This Science paper just came out from my alma mater, UCSC, and it should be a very interesting read:
Human Genome Ultraconserved Elements Are Ultraselected
Ultraconserved elements in the human genome are defined as stretches of at least 200 base pairs of DNA that match identically with corresponding regions in the mouse and rat genomes. Most ultraconserved [...]
August 16, 2007
Ultraselected & Ultraconserved Regions of the Human Genome
August 16, 2007
Spanish paint found on Egyptian mummy
By way of the Discovery Channel, I’ve got some cool Egyptology news to share with you. The Brooklyn Museum is planning to extensively analyze its collections of Egyptian mummies in the coming weeks. One of the first mummies they analyzed, known as Demetrios, died sometime around 94-100 AD, and is already revealing some interesting results. [...]
August 16, 2007
13,000 year old Mammoth engraving found in Cheddar caves
For those of us into prehistoric art, the University of Bristol is running a press release announcing a possible Palaeolithic engraving discovered at Cheddar Caves and Gorge by members of the University of Bristol Spelaeological Society (UBSS).
The engraving, appears to be an outline drawing of a mammoth. The image on your right, is all I [...]
August 16, 2007
Four Stone Hearth #21
The most current issue of the Four Stone Hearth is up at Archaeolog, and I’ll be honest… I’m a little curious about what’s going on with our anthropology blogging carnival.
This current issue has six entries, five from the same blog, and I know there shoulda been at least one more post. I submitted an entry [...]
