Jennifer Raff
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Genetics can’t determine your indigenous heritage
Collectively, genetics studies have shown us that the indigenous inhabitants of the Americas are descended from a group that diverged ...

Middle East tryst: Hominins and Neanderthals may have mated 410,000+ years ago
[In a recent study, scientists examined the] Neanderthal mitochondrial genome from a femur that was excavated in 1937 from the Hohlenstein-Stadel ...

Why are there still monkeys if evolution is real?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. There’s a persistent belief ...
Epigenetics can help humans understand our ancient past
Some types of epigenetic modifications are directly influenced by environmental factors. Thus, characterizing and understanding the "epigenome" can help us ...