Info

This Week in Evolution

This Week in Evolution is a podcast on the biology behind what makes us tick.
RSS Feed Subscribe in Apple Podcasts
This Week in Evolution
2024
February


2023
December
November
September
August
July
May
April
March
February


2022
December
November
October
September
August
July
May
April
March
February


2021
December
October
September
August
June
May
April
March
February
January


2020
December
October
September
August
June
May
April
February
January


2019
December
November
October
September
August
July
June
May
April
March
February
January


2018
December
November
October
September
August
July
June
May
April
March
February
January


2017
December
November
October
September
August
July
June
May
April
March
February
January


2016
December
November
October
September
August
July
June
April
March
February
January


2015
December


Categories

All Episodes
Archives
Categories
Now displaying: June, 2016
Jun 8, 2016

Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello

Nels visits Vincent in the MicrobeTV studio in New York and talks about how key genes of the Homo sapiens innate immune response were acquired from Neanderthals.

 

Links for this episode

Science Picks

Nels - DNA Clues to our Inner Neanderthal
Vincent - Blockhead

Music on TWiEVO is performed by Trampled by Turtles

Send your evolution questions and comments to twievo@microbe.tv

Become a patron of TWiEVO

1