Possible Brucellosis in an Early Hominin Skeleton from Sterkfontein, South Africa – PLoS ONE
In this paper by Ruggero D’Anastasi and his colleagues, they show how lesions in the fossilised lumbar vertebrae of Australopithecus …
Monthly Archives: July 2009
Four Stone Hearth 72 is up at A Hot Cup of Joe
Carl Feagans is hosting a birthday edition of the carnival over at his blog A Hot Cup of Joe, number …
Autosomal Resequence Data Reveal Late Stone Age Signals of Population Expansion in Sub-Saharan African Foraging and Farming Populations – PLoS ONE
Here’s the introduction to a paper which seeks to determine when and for what reasons modern human populations began to …
Heidelbergensis Skull Fragments Are Latest Finds From Atapuerca
Just a very brief news item from Atapuerca in northern Spain, where recent excavations by team leaders Juan Luis Arsuaga …
Two Cultures Conference – Videos Online at New York Academy of Sciences
Back in May 2009, Science Debate and the New York Academy of Science collaborated in putting together a conference by …
Four Stone Hearth 72 – Call for Submissions
The 72nd edition of the Four Stone Hearth anthropology blog carnival is due to appear this coming Wednesday, July 29th, …
Peopling of Australia:’Reconstructing Indian-Australian Phylogenetic Link’ Satish Kumar et al
Although this is described as a provisional paper, and therefore subject to alteration before official publication, it’s published in full …
The Sixth Mass Coextinction: Are Most Endangered Species Parasites and Mutualists? RSPB
Here’s another free to access paper, by Robert Dunn et al, which discusses circumstances under which extinctions can occur, how …
Impact of Selection and Demography on the Diffusion of Lactase Persistence – PLoS ONE
Here’s a freely accessible paper which amongst many considerations, discusses genetic diffusion in pastoral human populations at the Neolithic transition, …
Navigational Challenges in the Oceanic Migrations of Leatherback Sea Turtles – Royal Society Proceedings B
There’s been lots of interesting anthro news this past week which as yet I haven’t had the time to write …
