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The Tangled Bank

Fri, 2005-03-11 18:42 -- John Hawks

A blog carnival is a selection of self-submitted articles following a theme of topics. A good one in the area of science and medicine is
The Tangled Bank.

The current edition includes
this great post with an unforgettable title: "How Evolutionary Psychology Can Make You Look Like an Ass." The article is an illustration of uninformed use of EP concepts, and a complaint about how common they are. It's short, and worth thinking about.

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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.