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February 6, 2014

Planning area of the brain "specifically human".

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That's what a new paper claims, based in scan comparison with macaques. Franz-Xaver Neubert, Comparison of Human Ventral Frontal Co...

Medieval Germans, Hungarians and the spread of lactose tolerance

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A new ancient DNA study found that 800 years ago in Dalheim (Western Germany) lactase persistence was already similar to modern day frequen...
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February 1, 2014

More details on the Neanderthal legacy in modern humans

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Is straight hair Neanderthal? A quick note on two recent studies on the relevance of Neanderthal introgression on modern Humankind, not...
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January 28, 2014

La Braña 1 carried the very rare Y-DNA haplogroup C (possibly C6-V20)

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La Braña 1 without makeup (Check for the updates below, please). The late Epipaleolithic forager from NW Iberia (previously discussed...
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January 27, 2014

Is the ability to digest milk in Europeans caused by ancient social inequality?

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I've got involved these days in a discussion at Dienekes' Anthropology Blog on the causes of lactase persistance (LP), i.e. the ab...
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January 26, 2014

Human Y chromosome undergoes purifying selection

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A somewhat technical yet interesting study on Y chromosome evolution in humans: Melissa A. Wilson Sayres et al., Natural Selection Redu...
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January 25, 2014

Andalusian mtDNA highlights W-E differences

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The issue of W-E genetic differences in Iberia has been discussed before in this blog by guest author Argiedude on the grounds of Y-DNA, s...
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