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"Just Science"

Mon, 2007-02-05 10:12 -- John Hawks

For the next week, the Just Science aggregator (feed) will be picking up posts from a few dozen science blogs, who have committed to a post a day of just science content. I'll be participating, and while daily science content is nothing unusual here, it may be a great opportunity to find other interesting blogs that you haven't noticed before. Lots of interesting writing about science, all collected in one place -- sounds like a winner!

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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.