Human Evolutionary Genomics with Lab

Focus on how genomic tools have helped to elucidate human migration patterns, reveal admixture with closely related populations (i.e. Neanderthals), uncover selective pressures, and clarify our place within the Primate order. Covers some basic population genetic and phylogenetic theory and examines the social context of research in the field of human evolutionary genomics. Lab uses human genomic datasets to introduce computational tools used in these fields and address questions related to human evolution.