Adam Siepel, Brona Brejova and colleagues at several other institutions will report in an upcoming issue of the the journal Genome Research on their discoveries. They’ve found about 300 previously unidentified human genes, and found extensions of several hundred genes already known using computers to compare portions of the human genome with those of other [...]
November 18, 2007
Are the 2.04 Million Year Old Wushan Fossils the Oldest Hominin from China?
Tim Jones, of Remote Central, is on top of the ball. He’s been nailing down some awesome anthropology news lately. This is one of the ones that caught my eye recently. You know of Wushan Man? Wushan Man is the name given to a lower jawbone fragment and an incisor as well as more than 230 pieces of [...]
November 18, 2007
Four Stone Hearth – Wed. November 21st – Call For Submissions
As yet another, or more accurately, the 28th edition of the Four Stone Hearth anthropology blog carnival comes winging its way over the horizon, here’s a quick reminder to submit any contributions, be they typed at speed by one’s own hand, or slowly and deliberately culled from the writings of someone else, to Hot Cup [...]
