Link zoom: https://videoconf-colibri.zoom.us/j/9763063153
ID da reunião: 976 306 3153
Invited speaker: Guido Barbujani, professor of Genetics at the University of Ferrara
Title: Us, the Africans. Race, genes and human migration
The word race enjoys a surprising popularity, even among the educated and the liberal; but does it refer to any identifiable biological reality in our species? The answer is in our DNA, and it is no. Rather, the study of fossil bones, archaeological finds and genes shows all humankind is descended from African ancestors, who started dispersing in the other continents some 70,000 years ago, and are still on the move. “Roots” has become a common word in the social and political discourse, often with the added implication that having them in different places might justify different access to rights and resources. However, data show that humans have no roots, but legs and feet, and for millennia have been using them to migrate, explore new territories and meet other people.