Science News Special Episode – Ancient DNA and Evolutionary Genetics: An Interview with Dr. Diyendo Massilani

YJBM Science News is back with Part 1 of our very first Special Episode! Join Hanna, Majo, and Roxanna as they sit down with Dr. Diyendo Massilani, a researcher and professor at Yale investigating evolutionary genetics. We’ll hear from Dr. Massilani about the challenges and ethical considerations of working with ancient DNA, as well as the incredible doors it has opened to what we can interrogate and what we know about extinct human populations. Keep an eye out in the new year for Part 2, which will dive into the groundbreaking work of Dr. Massilani’s former mentor and 2022 Nobel prize winner Dr. Svante Pääbo. Keep up with Dr. Massilani’s work: Related links: Read more about YJBM at:

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Science News Special Episode – Ancient DNA and Evolutionary Genetics: An Interview with Dr. Diyendo Massilani is an episode from Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine by Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine.

This episode is 1:00:47 long.

This episode was published on Dec 12, 2025.

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