Natural selection and ancient European DNA
Dienekes’ Anthropology Blog,
A new preprint on the bioRxiv studies the same data as the recent Haak et al. paper, but focuses on natural selection in Europe.
Developing a more tolerant tummy
BMC series blog,
A bushy-tailed woodrat. Picture credit Oregon…
Los mitos de la paleodieta
Círculo Escéptico Argentino,
Uno puede pensar que las personas son cada vez más consciente de la necesidad de cuidar su salud, las publicidades y los…
Darwin e l’innaturalità del bere latte
Scienza in cucina,
Sul web mi imbatto spesso in siti “militanti” contro il consumo di latte. Come questo. Le argomentazioni sono varie e disparate.
Milk, meat and blood: how diet drives natural selection in the Maasai
Empirical Zeal,
This post is a little different from the usual fare at this blog, as I am discussing a paper on which I’m a co-author. My…
You Become as You Eat
Guest Blog,
When we think of adaptation we often imagine responses to variations in exogenous parameters. To be plain and concrete, the…
La persistencia de la lactasa en Europa
Luis Cayuela,
La mayoría de las personas adultas en el mundo no producen la enzima lactasa y por tanto no son capaces de digerir la lactosa…