Neandertal similarity in the HapMap samples
This post is from 2012 and the results here are no longer current. Readers can find more current information about Neandertal introgression in later posts.
All posts tagged with my research
Human Evolution and Genetics
Introduction
Announcing the Malapa Soft Tissue Project
I am pleased to announce a new open science initiative, focused on a discovery that is unique in paleoanthropology. Together we are going to find out if the ...
Overdominance and rapid adaptation
Introduction
From genes to numbers: effective population sizes in human evolution
Demography is the engine of evolution. Changes in allele frequencies require differential births and deaths of the individuals who carry the alleles. Under n...
No brain expansion in Australopithecus boisei
The endocranial volumes estimated for late Australopithecus boisei specimens (e.g., after 1.8 Ma) are larger than those of earlier specimens. Elton et al (20...
Why human evolution accelerated
n. b. This is a story about my work on recent human evolution, describing some of the main results and how the work came about. The story refers to my paper ...