{"595427":{"#nid":"595427","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Were Ancient Humans Healthier Than Us?","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThis PLOS (Public Library of Science) Blogs post from geneticist \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.rickilewis.com\/bio.htm\u0022\u003ERicki Lewis\u003C\/a\u003E concerns\u0026nbsp;the recent \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.biorxiv.org\/content\/early\/2017\/06\/02\/145193\u0022\u003Estudy\u003C\/a\u003E on the health of our human\u0026nbsp;ancestors vs. today\u0026#39;s populations by Tech researchers\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/biosci.gatech.edu\/people\/joseph-lachance\u0022\u003EJoe Lachance\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/aliberens.weebly.com\u0022\u003EAli J. Barens\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and Taylor Cooper. The team used human genome sequences to determine that, yes, Neanderthals and other ancient populations living 50,000 years ago were genetically more susceptible to certain ailments, but some\u0026nbsp;\u0026quot;recent ancients\u0026quot;\u0026nbsp;who were around a mere\u0026nbsp;thousand years ago\u0026nbsp;could have been healthier. Lachance is an assistant professor in the School of Biological Sciences. \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/aliberens.weebly.com\u0022\u003EBarens\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/a\u003Eis a postdoctoral researcher and Cooper is an undergraduate researcher in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/popgen.gatech.edu\/people\/\u0022\u003ELachance Lab\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2017-09-01 16:18:29","changed_gmt":"2017-09-01 16:22:25","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Love Scholarship","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/blogs.plos.org\/dnascience\/2017\/08\/31\/were-ancient-humans-healthier-than-us\/","dateline":{"date":"2017-08-31T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2017-08-31T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"397511":{"id":"397511","type":"image","title":"Joe LaChance","body":null,"created":"1449246361","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 16:26:01","changed":"1475895115","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:51:55","alt":"Joe LaChance","file":{"fid":"75703","name":"lachance.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/lachance.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/lachance.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1049347,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/lachance.jpg?itok=ykm0qkTZ"}},"595428":{"id":"595428","type":"image","title":"Ali J. Barens","body":null,"created":"1504282918","gmt_created":"2017-09-01 16:21:58","changed":"1504282918","gmt_changed":"2017-09-01 16:21:58","alt":"","file":{"fid":"226922","name":"Ali J. Barens.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Ali%20J.%20Barens.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Ali%20J.%20Barens.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":9761,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Ali%20J.%20Barens.jpg?itok=TsTKEw72"}}},"media_ids":["397511","595428"],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"1275","name":"School of Biological Sciences"}],"categories":[{"id":"138","name":"Biotechnology, Health, Bioengineering, Genetics"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166882","name":"School of Biological Sciences"},{"id":"170037","name":"Joe Lachance"},{"id":"175393","name":"Ali J. Barens"},{"id":"175394","name":"Taylor Cooper"},{"id":"5718","name":"Genetics"},{"id":"175395","name":"human genome"},{"id":"175396","name":"neanderthal"},{"id":"175397","name":"ancient peoples"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}