DNA & Lookalikes, Extinct Lineage Found, Alzheimer’s Viruses

Today we learn about how doppelgangers can share similar DNA, a recent discovery of a lost lineage in Indonesia, and recent advancements in finding out what causes Alzheimer’s.

Curiosity Weekly · Warner Bros. Discovery

September 29, 202213m 37s

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Today we learn about how doppelgangers can share similar DNA, a recent discovery of a lost lineage in Indonesia, and recent advancements in finding out what causes Alzheimer’s.

DNA & Lookalikes

“People with similar faces likely have similar DNA, study finds” by Cell Press
- https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/08/220823115609.htm
“Your Doppelgänger Is Out There and You Probably Share DNA With Them” by Kate Golembiewski
- https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/23/science/doppelgangers-twins-dna.html

Extinct Lineage Found

“Ancient remains found in Indonesia belong to a vanished human lineage” by Laura Geggel
- https://www.livescience.com/mysterious-ancient-human-lineage-indonesia.html
“Genome of a middle Holocene hunter-gatherer from Wallacea” by Selina Carlhoff, Akin Duli, Kathrin Nägele, Muhammad Nur, Laurits Skov, Iwan Sumantri, Adhi Agus Oktaviana, Budianto Hakim, Basran Burhan, Fardi Ali Syahdar, David P. McGahan, David Bulbeck, Yinika L. Perston, Kim Newman, Andi Muhammad Saiful, Marlon Ririmasse, Stephen Chia, Hasanuddin, Dwia Aries Tina Pulubuhu, Suryatman, Supriadi, Choongwon Jeong, Benjamin M. Peter, Kay Prüfer, Adam Powell, Johannes Krause, Cosimo Posth & Adam Brumm.
- https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-03823-6?utm_medium=affiliate&utm_source=commission_junction&utm_campaign=CONR_PF018_ECOM_GL_PHSS_ALWYS_DEEPLINK&utm_content=textlink&utm_term=PID100052172&CJEVENT=0aa54713288c11ed800d2e440a1c0e0d

Alzheimer’s Viruses

“Common viruses may be triggering the onset of Alzheimer's disease” by Mike Silver
- https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/07/220729173148.htm

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