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genome mapping

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
February 20, 2021
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Genomics, Human evolution, Intelligent Design
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Interesting new items from the Neanderthal genome

Denyse O'Leary
February 20, 2021
Genomics, Human evolution, Intelligent Design
At Sapiens: Thanks to this work, we now know details about Neanderthals that the archaeological record alone could never have provided. For example, fragments of DNA from specimens found in Spain and Italy showed that at least some Neanderthals likely had pale skin and reddish hair—although, interestingly, the variations for this coloring are different from the variants found in modern humans. Apparently, redheads among Homo sapiens evolved separately… Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
August 6, 2020
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Genomics, Intelligent Design, stasis
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Tuatara genome sequenced; some surprising findings

Denyse O'Leary
August 6, 2020
Genomics, Intelligent Design, stasis
At Nature: The genome produced by Gemmell and co-workers is one of the largest vertebrate genomes published so far. At more than 5 gigabases, it is about 50% larger than the human genome… Tuatara have a close resemblance to their forebears from the early Mesozoic era, between 240 million and 230 million years ago… Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
December 21, 2019
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Genetics, Genomics, Human evolution, Intelligent Design
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One of the biggest science stories of the last decade: The Descent of Man gets crowdsourced

Denyse O'Leary
December 21, 2019
Genetics, Genomics, Human evolution, Intelligent Design
Those old Descent of Man charts were sometimes fun, showing a bacterium ending up as some poor slob hunched over a workstation. Some sort of moral was always pounded into us by these tales, usually not an uplifting one. But real history is always better and more interesting. Read More ›