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The Annotated Origin

Fri, 2009-05-29 09:42 -- John Hawks

You can read On the Origin of Species online for free. So why would you want to buy The Annotated Origin by James Costa? Because those notes are like a blog written by a friendly historian of science, sitting right beside the original text.

The publisher has some sample sections. I find it oddly compelling.

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Darwin

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.