Natural selection has made Europeans lighter over past 5,000 years
Ancient DNA from archaeological skeletons shows that Europeans had darker skin, hair, and eye pigmentation 5,000 years ago There has been much research into the … Read more
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Fossilized human feces from 14th century contain antibiotic resistance genes
A team of French investigators has discovered viruses containing genes for antibiotic resistance in a fossilized fecal sample from 14th century Belgium, long before antibiotics … Read more
Study suggests that Neandertals shared speech and language with modern humans
Fast-accumulating data seem to indicate that our close cousins, the Neandertals, were much more similar to us than imagined even a decade ago. But did … Read more
Modern dogs are more Asian fusions than Euro pups
Don’t close the book on Fido’s genealogy just yet: A new study led by University of California, Davis, wildlife genetics researchers provides a surprising glimpse … Read more
Putting the dead to work for conservation biology
Conservation paleobiologists — scientists who use the fossil record to understand the evolutionary and ecological responses of present-day species to changes in their environment — are putting the dead to work.
A new review of the rese…
