Roman DNA Project Update
I posted just 10 days ago about my new endeavor - the Roman DNA Project. With a group of 48 other scientists, I put together a crowdfunding proposal and put my ideas out there for the public to consider. And, boy, have you responded! We've already raised over $2,600 for ancient DNA analysis, and we've attracted the attention of international news agencies and blogs.
Check out the links below and, of course, consider making a donation so that we can reach our funding goal and test all the immigrants to Rome to see where they came from.
Check out the links below and, of course, consider making a donation so that we can reach our funding goal and test all the immigrants to Rome to see where they came from.
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The official Roman DNA Project logo! |
- 11/11/11 - Ed Yong at CNN's Light Years blog, "Who were the 99% of ancient Rome?"
- 11/8/11 - Lars Fischer at Spektrum der Wissenschaft (Germany's edition of Scientific American), "Milde Gaben für die Forschung."
- 11/7/11 - Lucas Brouwers at NRC Handelsblad (Dutch daily newspaper), "Onderzoekers gaan op de bedeltoer."
- 11/7/11 - Lisa Vozza at Zanichelli (Italian publishing house), "Serve aiuto per studiare il DNA dei migranti nell'antica Roma."
- 11/11/11 - Kevin Zelnio at EvoEcoLab, "#SciFund puts YOU in charge of science funding."
- 11/10/11 - Rainer Schred at Archaeologik, "Betteln im Netz - neue Weg der Finanzierung von Forschungsprojekten."
- 11/2/11 - David Meadows at Rogue Classicism, "Ancient Roman DNA Project."
- 11/2/11 - Shawn Graham at Electric Archaeology, "Crowdfunding archaeology: ancient Roman DNA Project."
- 11/1/11 - Dienekes Pontikos at Dienekes' Anthropology Blog, "Roman DNA Project."
We appreciate all the press and shout-outs from people around the world. It's really exciting to see so many people interested in this research.
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