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paleoanthropology, genetics and evolution

Courses offered, Spring 2007:

Sun, 2007-01-21 23:07 -- John Hawks

It's time for another semester to begin, and I'm looking forward to meeting all my new students. My introductory course, Anthro 105, is meeting Monday morning, and it is likely to be the first class of the semester for many students. Of course, with another 6 inches of snow, I may be missing a few.

My courses this semester are:

I'm going to let this run onto the main page, which may be a bit unusual for regular readers who aren't used to reading much about my classes. A lot of the content over the next few months will be related to my seminar, so this is a bit of a heads-up.

Neandertals

For years, I've worked on their bones. Now I'm working on their genes. Read more about the science studying these ancient people.

Denisova

From a finger bone of an ancient human came the record of a completely unexpected population. My lab is working on the science of the Denisova genome.

Acceleration

The advent of agriculture caused natural selection to speed up greatly in humans. We're uncovering some of the ways that populations have rapidly changed during the last 10,000 years.

Malapa

Just outside Johannesburg, the Malapa site is producing some of the most exciting finds in human evolution. This site is the headquarters of the Malapa Soft Tissue Project.