Comment Re:Ardipithecus FAQ (Score 1) 369
Thanks for the mod points everybody!
Comment Ardipithecus FAQ (Score 5, Informative) 369
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.
Submission + - Humans evolving 100 times faster than ever (reuters.com)
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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