Blog articles
Looking at the traces of wear on tools used by capuchin monkeys
Studying microscopic traces of wear on tools helps create a comparative body of data for early hominin use of tools.
Research highlight: Making ancient DNA more ethical
I helped to draft a statement for the American Society of Human Genetics on responsible research on ancient DNA.
An update to the 23andMe ancestry algorithm, how it constructs a model of ancestral populations
A blog post from the company describes for beginners how ancestry inference works.
Why does ethical ancient DNA sampling seem so complicated?
Working with communities can be challenging but is essential to build a strong science of the past.
Research highlight: A look at the questions raised by Homo naledi
A chapter that presents some of the key topics shaping our continuing investigations of the Rising Star cave system.
Research highlight: How the pandemic must change field research
A group of field scientists come together to evaluate the impact of COVID-19 on our work.
Research highlight: Sexual dimorphism in the relationship between the gut and pelvis
We test the notion that pelvis dimensions can yield accurate estimates of gut size in fossil hominins by looking at today's people.
Goat immunity modified by introgression during and after domestication
A new paper in Science Advances describes some of the evidence for selection on introgressed genes in goats.
Neandertals got 6% of their genomes from Africa
An analysis by Melissa Hubisz and coworkers finds that mtDNA is not all that Neandertals received from our African ancestors
The genetic ancestry of modern lions
A comparison of surviving populations of lions in Africa and India with extinct lions, including cave lions from Siberia and Yukon.
