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Monthly Archives: October 2011
Anatomically correct pumpkin carving is hard
Although I do like how the infraorbital foramina show up…
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You are who we say you are
Just a few days ago I said this about personal genomics: How we conceptualize who we are as biocultural people – composed of a unique combination of genetic material and occupying our own unique time and place in the world … Continue reading
Evolution in a changing world
The upcoming edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (PNAS) features two articles that address global climate change, both of which have already generated press headlines. Rahmsdorf and Coumou have a paper on the expected increase in … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropology, Teaching
Tagged climate change, global warming
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Personal Genomics
Razib Khan, author of Gene Expression at Discover Magazine, has a post up analyzing the genetic ancestry of a Malagasy individual who identifies as Betsileo in ethnicity. By itself, the post is not that remarkable. Using publicly available genetic data … Continue reading
Getting Hip: Babies, Brains and Bipedality (BU Dialogues in Biological Anthropology)
I’m going to be here tomorrow afternoon. The folks at Boston University have a great thing going with this series. I participated in a discussion last Spring on the origin of Homo with Lee Berger, which was a wonderful experience. … Continue reading
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More on why anthropology matters
Rex, at Savage Minds, makes some good points: Education for citizenship is a unique challenge because the world is a uncertain place, and solving the problems we face as a country is not like learning a recipe or performing rote … Continue reading
Tooth wear and stable isotopes: what were these fossils eating?
The New York Times has picked up a story on an article which came out in last week’s edition of Science on hominin diets. The review paper, co-authored by Peter Ungar (Univ. of Arkansas) and Matt Sponheimer (Univ. of Colorado) … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Fossils
Tagged Australopiths, early Homo, Microwear, Stable Isotopes, Teeth
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Short legs, varied topography and locomotor efficiency
Science Daily has a nice story on an article in next month’s American Journal of Physical Anthropology on the relatively short legs of Neandertals. This feature has typically been viewed as an adaptation to the cold climate of Ice Age … Continue reading