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PLoS Blogs

Wed, 2010-09-01 15:44 -- John Hawks

PLoS now has blogs. The announcement accentuates that they have an equal representation of scientists and science journalists.

Neuroanthropology, authored by Daniel Lende and Greg Downey, will be of interest to many of my readers. John Rennie also has a "plog" as they're calling them, "The Gleaming Retort". "Speakeasy Science", by University of Wisconsin journalism professor Deborah Blum, has made the jump to PLoS as well.

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.