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Spencer Wells
Spencer Wells Ph.D.
An Evening With Spencer Wells
Tuesday, February 27, 7:00 – 9:00 P.M.
Museum of Nature & Science IMAX Theatre
1318 S. 2nd Avenue
Dallas, TX.
$25.00
Spencer Wells Student Lecture
Wednesday, February 28, 10:00 – 11:30 A.M.
Bishop Dunne Catholic High School
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Biography
This scientist, author, and documentary filmmaker has dedicated much of his career to studying humankind’s family tree and closing the gaps in our knowledge of human migration. Wells was recently named project director of the groundbreaking multiyear Genographic Project, which uses DNA samples to trace human migration out of Africa over 60,000 years ago. For Wells, the assignment is a dream come true, marrying his two passions of biology and history. Wells’s own journey of discovery began at the University of Texas, where he enrolled at 16, majored in biology, and graduated Phi Beta Kappa three years later. He then pursued his Ph.D. at Harvard University. He conducted postdoctoral training at Stanford University’s School of Medicine with Luca Cavalli-Sforza, considered the “father of anthropological genetics.” It was there that Wells became committed to studying genomic diversity in indigenous populations and unraveling age-old mysteries about early human migration. This program is presented in association with National Geographic Live!
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