Friday Lecture Series
(open to the Rockefeller and Tri-Institutional communities)
Friday, September 19, 2025
David Reich, Ph.D.
Professor of Genetics, Harvard Medical School; Professor of Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Ancient DNA as a Window into Human History and Biology
The Fairfield Osborn Jr. Memorial Lecture
Recommended Readings:
Hajdu, Tamás, et al. “Murder in cold blood? Forensic and bioarchaeological identification of the skeletal remains of Béla, Duke of Macsó (c. 1245-1272).” bioRxiv (2025): 2025-07.
Zeng, Tian Chen, et al. “Ancient DNA reveals the prehistory of the Uralic and Yeniseian peoples.” Nature (2025): 1-11.
Barton, Alison R., et al. “Insufficient evidence for natural selection associated with the Black Death.” Nature 638.8051 (2025): E19-E22.
Lazaridis, Iosif, et al. “The genetic origin of the Indo-Europeans.” Nature (2025): 1-11.
Akbari, Ali, et al. “Pervasive findings of directional selection realize the promise of ancient DNA to elucidate human adaptation.” bioRxiv (2024).
Lazaridis, Iosif, et al. “The genetic history of the Southern Arc: A bridge between West Asia and Europe.” Science 377.6609 (2022): eabm4247.
