Tom Booth - Bridging The Divide: The past, present and future of integrating archaeology and ancient DNA
Tom spoke about the past, present and future of integrating ancient DNA into archaeological studies. Drawing on his own work, as well as theoretical literature Tom discussed the role that ancient DNA can play in the field as well as outlining some of the challenges it faces.
About the Speaker
Dr Tom Booth is a Senior Laboratory Research Scientist in the Skoglund Ancient Genomics Laboratory at The Francis Crick Institute. He obtained his Bachelors, Masters and PhD degrees in Archaeology at The University of Sheffield before joining the ancient DNA laboratory at the Natural History Museum in London as a post-doctoral researcher. He has spent the last ten years working on archaeogenetics projects focussed on natural selection and population histories in Britain.