A new study of copy number variation in chimpanzee genome
Both Razib and John Lynch, of Science Blogs, have pulled a fast one on us about an interesting new study …
Monthly Archives: November 2006
A NOVA special on the Turkish Family that walks on all fours
This maybe a little to late to announce, but I just flipped on my PBS channel here in Northern California, …
The tiny magnetite compass in the human nose
Stephen Juan, an anthropologist from the University of Sydney answers Lee Staniforth of Manchester, UK question, “Do humans have a …
Another example of using Google Earth to survey for archaeological sites
I’d like to share news on how archaeology is growing to use non-traditional tools like Google Earth to find sites. …
An introduction to and anatomical evidence supporting Neandertal introgression (Part 1)
PNAS has released a one-two sucker punch of information regarding Neandertal and human evolution. The first piece of information came …
The Phoenix virus fossil resurrected from human genome
If you think HIV is a nasty virus, then wait to you hear about the “Phoenix virus,” a fossil virus …
