One of the hallmarks of human evolution, aside from our bipedalism and extraordinarily large brains, are our forelimbs… especially the famed prehensile thumb. Our forelimbs, or arms, are extremely flexible compared to a quadruped. For example, because of the shallowness of the ball and socket joint that connects our humerus to our scapula, our arms [...]
January 24, 2008
1,000 Genomes Project announced, but is it really 1,000 genomes?
I welcome the news of the 1,000 human genome project that was announced a couple days ago eagerly. It is a really ambitious effort that will involve sequencing (parts of) the genomes of at least a thousand people from around the world to create the most detailed and useful picture to date of human genetic [...]
