They are perhaps the most mysterious of all hominids - the Denisovans. Stumbled upon just over a decade ago, this group has given up its DNA but not all of its bones. LAURA SHACKELFORD is an Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology and the Anatomy Director for the Carle Illinois College of Medicine. Her research focuses on the evolution of our species, Homo sapiens, as a background to understanding recent human diversity. Laura has a geographic focus in Southeast Asia, and since 2008 has co-directed ongoing field research in northern Laos. This culminated in the discovery of a tooth belonging to a young Denisovan girl. MARK from Evolution Soup talks Denisovans, Ghost Populations and Virtual Archaeology with Laura. #denisovans #evolution #paleoanthropology 00:00 START 01:21 Laura's background 02:32 Denisovans 07:03 Discovery in Laos 19:16 Ghost populations 23:12 Virtual archaeology 31:40 Future projects 34:31 Photo memories of Laos 34:53 The art of Ettore Mazza LINKS FOR LAURA SHACKELFORD VRchaeology https://www.vrchaeology.com/the-team Carle Illinois College of Medicine https://medicine.illinois.edu/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/illinoismed YOUTUBE Virtual Archaeology: The Efficacy of Virtual Reality for Social Science Education https://bit.ly/3M608Ja RESEARCH PAPERS: https://anthro.illinois.edu/directory/profile/llshacke https://experts.illinois.edu/en/persons/laura-lynn-shackelford SEE ALSO: Fabrice Demeter Twitter: https://twitter.com/Indi750 ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Fabrice-Demeter Clément Zanolli Twitter: https://twitter.com/clementzanolli David Huang: https://education.illinois.edu/faculty/wenhao-david-huang Interviews powered by https://streamyard.com/ #evolutionsoup #evolution #paleo #paleontology #paleoartist #Homosapiens #hominid #artwork #Darwin #cave #bone #fossils #Neanderthal #australopithecus #hominin #extinct #animals #science #anthropology #paleoanthropology #genus #species #africa #skull #skulls #naturalselection #lucy #paleontology --------------- SUBSCRIBE to Evolution Soup: http://bit.ly/2pUOYSb FOLLOW Evolution Soup Instagram & Twitter! @evolution_soup SUBSCRIBE to the Podcast! http://evolutionsoup.buzzsprout.com/ [RSS feed: https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/354743.rss] Shop at our store! https://www.redbubble.com/people/evolutionsoup/shop Evolution Soup SHOP: https://www.redbubble.com/people/evolutionsoup/shop In association with Talk Beliefs YouTube Channel: http://bit.ly/2lA6YOv DISCLAIMER: Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. Creative Commons.