Nina Jablonski at AMNH’s SciCafe & Independent Evolution of Blond Hair

Yesterday evening I attended the American Museum of Natural History's SciCafe with guest speaker Nina Jablonski. She gave a talk about the evolution of skin. If you are a follower of this blog, you would know the genetics of skin color is one of my favorite topics. It has been a while since I have kept...

3,000 year old small body humans in Palau, Micronesia

PLoS One completely surprised me today by releasing this paper, "Small-Bodied Humans from Palau, Micronesia." The research comes from South African and American researchers, and the paper was edited by John Hawks, who apparently can really keep a secret it seems. I had no idea about this study and find it a really remarkable find...