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Twitter higher-ed pointer

Thu, 2013-01-10 12:00 -- John Hawks

Many professors and instructors are starting semesters in the next week or two, me among them. As I'm preparing materials for my spring course, I'll post a few things that I've found useful to shake things up in class.

Many readers will remember my post from last year, "Best practices and tips for Twitter in the higher-ed classroom". It has been consistently one of my top posts since I wrote it last year, and I've gotten some Twitter traffic for it this month. I thought it would be worth a link in case anyone is thinking of adding Twitter interaction to a course and may not have seen it.

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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.