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Admin
One Who Creates (Board Administrator)
Username: Admin
Post Number: 179
Registered: 5-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, October 21, 2006 - 3:33 am: |     |
Many of you know of John Hawks Weblog - paleoanthropology, genetics and evolution that Anne introduced here about 6 months ago. If you don't go take a look.
This thread's purpose is to provide a forum to make announcements regarding cool stuff on that site, new info, discoveries, opinions.
Enjoy! |
Sidescraper_gal
hunter
Username: Sidescraper_gal
Post Number: 417
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, October 22, 2006 - 6:08 pm: | |
All:
You might also be interested in Dieneke's Anthropology Blog, which not infrequently has interesting stufff, or links to interesting stuff. You have to keep checking, though, because some days, it doesn't have much of anything.
The link to the blog is here:
http://dienekes.blogspot.com/
Read and enjoy,
Anne G
P.S., if I see anything else that might be of interest, I'll be sure and pass it on. |
Sidescraper_gal
hunter
Username: Sidescraper_gal
Post Number: 431
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, November 09, 2006 - 4:37 am: | |
All:
Today, the John Hawks blog has a bunch of stuff that should be of great interest to many of you. A sample can be found on this link:
http://johnhawks.net/weblog/reviews/neandertals/ne andertal_dna/introgression_faq_2006.html
Enjoy,
Anne G |
Sidescraper_gal
hunter
Username: Sidescraper_gal
Post Number: 439
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Friday, November 17, 2006 - 10:19 pm: | |
All:
Again, more interesting stuff on the Hawks blog. It's about the two Neandertal genome sequencing studies. Basically it's a FAQ, bu it's packed with informattion. You can read it here:
http://johnhawks.net/weblog/reviews/genomics/neand ertal/neandertal_genomics_faq_2006.html
It can get fairly technical in places, but it's worth the slog.
Anne G |
Scott
flint knapper
Username: Scott
Post Number: 1609
Registered: 5-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, November 18, 2006 - 8:43 pm: | |
Ah genomics as opposed to genetics! A *new* buzzword for the media!
Thanks Anne, that is a very good FAQ. For example:
quote:The divergence date of Neandertal and human sequences is estimated at around 520,000 years ago. What does that mean?
First, what it doesn't mean. It doesn't mean that the human and Neandertal populations diverged 520,000 years ago.
Scott
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Ces gens, Jondalar, ils sourient. Ils me sourient. - Ayla |
Sidescraper_gal
hunter
Username: Sidescraper_gal
Post Number: 441
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, November 19, 2006 - 8:28 pm: | |
Scott:
Hawks was extremely clear on this point. This is one of the disagreements he has with some of these "genomic" studies. BTW, almost all the critics make a distinction between "lineage" gene studies and histories of populations. Which, as far as "archaic" people like Neandertals and early "moderns" are concerned, are very difficult to do except by inference.
Anne G |
Scott
flint knapper
Username: Scott
Post Number: 1625
Registered: 5-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 21, 2006 - 7:41 pm: | |
Well yes they do, for various reasons, mostly to fit the data into their preconceptions!
It is nice to see someone like Hawks lay it all out - though he has his biases too.
Scott
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Ces gens, Jondalar, ils sourient. Ils me sourient. - Ayla |
Sidescraper_gal
hunter
Username: Sidescraper_gal
Post Number: 443
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 21, 2006 - 10:50 pm: | |
Scott:
Yes, Hawks has his biases. You have yours and I have mine. IOW, everybody has their biases, so I don't hold t hat against Hawks or anybody else. Of course, when you happen to agree with the biases of an author, it's harder to "tease them out", but it can be done with practice. Still, I think Hawks keeps these biases at a minimum and, as you say, lays things out pretty clearly.
Anne G |
Cavebear
cave painter
Username: Cavebear
Post Number: 3078
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, November 23, 2006 - 12:30 am: | |
Getting past the biases you agree with is always difficult!
Thank you, Carl Sagan... |
Sidescraper_gal
hunter
Username: Sidescraper_gal
Post Number: 445
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, November 23, 2006 - 8:48 pm: | |
Cavebear:
Well, about all I can say is, you're right!
Anne G |
Sidescraper_gal
hunter
Username: Sidescraper_gal
Post Number: 446
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, November 23, 2006 - 8:51 pm: | |
All:
You might be interested in this discussion of, uh, spelling issues by Hawks, also.
Find it at this link:
http://johnhawks.net/weblog/topics/meta/neandertal _or_neanderthal.html
Anne G |
Scott
flint knapper
Username: Scott
Post Number: 1641
Registered: 5-2003
| | Posted on Friday, November 24, 2006 - 9:41 pm: | |
I'm a TH type guy. Imagine what the Germans think of us, pronouncing Neanderthal with an English TH. Yuck!
Scott
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Ces gens, Jondalar, ils sourient. Ils me sourient. - Ayla |
Sidescraper_gal
hunter
Username: Sidescraper_gal
Post Number: 447
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Friday, November 24, 2006 - 10:08 pm: | |
Scott:
That's one of the reasons why I don't use that spelling or pronunciation. Besides which, I've noticed that it tends to associate that group of prehistoric people with stupid brutes. But I'm not stopping anybody here.
Anne G |
Sidescraper_gal
hunter
Username: Sidescraper_gal
Post Number: 470
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, March 01, 2007 - 9:47 pm: | |
All:
Over at the John Hawks weblog, there is some interesting stuff about the way mtDNA and other DNA is passed down. It has implications for various genetic studies of human origins. And, as usual, it is well worth reading.
You can find it by clicking this link:
http://johnhawks.net/weblog/topics/evolution/speciation/avise_walker_mtdna_phylogeny_species_1999.html
It's well worth reading,
Anne G |
Sidescraper_gal
hunter
Username: Sidescraper_gal
Post Number: 474
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Monday, March 12, 2007 - 11:27 pm: | |
All:
Some of you may be interested in John Hawks's comments on the latest foray Newsweek has done on human evolution. You can find it here:
http://johnhawks.net/weblog/reviews/news/newsweek_amnh_story_2007.html
He also has a link to the Newsweek story itself, which is better than some I've read, when it comes to human evolultion.
Anne G |
Scott
flint knapper
Username: Scott
Post Number: 1886
Registered: 5-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, March 25, 2007 - 4:01 am: | |
Thanks Sidescraper gal. I read both and am happy to say that I was appalled before I read Hawks. I wonder if there has been any fallout there - his criticisms are stinging and I agree with all of them. It is this sort of tabloid science that drives me to drink - and so it is too with Hawks! Nice cover for Newsweek and easy to tap into the average person's angst over "where we came from".....I am just wondering why they missed the part about our diet being 90% dinosaur meat.
Scott
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Ces gens, Jondalar, ils sourient. Ils me sourient. - Ayla |
Ted
hunter
Username: Ted
Post Number: 540
Registered: 5-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, March 25, 2007 - 7:08 am: | |
(The Scott)
. It is this sort of tabloid science that drives me to drink
Ha!
I don't need artificial enhancements or irritations to drive me to drink.....
Bacchus had it right. Eat, drink and be merry!
Ted
Do not go gentle into that good night...Rage, rage against the dying of the light
Benjamin Disraeli: "The Jews are a nervous people. Nineteen centuries of Christian love have taken a toll." |
Sidescraper_gal
hunter
Username: Sidescraper_gal
Post Number: 476
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, March 25, 2007 - 9:39 pm: | |
Ted and Scott:
That article was enough to drive the most saintly among us to drink(or worse). And I don't count myself as particularly saintly. On my e-mail list, I'm frequently driven to rant about the shortcomings of science reporting in popular venues(though there are some honorable exceptions).
Anne G |
Sidescraper_gal
hunter
Username: Sidescraper_gal
Post Number: 487
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, April 22, 2007 - 2:17 am: | |
All:
The latest piece on the Hawks blog has a very interesting "take" on a recent article about arctic foxes in Pleistocene times and modern arctic foxes. To sum up: modern arctic foxes are rather different, genetically speaking.
Now what does this have to do with our subject matter? Well, you can read John Hawks's take on it at this link:
http://johnhawks.net/weblog/reviews/genetics/non-primate/arctic_fox_ancient_dna_refugia_2007.html
See what you think,
Anne G |
Sidescraper_gal
hunter
Username: Sidescraper_gal
Post Number: 503
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Friday, May 18, 2007 - 11:40 pm: | |
All:
Again, Hawks has some pertinent things to say about Svante Pääbo's latest claims re Neandertals. Those interested in such things can read what Hawks has to say here:
http://johnhawks.net/weblog/reviews/neandertals/neandertal_dna/pennisi_no_sex_please_derived_snps_2007.html
See what you think,
Anne G |
Sidescraper_gal
hunter
Username: Sidescraper_gal
Post Number: 513
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Friday, July 06, 2007 - 9:00 pm: | |
All:
John Hawks never thought much of the idea that the Toba volcano nearly wiped out humans some 70,000 years ago. A new paper that just came out, confirms this impression, FWIW.
Here's what Hawks has to say about it:
http://johnhawks.net/weblog/reviews/archaeology/middle/petraglia_toba_india_continuity_2007.html
You can read the blog and judge for yourselves,
Anne G |
Sidescraper_gal
hunter
Username: Sidescraper_gal
Post Number: 528
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, August 05, 2007 - 6:09 am: | |
All:
The latest Hawks blog has a nice little story about this latest discovery via Trinkaus, here:
http://johnhawks.net/weblog/reviews/early_modern/europe/cioclovina_bleeding_handaxe_2007.html
Some of you might like to read it,
Anne G |
Don
hunter
Username: Don
Post Number: 487
Registered: 5-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, August 05, 2007 - 7:59 am: | |
I love the digital mischief of the bleeding handaxe!
But it looks a bit river-bed-rolled to me - You'd think they could have got one with all its edges sharp!
take what you want and pay for it |
Sidescraper_gal
hunter
Username: Sidescraper_gal
Post Number: 529
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, August 05, 2007 - 10:43 pm: | |
Don:
Wellll. . . . .It looks like a genuine handaxe all right! But it looks distinctly, uh, "photoshopped"
Anne G |
Sidescraper_gal
flint knapper
Username: Sidescraper_gal
Post Number: 579
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Friday, November 30, 2007 - 2:15 am: | |
All:
Anybody who might be interested in the Dmanisi fossils, may want to read the latest John Hawks interview. It's here:http://johnhawks.net/weblog/topics/interviews/adam_van_arsdale_2007.html
I think you may well find it extremely interesting!
Anne G
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Angakuk
flint knapper
Username: Angakuk
Post Number: 743
Registered: 6-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, December 01, 2007 - 12:00 am: | |
I read that last night. A fascinating interview.
To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily; not to dare is to lose oneself.
- Soren Kierkegaard
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Sidescraper_gal
flint knapper
Username: Sidescraper_gal
Post Number: 580
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Saturday, December 01, 2007 - 2:46 am: | |
Angakuk and all:
Does anybody have any ideas/opinions about the Dmanisi fossils? Just out of curiosity?
Anne G
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