As more and more of our genome becomes decoded, I think we’ll begin to see a proliferation of genes identified to unique behaviors that we have had no explanation for. Don’t believe me? Well, I have news that the gene most closely linked to left-handedness has been found.
The discovery has been published in Molecular Psychiatry, [...]
August 1, 2007
LRRTM1: A possible gene for left-handedness
August 1, 2007
Volume 20 of the Four Stone Hearth is up!
Really quick, I wanted to announce that volume 20 of our anthropology blog carnival, the Four Stone Hearth is up over at Afarensis. He’s rounded up an impressive collection of anthropology related blogging, and from what I’ve read, I think we have all the sub disciplines represented, from linguistics to archaeology. If you’re an anthro-nerd, [...]
August 1, 2007
Four Stone Hearth XX
Afarensis has just posted the latest edition of FSH, and on this occasion it’s a mixed bag of essays and articles from here and there as Afarensis explains…
I received submissions from eight people for this edition of the Four Stone Hearth. From my perambulations around the internet, however, I knew that there were more good [...]
August 1, 2007
Stimulus Respond – ‘Travel’
The latest issue of ‘Stimulus Respond’ is now available as a download, with ‘Travel’ as the theme running through it – you can get the pdf from here. This will be their last online edition, with future issues appearing in print – subscription details are available at their website. Here’s a message from editor Jack [...]
