Out of Africa’s Mutational Marks
There are many different processes that alter allele frequencies. The most commonly understood concept is Natural Selection. But others such …
Monthly Archives: December 2015
The Complicated Genetic Lineage of Prehistoric Ireland
A study published about two days ago in theProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences documents the genomes of four prehistoric Irish …
No Link Between Introduction of Agriculture & Human Population Growth
Currently, the human population growth is about 1% per year. Prehistoric human population growth, from beginning of the end of …
Ötzi’s Got The Oldest Known Tattoos
Tattoos are becoming ubiquitous. The art of tattooing is ancient, but when it began is unknown. Written records date the …
14,000-Year-Old Bone Found in Red Deer Cave Points to Archaic Human Species
Analysis of a 14,000 year-old partial human femur found in 1989 from the Maludong (Red Deer) Cave in the Yunnan, …
Ancient DNA Indicates Domesticated Dogs Descended from South East Asian Wolves 33,000 Years Ago
A new study in Cell Research,suggests dogs were domesticated in Southeast Asia. The team sequenced the entire genomes of 12 gray …
Humans Sleep More Efficiently Compared To Other Primates
Researchers from Duke University have published a paper in the journal Evolutionary Anthropology. They scoured the scientific literature and compiled …
6,000 Year Old Death Pit Indicates Some Neolithic People Weren’t So Egalitarian
Circular burial pits like the one shown above were common during the Neolithic period in Central and Western Europe some …
300,000 Year Old Wood Tools from Schöningen
A series of detailed reports on the Paleolithic site of Schöningen in north-central Germany which is best known for the …
Morphological Processes That Distinguish Neandertal & Modern Human Faces
A new open access paper in Nature Communications, “Ontogeny of the Maxilla in Neanderthals and their Ancestors,” describes for the …
