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Neanderthal genes live on-> 0

Submitted by John Hawks on Thursday May 06 2010, @08:28PM

John Hawks writes "Neanderthals didn't die out, we assimilated them — non-Africans today are between 1 and 4% Neanderthal. Science has the original research describing the draft Neanderthal genome (open access), but if you want to read the technical details, who better than Ars Technica? And as to what it all means to the rest of us, you can check out an FAQ from the paleoanthropologist's perspective."
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Comment: Re:Ardipithecus FAQ (Score 1) 369

by John Hawks on Thursday October 01 2009, @05:58PM (#29611579) Attached to: Fossil Primate Ardipithecus Ramidus Described (Finally)

Thanks for the mod points everybody!

Comment: Ardipithecus FAQ (Score 5, Informative) 369

by John Hawks on Thursday October 01 2009, @04:37PM (#29610579) Attached to: Fossil Primate Ardipithecus Ramidus Described (Finally)

I have an FAQ up on my blog.

It gives some of the story behind the news, and delves into the anatomy and implications for hominin origins. I'll be updating it as the day goes on to add more information.

Humans evolving 100 times faster than ever-> 0

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on Tuesday December 11 2007, @12:03AM

John Hawks writes "A new genomics study in PNAS shows that humans have been evolving new adaptive genes during the past 10,000 years much faster than ever before. The study says that evolution has sped up because of population growth, making people adapt faster to new diseases, new diets, and social changes like cities. Oh, and I'm the lead author. I've been reading Slashdot for a long time, and let me just say that our study doesn't necessarily apply to trolls."
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