@book{jones_2022, title={Ancient DNA}, ISBN={9780300240122 9780300262377}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.12987/yale/9780300240122.001.0001}, DOI={10.12987/yale/9780300240122.001.0001}, abstractNote={Ancient DNA research—the recovery of genetic material from long-dead organisms—is a discipline that developed from science fiction into a reality between the 1980s and today. Drawing on scientific, historical, and archival material, as well as original interviews with more than fifty researchers worldwide, the book explores the field's formation and explains its relationship with the media by examining its close connection to de-extinction, the science and technology of resurrecting extinct species. The book reveals how the search for DNA from fossils flourished under the influence of intense press and public interest, particularly as this new line of research coincided with the book and movie Jurassic Park. This is the first account to trace the historical and sociological interplay between science and celebrity in the rise of this new research field. In the process, the book argues that ancient DNA research is more than a public-facing science: it is a celebrity science.}, publisher={Yale University Press}, author={Jones, Elizabeth D.}, year={2022}, month={Mar} }
 @article{jones_boesl_2021, title={Ancient human DNA: A history of hype (then and now)}, volume={21}, ISSN={["1741-2951"]}, DOI={10.1177/1469605321990115}, abstractNote={In this article on the history of ancient DNA research, we argue that the innovation of next-generation sequencing (NGS) of the early 2000s has ushered in a second hype cycle much like the first hype cycle the field experienced in the 1990s with the advent of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). While the first hype cycle centered around the search for the oldest DNA, the field’s current optimism today promotes the rhetoric of revolution surrounding the study of ancient human gnomes. This is evidenced from written sources and personal interviews with researchers who feel the vast amount of data, the conclusions being made from this data, and the ever-increasing celebrity status of the field are perhaps moving too fast for their own good. Here, we use the concept of contamination, in both a literal and figurative understanding of the term, to explore the field’s continuities and disparities. We also argue that a number of additional, figurative interpretations of “contamination” are useful for navigating the current debate between geneticists and archaeologists regarding the origin, evolution, and migration of ancient humans across space and time. Our historical outlook on aDNA’s disciplinary development, we suggest, is necessary to accurately appreciate the state of the field, how it came to be, and where it might go in the future.}, number={2}, journal={JOURNAL OF SOCIAL ARCHAEOLOGY}, author={Jones, Elizabeth D. and Boesl, Elsbeth}, year={2021}, month={Jun}, pages={236–255} }
 @article{jones_2020, title={Assumptions of authority: the story of Sue the T-rex and controversy over access to fossils}, volume={42}, ISSN={["1742-6316"]}, DOI={10.1007/s40656-019-0288-4}, abstractNote={Abstract}, number={1}, journal={HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF THE LIFE SCIENCES}, author={Jones, Elizabeth D.}, year={2020}, month={Mar} }