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- A novel hypothesis for beetle diversification -- Loss of flight promotes beetle diversification
Professor Teiji Sota, Department of Zoology at Kyoto University, and his group demonstrated that loss of flight has been the major driving force for beetle diversification. This finding has been published in Nature Communications on January 31, 2012. - Geneticist clarifies role of Proto-Malays in human origin
INTERVIEW Leading Oxford University geneticist Dr Stephen Oppenheimer is taken aback by how politically charged the research into the origins of human population is in Malaysia. - Is your skin sensitive?
If it is, you are not alone. Millions of men suffer from issues with sensitive skin. Fortunately, there are ways to help soothe your aching epidermis. - Chatham seniors to screen 'A History of Britain' series
The Senior Center of the Chathams will screen “A History of Britain,” a DVD series on Mondays from 10 to 11:30 a.m., starting Feb 6 and running through April. This fascinating documentary discards timelines and tiresome lineages for a lively... - The phylogeography of the trans-Caucasus | Gene Expression
Randy McDonald points me to this fascinating post, Genetic clues to the Ossetian past. In the post author outlines phylogeographic inferences one can make from uniparental lineages; maternal and paternal lines of descent. Specifically, they are in interested in the origins and relationships of the Ossete people. I assume that one reason Randy pointed me [...] - Deciphering Humanity's Archaic Genes
Chris Stringer, a leading scientist at the London Museum of Natural History, has been in the thick of human origins research for the last forty years.