Museology: modern technologies in service of history Part 1: Ancient DNA – the history of discoveries, new perspectives, and problems Cover Image

Muzealnictwo: nowoczesne technologie w służbie historii. Część pierwsza: Kopalne DNA – historia odkryć, perspektywy i problemy
Museology: modern technologies in service of history Part 1: Ancient DNA – the history of discoveries, new perspectives, and problems

Author(s): Ewa JANISZEWSKA, Dominika Pluta, Małgorzata Bonar, Aneta Alama, Tadeusz Dobosz
Subject(s): Cultural history, Museology & Heritage Studies, Evaluation research
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: DNA; aDNA; DNA isolation;

Summary/Abstract: People search for answers to significant questions regarding evolution, the origin of species and pathogens, and so on. Using advanced methods, museum institutions have created an opportunity to study major specimens from the past, bringing us closer to understanding these fundamental issues. Until the 1980s, studying objects from museums’ collections, concerning human, plant or animal evolutionary development, were conducted using methods based on anatomical or morphological findings.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 25
  • Page Range: 93-99
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Polish