interesting....
ReplyDeleteIt's incredible how scientists can decode a genome that’s as old as 4,000 years. That’s even before the time of ancient Egypt and possibly older than the wheel.
ReplyDeleteI heard about this in Yahoo! It's really cool.
ReplyDeleteIt's amazing how much you can find out about a person through one single strand of hair!
ReplyDeleteJulia G. 7F
i guess thats why the fbi walks around with squeezers in their hands looking for hair. =) i also red an article about some man who got frozen while trying to sleep like 5,000 yrs ago, and scientistt found his body perfectly preserved, and theey were also able 2 get his dna. he sortof looked like the guy in this article, and the story popped into my head
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i saw this article on yahoo....its amazing wat the past/history of others can inform us about....US and our ANCESTORS!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteThat's some pretty amazing hair
ReplyDeletelauren 7f
how can dna be preserved so well in hair?
ReplyDelete-dylan li 7I
can they do that for a like, reeeeaaally old animal, to find out wat they look like? (older than a dinosaur)
ReplyDelete-simon