I will be presenting our research in a poster session at the in-person portion of the conference in Denver and also as a virtual podium presentation in the online portion of the conference. The presentation video, poster, references, and my favorite conference highlights will be added to this post.

Poster

Will be on display as Poster #54 on Thursday, March 24th 8:00-6:30 in the “Genetics & Genomics: Evolution and Populations” #AABA2022 poster session in the Plaza Foyer, Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel.

Presentation Video

Will be presented and discussed in the “Genetics & Genomics: Adaptation and Complex Traits” #AABA2022 online session on Tuesday, March 29th from 5:00-6:00 pm MDT.

References

• Altschul, S.F. et al. (1997). Gapped BLAST and PSI-BLAST: a new generation of protein database search programs. Nucleic Acids Res. 25:3389-3402.
• Alveshere, A.J. & Riccardi, V.M. (2020). The Human NF1 Locus: A unique hominin genotype with potential evolutionary significance. Paper presented at the 89th annual conference of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Los Angeles, CA (virtual due to pandemic).
• Bloomfield, G. et al. (2015). Neurofibromin controls macropinocytosis and phagocytosis in Dictyostelium. eLife, 4, e04940.
• Cota B.C.L., et al. (2018).  Amusia and its electrophysiological correlates in neurofibromatosis type 1.  Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria 76(5), 287-295
• Evrony et al. (2016). Resolving rates of mutation in the brain using single-neuron genomics. eLife, 5, e12966.
• Fisher S. E. (2019). Human Genetics: The Evolving Story of FOXP2. Current Biology: CB, 29(2), R65–R67.
• Fisher, S. E., & Scharff, C. (2009). FOXP2 as a molecular window into speech and language. Trends in Genetics 25(4), 166–177.
• Formicola, V. (2007). From the Sunghir Children to the Romito Dwarf:  Aspects of the Upper Paleolithic Funerary Landscape. Current Anthropology, 48(3), 446–453.
• Hamacher, D. et al. (2022). The First Astronomers: How Indigenous Elders read the stars. Allen & Unwin
• Helfferich, J. et al. (2016) Neurofibromatosis type 1 associated low grade gliomas:  A comparison with sporadic low grade gliomas, Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology 104:30-41
• Kelly, L. (2015).  Knowledge and Power in Prehistoric Societies:  Orality, Memory, and the Transmission of Culture.  Cambridge
• Kelly, L (2020). Memory Craft.  Pegasus
• Levine TM, et al. (2006).  Cognitive profile of neurofibromatosis type 1. Semin Pediatr Neurol 13:8-20
• Lodato, M. A.,  et al. (2015). Somatic mutation in single human neurons tracks developmental and transcriptional history. Science (New York, N.Y.), 350(6256), 94–98.
• Masgras, I. et al. (2007).  Absence of Neurofibromin Induces an Oncogenic Metabolic Switch via Mitochondrial ERK-Mediated Phosphorylation of the Chaperone TRAP1,  Cell Reports 18(3): 659-672
• Melloni, G., et al. 2019.  Risk of Optic Pathway Glioma in Neurofibromatosis Type 1: No Evidence of Genotype–Phenotype Correlations in a Large Independent CohortCancers 11(12), 1838
• Meyer M. et al.  (2012). A High-Coverage Genome Sequence from an Archaic Denisovan Individual. Science 201; 338(6104):222-6
• Morley, I. (2006). Hunter-gatherer music and its implications for identifying intentionality in the use of acoustic space. In C. Scarre & G. Lawson (Eds.), Archaeoacoustics (pp. 95-105). Cambridge: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research.
• Nunn, P. (2018). The Edge of Memory: Ancient Stories, Oral Tradition and the Post-Glacial World.  Bloomsbury
• Neale, M. & Kelly, L (2020).  Songlines (First Knowledges): The Power and Promise. Thames & Hudson Australia
• Petru, Simona. (2019). Identity and Fear – Burials in the Upper Palaeolithic. Documenta Praehistorica. 45. 6-13. 10.4312/dp.45-1.
• Silva, A.,et al. (1997).  A mouse model for the learning and memory deficits associated with neurofibromatosis type I. Nat Genet 15, 281–284 https://doi.org/10.1038/ng0397-281
• Staes, N. et al. (2017). FOXP2 variation in great ape populations offers insight into the evolution of communication skills. Scientific reports, 7(1), 16866. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-16844-x
• Upadhyaya, M., Cooper, M.N. , Ed.s (2012). Neurofibromatosis Type 1: Molecular and Cellular Biology.  Springer
• Watkins, K. E. et al. (2002). Behavioural analysis of an inherited speech and language disorder: comparison with acquired aphasia. Brain: a journal of neurology, 125(Pt 3), 452–464.

Image Credits

• Blue Marble: Next Generation+topography+bathymetry. Equirectangular projection. Reto Stöckli, NASA Earth Observatory, modified by NordNordWest, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blue_Marble_Next_Generation_%2B_topography_%2B_bathymetry.jpg
• Upper Paleolithic rock art panel. Leang Tedongnge Cave, Sulawesi, Indonesia. Oktaviana, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Leang_Tedongnge_rock_art_panel_credit_AA_Oktaviana-01.jpg
• Upper Paleolithic bone flute. Divje Babe, Slovenia. dalbera from Paris, France, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fl%C3%BBte_pal%C3%A9olithique_(mus%C3%A9e_national_de_Slov%C3%A9nie,_Ljubljana)_(9420310527).jpg
• Upper Paleolithic bone flute, Geissenklösterle. José-Manuel Benito Álvarez, CC BY-SA 2.5 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5>, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped.  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flauta_paleol%C3%ADtica_blanco.jpg
• Serranía de la Lindosa Rock Paintings, northwestern Colombia; Las Dantas panel at Cerro Azul, La Lindosa (arrow points to proposed giant sloth painting). Iriarte et al., CC BY 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Serrania_de_la_Lindosa_rock_paintings_-_Iriarte_et_al_2022.jpg
• Hopi Pueblo. Kachina doll (Sa’lakwmana), late 19th century. Wood, pigment, 9 x 7 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. (22.9 x 19.1 x 8.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1904, Museum Collection Fund, 04.297.5543. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 04.297.5543_transp6238.jpg) https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/17012
• The Blue Marble.  NASA Apollo 17, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Blue_Marble.jpg
• Chimpanzee, human reflection. Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chimpanzee_(4407365183).jpg
• One dead and many newborn hippocampal neurons. Confocal microscopy AlmudenaFM, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/Death_eyes.jpg
• Artist’s impression of Upper Paleolithic double burial. Sunghir, Russia. Libor Balák, Anthropark http://www.anthropark.wz.cz/gravetta.htm
• Dictyostelium discoideum fruiting bodies and slug. Usman Bashir, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dictyostelium_discoideum_02.jpg