AP Biology Gang With Svante Pääbo, The World's Most Famous
Evolutionary Geneticist
California Academy of Sciences
February 20, 2003
Note the cauliflower in Anton's hand and the Far Side Cartoons on the wall; there
is no doubt this is a serious group of biologists.
Back Row: Roey, Laura, Svante, Anton
Front Row: Hammack, Erik, Bo
What We Learned
By extracting mitochondrial DNA from ancient Neanderthal bones Svante determined
we
are
not
directly
related
to
Neanderthals.
In
fact,
our
closest
common
ancestor
was 500,000 years ago. If you want to know about our relationship with the cauliflower
you will have to ask Anton.