January 31, 2007

Y chromosomes from Lasithi (Crete)

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A new paper has appeared about Y chromosome haplogroups in Crete. I will read it more carefully and comment later on. I would be interested ...

Tree of life may not capture the complexities of evolution

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The tree of life concept basically states that all living organisms are descended from previous living organisms, all the way to a unique co...

"Hobbit" wars continue

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From the Toronto Star : In the ongoing battle between the two camps, the latest evidence is in. The hobbit is definitely a new species of hu...
January 25, 2007

mtDNA Differences between populations of Ashkenazi Jews

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From the paper: Eur J Hum Genet. 2007 Jan 24; [Epub ahead of print] Ashkenazi Jewish mtDNA haplogroup distribution varies among distinc...
January 24, 2007

Sub-Saharan African Y chromosome haplogroup A in white British surname

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From the BBC story : People of African origin have lived in Britain for centuries, according to genetic evidence. A Leicester University stu...
January 21, 2007

Old people like arched eyebrows

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You learn something new every day... Aesthetic Plast Surg. 2007 Jan 17; [Epub ahead of print] Attractiveness of Eyebrow Position and Sh...
January 18, 2007

Charles Murray's Intelligence Trilogy in WSJ

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Intelligence in the Classroom (Jan. 16) Half of all children are below average, and teachers can do only so much for them. Hardly anyone wi...

Positive selection for human skin color

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Annals of Human Genetics (OnlineEarly Articles) Signatures of Positive Selection in Genes Associated with Human Skin Pigmentation as Reveal...

mtDNA of Chad Basin populations

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Annals of Human Genetics (OnlineEarly Articles) A Bidirectional Corridor in the Sahel-Sudan Belt and the Distinctive Features of the Chad B...
January 16, 2007

ASPM and Microcephalin don't make people smarter

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In Sep-05 a couple of papers showing that two brain genes, ASPM and Microcephalin had undergone positive selection in humans appeared in ...

New study on Pestera cu Oase cranium from Romania

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I don't see the study online yet [ it is now online, see below ], but here is the EurekAlert release: Putting a face on the earliest mo...
January 11, 2007

New Kostenki and South African finds in Science magazine (earliest occupation of Eurasia by modern humans)

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I didn't see the papers online yet [ they are now online ], but from EurekAlert : The excavation took place at Kostenki, a group of more...

Age-related immigration to imperial Rome

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Am J Phys Anthropol. 2007 Jan 4; [Epub ahead of print] Isotopic evidence for age-related immigration to imperial Rome Browse TL et al....
January 10, 2007

Reduced Y chromosome diversity of Central Asian pastoral populations

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Curr Biol. 2007 Jan 9;17(1):43-8. From social to genetic structures in central Asia. Chaix R. et al. Pastoral and farmer populations, who h...
January 07, 2007

Linguistic and Genetic Relationships of Central and South Americans

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Am J Phys Anthropol. 2007 Jan 4; [Epub ahead of print] A formal test of linguistic and genetic coevolution in native Central and South A...

DNA of the extinct Beothuk

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Am J Phys Anthropol. 2007 Jan 4; [Epub ahead of print] A preliminary analysis of the DNA and diet of the extinct Beothuk: A systematic ...
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