Molecular Anthropology

This is the blog for Yale's undergrad course ANTH204: An introduction to the patterns and processes of human genetic variation. Topics include: human origins and migration; molecular adaptations to environment, lifestyle and disease; ancient and forensic DNA analyses; and genealogical reconstructions.

Friday, December 14, 2012

The Other Hobbit

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The first installment of The Hobbit has hit theaters today, but scientists continue studying the real-life ancient "hobbit,...

Romani people come from India

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Scientists collaborating from many European universities have completed a genome-wide study to trace the history of the European R...

When being short is adaptive

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As a tall person, I've always been told that I had an advantage in life - indeed, height correlates with some metrics of succ...

14 new genes linked with arthritis

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Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic disorder that primarily affects our flexible joints. It causes inflammation in the joints, resulting i...

Epigenetics underlie intergenerational transmission of homosexuality?

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From a purely  evolutionary standpoint, homosexuality may be seen to be a puzzling trait. As it doesn't increase -and in fact, can dec...
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Viruses can work together

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Newsflash: viruses still smarter than we are New research done at two English universities found that viruses can easily and transiently ...

Cocktail Chatter: Matt Killian (Anthropologist Finds Evidence of Hominin Meat Eating 1.5 Million Years Ago: Eating Meat May Have 'Made Us Human’)

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Anthropologist Finds Evidence of Hominin Meat Eating 1.5 Million Years Ago: Eating Meat May Have 'Made Us Human’ via...
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