Biologia evolucionária: a face do passado reconstruída

Nature 463, 739-740 (11 February 2010) | doi:10.1038/463739a; Published online 10 February 2010

Evolutionary biology: Face of the past reconstructed

David M. Lambert1 & Leon Huynen1

DNA is particularly well preserved in hair — enabling the genome of a human to be sequenced, and his ancestry and appearance to be determined, from 4,000-year-old remains.

The impact of the Human Genome Project (HGP)1 and the development of 'mega-DNA sequencers' continue to have ramifications in diverse fields. An excellent example is reported on page 757 of this issue by Rasmussen et al.2, who describe the first genome sequence of an ancient human.

David M. Lambert and Leon Huynen are in the School of Environment and the School of Biomolecular and Physical Sciences, Griffith University, Nathan, Queensland 4111, Australia.
Email: d.lambert@griffith.edu.au; Email: l.huynen@griffith.edu.au

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