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Maps of the American Nations
Continuing my on-going series on the regional differences – genetic regional differences – between the different Euro-Americans in the United States and Canada, here I will present a series of maps demonstrating some of the evidence for the...
Flint flake tool partially covered by birch tar adds to evidence of Neanderthal complex thinking
A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in The Netherlands has found evidence in small a cutting tool of Neanderthals using birch tar. In their paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the group...
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A dance of two atoms reveals chemical bonds forming and breaking
Two rhenium atoms approach and retreat from one another in an electron microscope video.
Evidence of 9,000-year-old farming, animal breeding found in Iran
A group of Iranian archaeologists and researchers have found that farming and animal breeding were practiced some 9,000 years ago around th...
The Top 5 Greek Archaeological Discoveries of the Decade
Stunning discoveries over the past ten years show that archaeology in Greece in the 21st century remains as exciting as ever, with entire cities to uncover.
A Historical-Genetic Reconstruction of Human Extra-Pair Paternity
Paternity testing using genetic markers has shown that extra-pair paternity (EPP) is common in many pair-bonded species [1, 2]. Evolutionary theory an…
How To Name Animals In Germany [flowchart] | Daily InfographicDaily Infographic
Many German words can be hilarious when they're broken down into literal translation. Their animal names are not exempt from that fact.
r/MapPorn - 1958 Time Magazine map of Alaska - by R.M. Chapin
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Neanderthal cranial ontogeny and its implications for late hominid diversity
Neanderthal cranial ontogeny and its implications for late hominid diversity
Laurence Fox branded a 'disgrace' by actors' union amid Question Time race row
The Lewis star, a former public schoolboy, entered a furious spat over the Duchess of Sussex's media treatment
The Belgians did not invent the Hutu and Tutsi ethnic groups, who have different origins
Since I resurrected the analysis of Tutsi genotypes last year I’ve been getting a fair number of emails and messages from people. The issue is that periodically someone, usually, but not alwa…
What people who don’t like music might tell us about social interaction
Musical anhedonia, a neurological condition where people don’t enjoy music, affects 5% of the population. Researchers are exploring if this same condition could also be what impairs social bo…
‘A true emergency’: Spanish government takes on the Church
Spain’s Catholic bishops have expressed fears of a conflict with the new Socialist-led government over radical plans to strip the Church of thousands of “improperly registered” lands and properties…
Can heading a football lead to dementia? The evidence is growing
Concussion can have lifelong consequences and children are particularly at risk
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Utility and First Clinical Application of Screening Embryos for Polygenic Disease Risk Reduction
For over 2 decades preimplantation genetic testing (PGT) has been in clinical use to reduce the risk of miscarriage and genetic disease in patients with advanced maternal age and risk of transmitting disease. Recently developed methods of...
Theoretical and empirical quantification of the accuracy of polygenic scores in ancestry divergent populations
Polygenic scores (PGS) have been widely used to predict complex traits and risk of diseases using variants identified from genome-wide association studies (GWASs). To date, most GWASs have been conducted in populations of European ancestry, which...
Is cesarean section a cause of affective disorders? - A national cohort study using sibling designs
The gut microbiota of children delivered by cesarean section differs from that of children delivered vaginally. In light of the gut-brain axis hypothe…