What you may call the hip or pelvis is actually formed by the joining of ilia, ischia, pubis bones to the sacrum and the coccyx. The shape of the human pelvis is unique amongst primates and part of the complex of anatomical changes which allow us for bipedal motility.
Between males and females, the pelvis [...]
October 6, 2008
Higher Rates of C-Section Deliveries For Asian Mothers & White Fathers
October 6, 2008
Prehistoric Population Sizes & Migrations Within Africa Inferred From Coalescent Theory
The other day Dienekes pointed out a paper on ancestral human population dynamics within Africa before the out of Africa migrations. The paper is very similar to one I reviewed in April, which also focuses on the diversity of the mitochondrial haplogroup L — one of the oldest mtDNA haplogroups out there.
The new paper, “Bayesian [...]
