• Question: How did you get involved/get into your field of work? e.g. geneology/lectures etc

    Asked by on 5 Jan 2019. This question was also asked by .
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      James Cole answered on 5 Jan 2019:

      I was always interested in the past. I grew up in Zimbabwe and was lucky enough to spend much of my childhood exploring the ancient ruins of Great Zimbabwe (google this and see something amazing) and related settlements. When I went to University to study Archaeology, I knew within a few weeks that this was the life for me. I then spent the next 10 years or so working to become a lecturer.

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      Kevin Daly answered on 6 Jan 2019:

      I enjoyed biology and history in secondary school, and had to choose between Science and History when going to college (I went for Science). During my degree I specialized in genetics – which I didn’t actually enjoy when in secondary school, but realized how fantastic it was in college. Then in my third year I was assigned a literature review about ancient genomes of Neanderthals and Denisovans – relative of modern humans that are now extinct, but have contributed to some human populations – and fell in love with the area – of studying the past with ancient genomes. The idea of it still genuinely excites me – very Jurassic Park, but with less frog DNA! After that, I was lucky enough to do my final year project working on ancient Giant Irish Deer, and in the same lab I started my PhD.

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      Gill Harrison answered on 9 Jan 2019:

      I started my career as a radiographer, after visiting the hospital and various clinics to see which area of health care I wanted to work in. Initially I did a diploma (now it’s a degree) in radiography and then started to do the ultrasound course two years later, as I knew during my training that ultrasound was the right branch of radiography for me. To get onto the course I had to spend time working with the other sonographers, so that they knew I had the passion and determination to be successful.

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      Gill Harrison answered on 9 Jan 2019:

      A combination of the two, depending on the circumstances.

      Studies on twins who were separated at birth suggest that nature has a strong influence on many aspects of development and personality

      e.g. https://www.livescience.com/47288-twin-study-importance-of-genetics.html

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