Africa, the churning continent
Gene Expression,
Martin Meredith’s The Fortunes of Africa glosses very quickly over one of the major reasons that the “great scramble” for the…
Martin Meredith’s The Fortunes of Africa glosses very quickly over one of the major reasons that the “great scramble” for the…
A few years ago I suggested to the paleoanthropologist Chris Stringer that the first modern humans who arrived in Europe did…
Recently I had the pleasure of having lunch with David Reich and he asked me about my opinions in relation to the Afro-Asiatic…
Lots of stuff at SMBE of interest to me. I went to the Evolution meeting last year, and it was a little thin on genetics for me.
Over at Brown Pundits I’ve mentioned the continuing simmer of controversy over a recent piece, How genetics is settling the…
Food is a big deal for humans. Without it we die. Unlike some animals (here’s looking at you pandas) we’re omnivorous. We eat…
One of the most fascinating things about ancient Egypt is its continuity, and our granular and detailed knowledge of that…
Ancient DNA from here to there: Ancient DNA has illuminated many things, but there is a logic as to what topics and questions…
This week we got to know a lot more about the genetics of ancient West Asians, from the Mesolithic, Neolithic and later times.
Les premiers fermiers sont apparus au Proche-Orient entre 10.000 et 9.000 av. JC.. Ils ont cultivé des plantes et domestiqué…
Heady days for ancient DNA researchers. There have been two major papers in the past month looking at the DNA of Neolithic…
Huge one from the Laz at bioRxiv: We report genome-wide ancient DNA from 44 ancient Near Easterners ranging in time between ~12…