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Rienzi asserts , based on this study [1], that 'Personal "self-identification" is not enough. Genetic analyses of ancestry ar...

More ancient DNA results from Xinjiang

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I'm unfamiliar with the site and I haven't read the paper, but based on the dates mentioned (~500 BC to 1 AD) these results again mo...

Some ancient DNA results from the Tarim Basin

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Note: some clown references this paper on Wikipedia in the following context: The cemetery at Yanbulaq contained 29 mummies which date from...

Oceania: tracing population history and adaptation with genome-wide SNP data

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MBE Advance Access published online on June 3, 2008 Molecular Biology and Evolution, doi:10.1093/molbev/msn128 Gene Flow and Natural Selecti...

Isotopic analysis of an LBK mass grave

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The Telegraph reports the study as follows: Neolithic men were prepared to fight for their women [. . .] Many archaeologists have argued t...

Hydraulic cement: Thank the English, not the Romans

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[re: hysterical Medocentrist outburst elsewhere] Portland cement as widely used today was originally formulated by Englishman William Aspdin...
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Europeans more highly evolved, not "genetically weaker"

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This part of John Hawks' most recent post is worth pointing out: What is amazing to me is that these same geneticists embrace hypothese...

Kin selection and the evolution of virulence

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Heredity (2008) 100, 484–488; doi:10.1038/sj.hdy.6801093; published online 23 January 2008 Kin selection and the evolution of virulence ( ...

Ancient Japan: Jomon vs. Yayoi limb proportions

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American Journal of Physical Anthropology ; 10.1002/ajpa.20853; Published Online: 16 May 2008 Variation in limb proportions between Jomon fo...

Ancient Britons "had geometry skills to rival Pythagoras"

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The Independent reports : Stone Age Britons had a sophisticated knowledge of geometry to rival Pythagoras – 2,000 years before the Greek ...

Human population history: a reconstruction based on HGDP genome-wide SNP data

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From the press release : 'Our technique enables us to identify more subtle details about genetic contributions than other methods,' ...

Height (ESHG 2008 abstracts)

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European Human Genetics Conference ( abstract database ) PPARG and PPARGC1A gene variants are associated with height in athletes I. A. Mozh...

2008-05-26 links

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Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science: Voting patterns of Jews and other religious groups ; Quarterbacks and psychomet...

Positive selection at MC1R in Europeans?

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BMC Genetics 2008, 9:31doi:10.1186/1471-2156-9-31 Nucleotide diversity and population differentiation of the Melanocortin 1 Receptor gene, ...

Longevity (ESHG 2008 abstracts)

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European Human Genetics Conference ( abstract database ) The relation of common diseases SNPs and life span: no evidence for shared genetic...

A Saami admixture estimate

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As always, I tend to be skeptical about the utility of HLA for accurately determining population affinities. European Journal of Human Genet...

Structural variation (ESHG 2008 abstracts)

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European Human Genetics Conference ( abstract database ) Genomic structural variation profiles of world human populations Presentation Time...

Genetic variation in India

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Some recent papers from the open-access International Journal of Human Genetics . Int J Hum Genet, 8(1-2): 21-29 (2008) The Grandest Geneti...
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Ancestry analysis (ESHG 2008 abstracts)

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European Human Genetics Conference ( abstract database ) The genome-wide patterns of variation confirms significant substructure in a found...

2008-05-23 links

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Intelligence and class: Social class IQ differences and university access (via Sailer ) Personal genomics: How To Use SNPedia for 23andMe...
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