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2010

March 12, 2010: YouTube video of Sarah TIshkoff Lecture, University of California television
The Evolution of Human Biodiversity: Local Adaptation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cX-_6vhctUc&feature=related

March 25, 2010: YouTube video of "Engaging Minds" 2010 lecture from the University of Pennsylvania
Human Origins in Africa
Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajZocXPNtfU
Question and Answer session: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYjY56sUrDQ&feature=channel

May 26: Penn News
Penn Researchers Add Genetic Data to Archaeology and Linguistics to Get Picture of African Population History
http://publications.nigms.nih.gov/multimedia/captions/tishkoff-captions.html

May 26, 2010: Science News
Genetic Data Added to Archaeology and Linguistics to Get Picture of African Population History
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/05/100526170237.htm

September, 2010: University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences 60-Second Lecture Series (Sarah Tishkoff)
Are Humans Still Evolving
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTtkccpY3Aw

2009

January 2, 2009: newscientist.com
Genes give Africans a better sense of taste
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16335-genes-give-africans-a-better-sense-of-taste-.html

April, 2009: Penn Arts & Sciences, SAS Frontiers Archive 2009
DNA Collector Scientist Sarah Tishkoff pulls together a database of African populations—one DNA sample at a time.

http://www.sas.upenn.edu/home/SASFrontiers/tishkoff.html

April 15, 2009: YouTube video, Penn Genome Frontiers Institute 2009 Franklin Program
Sarah Tishkoff, concluding remarks
Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEEncu5fVu8
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5baPjo6ugw

April 30, 2009: msnbc.com
Africans have world's greatest genetic variation
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30502963/

May 1, 2009: BBC News online
Africa's genetic secrets unlocked
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8027269.stm

May 1, 2009: Fox News.com
Africans Most Genetically Varied People on Earth
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,518524,00.html

September 25, 2009: News and Publications, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine News Archive
Penn Geneticist Sarah A. Tishkoff Receives 2009 National Institutes of Health Pioneer Award
http://www.uphs.upenn.edu/news/News_Releases/2009/09/tishkoff-pioneer-award/

October 23, 2009: YouTube video of Sarah Tishkoff lecture from University of California television
Evolution and Adaptation in Africa
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0XeLs1bu68&feature=related

December 22, 2009: Cornell University Chronicle Online
Genetic study traces African-Americans' ancestry
http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Dec09/Bustamante.html

2008

May 13, 2008: National Institute of General Medical Sciences interview with Sarah Tishkoff
Human Genetic Diversity
Version with captions: http://publications.nigms.nih.gov/multimedia/captions/tishkoff-captions.html
YouTube Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MeyMEi-QCk&feature=related

2006

December 11, 2006: New York Times
Lactose Tolerance in East Africa Points to Recent Evolution
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/11/science/11evolve.html?_r=2

2003

November-December 2003; American Scientists
We Are All Africans
http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/pub/2003/11/we-are-all-africans/3