tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post325417179721307418..comments2024-01-04T04:11:55.717+02:00Comments on Dienekes’ Anthropology Blog: Analysis of Chimpanzee HistoryDienekeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02082684850093948970noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-20658426851869864222008-04-21T13:05:00.000+03:002008-04-21T13:05:00.000+03:00Extremely interesting but easily explained. It sh...Extremely interesting but easily explained. It shows gene flow is a major evolutionary driver, even in speciation and not just within species. <BR/><BR/>A while ago a paper came out showing the human/chimp split was prolonged and included several hybridization events: <BR/><BR/>http://ai.stanford.edu/~serafim/CS374_2006/papers/nature04789.pdf<BR/><BR/>Another paper showed the cattle/bison buffalo split was also far from simple: <BR/><BR/>http://www.nature.com/hdy/journal/v88/n1/full/6800007a.html<BR/><BR/>Unfortunately it seems you can't just get to them from here. You have to copy them over: <BR/><BR/>Some months back I linked to an essay I'd written on hybrid vigour and inbreeding where I also pointed out that speciation is not an instantaneous event. This really got someone going at this site. However the paper Dienekes has put up here supports the argument I made.terrythttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17327062321100035888noreply@blogger.com