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    John Hawks

    John Hawks

    I’m a paleoanthropologist, studying fossil hominins and genetics.

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    Most phenotypic evolution is neutral, er, I

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    A bee orchid. Photo by Mr. Bov, available on Flickr. Creative Commons Attribution license

    Tags: genetic drift, genetic drift, neutral-not

    Updated: July 3, 2007

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