July 24, 2007

Can one use natural selection or genetic drift to explain human and Neandertal cranial differences?

That’s what Timothy Weaver, Charles Roseman and Chris Stringer, asked in a Journal of Human Evolution paper titled, “Were neandertal and modern human cranial differences produced by natural selection or genetic drift?“
It is an interesting question to ask because if you’ve ever spent some time looking at a Neandertal skull and compared it to a [...]

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