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Human evolution, genetics, genomics and their interstices
July 31, 2009
July 30, 2009
Category: Genetics
Megan McArdle has a post, Thining Thin, a follow up to America's Moral Panic Over Obesity. She says: 1. Obesity is increasing in the population, so it can't be genetic. Well, average height is also increasing in the population. Does...
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Category: Genetics
An ancestry informative marker set for determining continental origin: validation and extension using human genome diversity panels: Results In this study, genotypes from Human Genome Diversity Panel populations were used to further evaluate a 93 SNP AIM panel, a subset...
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Category: Blog
Matt Yglesias pointed to this Forbes list of best cities for singles. Shouldn't one observe that the best city for men might not be the best city for women, and vice versa??? (sex ratio differences) Below the fold is the...
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Category: Technology
A quick follow up to the post below, I was curious as to the increased profile of Google in The New York Times (Google trends doesn't seem to be available to the public before 2004) around the turn of the...
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Category: Technology
The collaboration between Yahoo! and Microsoft is spawning a lot of articles about the coming duopoly in search (since the Yahoo! Microsoft deal is for 10 years, we're talking 10 year horizon times). But this got me to thinking: when...
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July 29, 2009
Category: Blog
News story, brought to you by the same people responsible for China Strong....
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July 28, 2009
Category: Anthroplogy
Update: The author of the paper clears up confusions. Follow up to the post yesterday, here's the paper, Physical attractiveness and reproductive success in humans: evidence from the late 20th century United States: Physical attractiveness has been associated with mating...
Posted by Razib Khan at 12:13 PM • 7 Comments •
Category: Evolution
Short article in PLoS Biology, Charles Darwin's Reception in Germany and What Followed....
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July 27, 2009
Category: Culture
In the post below I wanted to have an attractive female headshot, so I naturally looked for something from Megan Fox. A few years ago I probably would have used someone like Jessica Alba. In fact, I did use Alba...
Posted by Razib Khan at 5:40 PM • 5 Comments •
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