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Scientists are finding a dynamic story in human physiology linked to frigid temperatures—a story that climate change may rewrite.
Scientists are finding a dynamic story in human physiology linked to frigid temperatures—a story that climate change may rewrite.
Палеогенетики прочитали ДНК из фрагмента кости, найденного на юго-востоке Аляски. Останки принадлежали женщине, жившей примерно т…
Two anthropologists explain how humans managed to not just survive but dominate northern climates despite evolutionary origins…
Humans are a tropical species. We have lived in warm climates for most of our evolutionary history, which might explain why so…
Archaeology and genetics can’t yet agree on when humans first arrived in the Americas. That’s good science and here’s why - by…
Ancient humans are far older, and were more widespread, than we thought. What else is there to learn?
Nearly a century ago, archaeologists started to shift the focus of human origins research from Europe to Africa’s ‘cradles of…
Our paper "Paleo-Eskimo genetic ancestry and the peopling of Chukotka and North America" analyses 48 new ancient genomes from…
In 2010, extraordinary circumstances allowed geneticists to reconstruct the first full genome of an ancient human: the DNA came…
By Peter D. Heintzman*1 Introduction: Deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA for short, is the magical molecule that encodes…
I noted in an earlier post that studies of the dog genealogy seem to follow historical precedent, with trees being used for the…
After a long wait, this week we are likely to read (and for the lucky few, hear) the long-awaited results of the genetic…
Estraiamo il DNA? (Cortesia brewbooks). In ginocchio, a raccogliere terra per studiare la biodiversità. Fra i più recenti…
Analizzare il DNA di uomini vissuti migliaia di anni fa non è proprio la cosa più semplice del mondo, ma un gruppo di…
A dzisiaj przeczytacie o tym, czy wreszcie rozwiązano zagadkę śmierci Tutanchamona; o genetycznej rekonstrukcji antycznych…
There's a nice post over at John Hawk's Weblog on the recent news that a group of researchers sequenced nearly 80% of the…
As reported in the New York Times, the cover article of Nature this…
By Iddo on February 13th, …
Para haber vivido hace muchos años se sabe bastante sobre él. Por medio de varios detallados y cuidadosos estudios, un grupo de…
Ancient human genome sequence of an extinct Palaeo-Eskimo. 2010. M. Rasmussen, et al. Nature 463: 757-762.Art by Nuka…
Gracias a unos pocos mechones de pelo encontrados congelados por mas de 4.000 años en Groenlandia científicos daneses han…
Artist’s impression of Inuk based on genetic…
Hi all, this is Kambiz. I’m resurfacing to share with you a new Peopling of the America’s research that peeked my interests.