November 05, 2006

Actual vs. Observable Criminality

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Inspired from this Telegraph story: Race watchdogs are to investigate the national DNA database over revelations that up to three quarters ...
November 03, 2006

Y chromosomes of Czech Republic

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From the paper: The position of Czech samples in the genetic landscape of central Europe emerges in Correspondence Analysis (Fig. 2). In th...
November 01, 2006

Genetic impact of the caste system in India

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This article has appeared in PubMed but not yet posted on the Human Genetics website. Hum Genet. 2006 Oct 31; [Epub ahead of print] Y-c...

Machiavellian intelligence hypothesis

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Yann points me to a new PNAS article. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA , 10.1073/pnas.0601428103 The dynamics of Machiavellian intelligence Serge...

The Lancet publishes global sex survey

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Scientific American reports : Some of the primary findings of this meta-analysis are unsurprising: Monogamy is the dominant sexual pattern g...

Chess and Intelligence

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A casual reading of this abstract might give the wrong impression that intelligence is not necessary for achievement in chess. However, the ...
October 28, 2006

mtDNA of island Southeast Asia

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A new preprint has appeared in the American Journal of Human Genetics site about the mtDNA origins of island SE Asians. American Journal of ...
October 25, 2006

Blue-eyed men prefer blue-eyed women

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Eye spy a cheat BLUE-eyed men prefer blue-eyed women, apparently because eye colour can help reveal whether their partner has been faithful,...
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Korean mtDNA

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Electrophoresis . 2006 Oct 23; [Epub ahead of print] East Asian mtDNA haplogroup determination in Koreans: Haplogroup-level coding regi...

Realistic bust of Aristotle discovered

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Aristotle as he really looked A bust of Aristotle found beneath the Acropolis in Athens is the first to show the Greek philosopher with a ho...
October 24, 2006

Horse domestication news from Kazakhstan

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See also Botai and Horse Domestication . New evidence of early horse domestication Soil from a Copper Age site in northern Kazakhstan has yi...
October 22, 2006

IQ of Serbian Gypsies

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Intelligence (Article in Press) General mental ability in South Asians: Data from three Roma (Gypsy) communities in Serbia J. Philippe Rush...
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October 20, 2006

Skin tone and attractiveness

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This study seems to echo the results of a different German study which I posted a few years ago. According to the older study: Additional s...
October 19, 2006

Greek origins of some Pathans but not other Pakistanis

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A new article in European Journal of Human Genetics investigates the Greek ancestry of Pakistani populations that sometimes claim descent f...
October 18, 2006

Human species 'may split in two'

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BBC reports : Humanity may split into two sub-species in 100,000 years' time as predicted by HG Wells, an expert has said. Evolutionary ...
October 17, 2006

Hereditary facial expressions

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Via the BBC and Scientific American and New Scientist . This idea makes sense: Peleg speculates that genes might influence the muscle and ...