A Modern Human Genetic Adaptation for Diving
The Bajau people of Indonesia are known as “Sea Nomads,” because we’ve known that for thousands of years they live …
Tag Archives: genetics
Oldest Human DNA from Africa Clues Us On Ancient Moroccan Heritage
In 2015 the first African ancient genome of 4,500-year-old human remains found in Ethiopia were published. Now more ancient Africa DNA has been …
Five Neanderthal Genomes Tell Us More Than Ever
We’ve been quite limited by our ancient DNA of Neanderthals due to limited sample size from the fossil record and …
Is Genetics Changing Our Understanding Race?
The New York Times published a Sunday Review that I think you all will find a balanced opinion on genetics …
Denisovans & Modern Humans Introgressed At Least Twice
Sharon Browning and colleagues published a paper in Cell last week that shows there are uniquely different Denisovan genomes in …
The Yamnaya Horsemen & Root of Proto-Indo-European Language
Proto-Indo-European or PIE is the term coined for a ancestral language to the group of languages from Europe and parts …
Ancient DNA Reveal the Foundation Event of the Peopling of the Americas
At a site known today as the Upward Sun River, near the Tanana River Valley in Central Alaska, Ben Potter of the …
The Effect of Diet Changes and The Selection of European Fatty Acid Desaturases
UC Berkeley Integrative Biologist, Rasmus Nielsen and his colleagues, published a fascinating study in the journal Molecular Biology and Evolution looking at …
The Genetics of Inuit Cold Weather Adaptation
A new study in the journal Molecular Biology & Evolution analyzed the genomes of nearly 200 Inuits, looking particularly at …
The Oldest Humans, Aboriginal Australians
A genetic and cultural analysis, published in Nature, of 83 Aboriginal Australians and 25 Papuans from New Guinea suggests there was …
