January 30, 2008

How chimpanzee and human diets affect gene expression

Even though I read the classic 1975 Science paper by Mary-Claire King and Allan Wilson, where they demonstrated through comparative protein analysis, that chimpanzees and humans are genetically 99% identical, I was still shocked to read the results of the initial draft of the chimpanzee genome when it came out in September 2005. Like many [...]

January 30, 2008

Four Stone Hearth XXXIII @ Greg Laden

The 33rd edition of the anthropology blog carnival Four Stone Hearth is now up and running at Greg Laden, and comes with this recommendation from Greg…
This is an exceptionally outstanding set of posts for this or any carnival. I’m sure you will enjoy visiting and reading each and every one of these submissions.
He also includes [...]