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Human evolution, genetics, genomics and their interstices
October 31, 2007
Category: Evolution
Statistical evaluation of alternative models of human evolution: An appropriate model of recent human evolution is not only important to understand our own history, but it is necessary to disentangle the effects of demography and selection on genome diversity. Although...
Posted by Razib Khan at 5:57 PM • 2 Comments •
OK, last update on this obviously because it is the last day of the month. A few readers really went wild in the last few days (in a good way) and from only 5 donors 508 students were impacted! (check...
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October 29, 2007
Category: Genetics
Until recently archeologists held to a model called Clovis First which posited that the Amerindians were descended from Siberian hunters who swept down from Beringia 13,000 years ago and spread rapidly north to south. Findings such as Monte Verde have...
Posted by Razib Khan at 9:58 AM • 1 Comments •
October 28, 2007
Category: Religion
Over at Ross Douthat's blog, a giggle-inducing comment: It seems to me that Mormonism is indeed a lot more illogical than mainstream Christianity. It suffers from logical contradictions that Christianity does not- for example, how can someone be retroactively baptized?...
Posted by Razib Khan at 11:25 PM • 17 Comments •
October 27, 2007
Category: Science
Just listened to an interview on NPR with the author of Power to Save the World: The Truth About Nuclear Energy. She mentions how she had a reflexive prejudice against nuclear energy and generally opposed its use because of her...
Posted by Razib Khan at 4:56 PM • 13 Comments •
Category: Culture
Interesting piece which chronicles the decline in the DVD driven profits of porn companies due to "user generated porn." Porn is in some ways sui generis, so this is an interesting trend. Check out the traffic of YouPorn vs. Facebook....
Posted by Razib Khan at 1:35 AM • 6 Comments •
October 25, 2007
Category: Genetics
Sometimes science is just too cool! A Melanocortin 1 Receptor Allele Suggests Varying Pigmentation Among Neanderthals: The melanocortin 1 receptor (MC1R) regulates pigmentation in humans and other vertebrates. Variants of MC1R with reduced function are associated with pale skin color...
Posted by Razib Khan at 1:59 PM • 19 Comments •
October 24, 2007
Category: Anthroplogy
Four Stone Hearth #26....
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October 23, 2007
Category: Evolution
If you like the science on this weblog, I highly recommend Laelaps, Brian Switek's contribution to the ScienceBlogs network. Where I am more micro and anthro oriented he is more macro and spans the whole tree of life. I'm really...
Posted by Razib Khan at 8:10 PM • 11 Comments •
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