Alan Cooper

Today's Expat, Alan Cooper, works for the Australian Centre for Ancient DNA. ACAD conducts leading research into ancient human migration, megafaunal extinction, ancient microbiomes and forensic… Audio

Director of the Australian Centre for Ancient DNA at the University of Adelaide who has been awarded a Laureate Fellowship by the Australian Research Council, using ancient micro biomes and genomes to… Audio

Mr Mallard says he's dead serious about the plan, which would involve reintroducing Moa to the forests of Wainuiomata in his constituency of Hutt South. Audio

University of Adelaide evolutionary biologist Alan Cooper discusses his latest findings that have redrawn the family tree of the kiwi. Audio

Kim Hill reads messages from listeners to the Saturday Morning programme of 24 May 2014. Audio

Evolutionary biologist and Director of the Australian Centre for Ancient DNA at the University of Adelaide, whose paper on the evolutionary history of the kiwi was published this week in the journal… Audio

A study using ancient DNA shatters the idea that the kiwi is most closely related to the emu. Instead, its closest cousin is the elephant bird. Audio

Director of the Australian Centre for Ancient DNA at the University of Adelaide. Alan's a former Wellingtonian who is leading groundbreaking research which uses ancient DNA to record and study… Audio

Scientists have shown the moa survived major climate change - only to be forced to extinction by the arrival of humans. Audio

An international team re-created woolly mammoth haemoglobin from ancient DNA, and discovered it had some remarkable properties Audio

A team of international scientists have found a way to reproduce the DNA of extinct animals - starting with the mammoth. Audio

Scientists have performed the first DNA-based reconstruction of the extinct moa bird, using pre-historic feathers recovered from Otago. Audio