Ancestry & Evolution – Genes and Science https://geneticliteracyproject.org Science Not Ideology Mon, 24 Aug 2020 17:05:31 -0400 en-US hourly 1 https://geneticliteracyproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/cropped-favicon-cropped-spectrum-initials-blue-box-borders-512x512-1-32x32.png Ancestry & Evolution – Genes and Science https://geneticliteracyproject.org 32 32 149325001 Behold the sturddlefish: ‘It’s like if a cow and a giraffe made a baby’ https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2020/08/24/behold-the-sturddlefish-its-like-if-a-cow-and-a-giraffe-made-a-baby/ https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2020/08/24/behold-the-sturddlefish-its-like-if-a-cow-and-a-giraffe-made-a-baby/#disqus_thread Mon, 24 Aug 2020 04:02:34 +0000 https://geneticliteracyproject.org/?p=2332078 ]]> https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2020/08/24/behold-the-sturddlefish-its-like-if-a-cow-and-a-giraffe-made-a-baby/feed/ 0 2332078 Future pandemics: Where dangerous pathogens lie in wait https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2020/08/24/future-pandemics-where-dangerous-pathogens-lie-in-wait/ https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2020/08/24/future-pandemics-where-dangerous-pathogens-lie-in-wait/#disqus_thread Mon, 24 Aug 2020 04:01:17 +0000 https://geneticliteracyproject.org/?p=2330364 ]]> https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2020/08/24/future-pandemics-where-dangerous-pathogens-lie-in-wait/feed/ 0 2330364 DNA shows Neanderthals mated with humans in two waves, not just once https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2020/08/21/dna-shows-neanderthals-mated-with-humans-in-two-waves-not-just-once/ https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2020/08/21/dna-shows-neanderthals-mated-with-humans-in-two-waves-not-just-once/#disqus_thread Fri, 21 Aug 2020 04:05:18 +0000 https://geneticliteracyproject.org/?p=2331249 ]]> https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2020/08/21/dna-shows-neanderthals-mated-with-humans-in-two-waves-not-just-once/feed/ 0 2331249 Discovery of fire lit up human evolution. When did it occur? https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2020/08/20/discovery-of-fire-lit-up-human-evolution-when-did-it-occur/ https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2020/08/20/discovery-of-fire-lit-up-human-evolution-when-did-it-occur/#disqus_thread Thu, 20 Aug 2020 04:05:40 +0000 https://geneticliteracyproject.org/?p=2331541 ]]> https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2020/08/20/discovery-of-fire-lit-up-human-evolution-when-did-it-occur/feed/ 0 2331541 Missing link: The complicated sex lives of ancient humans https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2020/08/18/missing-link-the-complicated-sex-lives-of-ancient-humans/ https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2020/08/18/missing-link-the-complicated-sex-lives-of-ancient-humans/#disqus_thread Tue, 18 Aug 2020 04:06:37 +0000 https://geneticliteracyproject.org/?p=2331817 ]]> https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2020/08/18/missing-link-the-complicated-sex-lives-of-ancient-humans/feed/ 0 2331817 Dinosaur cancer? We suffer from malignancies that afflicted our distant biological relatives https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2020/08/14/dinosaur-cancer-we-suffer-from-malignancies-that-afflicted-our-distant-biological-relatives/ https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2020/08/14/dinosaur-cancer-we-suffer-from-malignancies-that-afflicted-our-distant-biological-relatives/#disqus_thread Fri, 14 Aug 2020 11:03:32 +0000 https://geneticliteracyproject.org/?p=2330376 ]]> https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2020/08/14/dinosaur-cancer-we-suffer-from-malignancies-that-afflicted-our-distant-biological-relatives/feed/ 0 2330376 Why do humans mate in private? Instinct or morality? https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2020/08/12/why-do-humans-mate-in-private-instinct-or-morality/ https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2020/08/12/why-do-humans-mate-in-private-instinct-or-morality/#disqus_thread Wed, 12 Aug 2020 04:05:56 +0000 https://geneticliteracyproject.org/?p=2330898 ]]> https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2020/08/12/why-do-humans-mate-in-private-instinct-or-morality/feed/ 3 2330898 Real life Jurassic Park? Recovered prehistoric DNA raises prospect of resurrecting species https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2020/08/11/real-life-jurassic-park-recovered-prehistoric-dna-raises-prospect-of-resurrecting-species/ https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2020/08/11/real-life-jurassic-park-recovered-prehistoric-dna-raises-prospect-of-resurrecting-species/#disqus_thread Tue, 11 Aug 2020 04:05:17 +0000 https://geneticliteracyproject.org/?p=2328447 ]]> https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2020/08/11/real-life-jurassic-park-recovered-prehistoric-dna-raises-prospect-of-resurrecting-species/feed/ 0 2328447 How humans might play a role in our own extinction https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2020/08/07/how-humans-might-play-a-role-in-our-own-extinction/ https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2020/08/07/how-humans-might-play-a-role-in-our-own-extinction/#disqus_thread Fri, 07 Aug 2020 11:03:28 +0000 https://geneticliteracyproject.org/?p=2328483 ]]> https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2020/08/07/how-humans-might-play-a-role-in-our-own-extinction/feed/ 0 2328483 Origins of life: We are getting closer to recreating the bubbling primordial soup https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2020/08/05/origins-of-life-we-are-getting-closer-to-recreating-the-bubbling-primordial-soup/ https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2020/08/05/origins-of-life-we-are-getting-closer-to-recreating-the-bubbling-primordial-soup/#disqus_thread Wed, 05 Aug 2020 11:04:18 +0000 https://geneticliteracyproject.org/?p=2328114 ]]> https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2020/08/05/origins-of-life-we-are-getting-closer-to-recreating-the-bubbling-primordial-soup/feed/ 0 2328114 Indigenous people remained in southeastern US for nearly 150 years, study shows https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2020/08/04/indigenous-people-remained-in-southeastern-us-for-nearly-150-years-study-shows/ https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2020/08/04/indigenous-people-remained-in-southeastern-us-for-nearly-150-years-study-shows/#disqus_thread Tue, 04 Aug 2020 11:04:39 +0000 https://geneticliteracyproject.org/?p=2328108 ]]> https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2020/08/04/indigenous-people-remained-in-southeastern-us-for-nearly-150-years-study-shows/feed/ 0 2328108 How to argue about ‘race’: Charles Murray and Adam Rutherford are not so far apart https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2020/08/04/how-to-argue-about-race-charles-murray-and-adam-rutherford-are-not-so-far-apart/ https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2020/08/04/how-to-argue-about-race-charles-murray-and-adam-rutherford-are-not-so-far-apart/#disqus_thread Tue, 04 Aug 2020 04:12:00 +0000 https://geneticliteracyproject.org/?p=2327026 ]]> https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2020/08/04/how-to-argue-about-race-charles-murray-and-adam-rutherford-are-not-so-far-apart/feed/ 26 2327026 How the Hobbit films illustrate the way human brains evolved https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2020/07/31/how-the-hobbit-films-illustrate-the-way-human-brains-evolved/ https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2020/07/31/how-the-hobbit-films-illustrate-the-way-human-brains-evolved/#disqus_thread Fri, 31 Jul 2020 11:06:48 +0000 https://geneticliteracyproject.org/?p=2327794 ]]> https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2020/07/31/how-the-hobbit-films-illustrate-the-way-human-brains-evolved/feed/ 0 2327794 Podcast: How male sex drive evolved https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2020/07/31/podcast-how-male-sex-drive-evolved/ https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2020/07/31/podcast-how-male-sex-drive-evolved/#disqus_thread Fri, 31 Jul 2020 11:03:35 +0000 https://geneticliteracyproject.org/?p=2327782 ]]> https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2020/07/31/podcast-how-male-sex-drive-evolved/feed/ 0 2327782 Maybe Darwin got it wrong: ‘Survival of the Friendliest’ https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2020/07/30/maybe-darwin-got-it-wrong-survival-of-the-friendliest/ https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2020/07/30/maybe-darwin-got-it-wrong-survival-of-the-friendliest/#disqus_thread Thu, 30 Jul 2020 11:05:09 +0000 https://geneticliteracyproject.org/?p=2327453 ]]> https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2020/07/30/maybe-darwin-got-it-wrong-survival-of-the-friendliest/feed/ 0 2327453 Evolutionary puzzle: Why do fraternal twins exist? https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2020/07/30/evolutionary-puzzle-why-do-fraternal-twins-exist/ https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2020/07/30/evolutionary-puzzle-why-do-fraternal-twins-exist/#disqus_thread Thu, 30 Jul 2020 04:05:34 +0000 https://geneticliteracyproject.org/?p=2151290 ]]> https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2020/07/30/evolutionary-puzzle-why-do-fraternal-twins-exist/feed/ 0 2151290 Number instinct: Numerical ability is deeply rooted in our shared animal evolution https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2020/07/29/number-instinct-numerical-ability-is-deeply-rooted-in-our-shared-animal-evolution/ https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2020/07/29/number-instinct-numerical-ability-is-deeply-rooted-in-our-shared-animal-evolution/#disqus_thread Wed, 29 Jul 2020 11:05:53 +0000 https://geneticliteracyproject.org/?p=2327078 ]]> https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2020/07/29/number-instinct-numerical-ability-is-deeply-rooted-in-our-shared-animal-evolution/feed/ 0 2327078 Greta could be the first wooly mammoth-elephant hybrid—and the loneliest animal in the world https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2020/07/28/greta-would-be-the-first-wooly-mammoth-elephant-hybrid-and-the-loneliest-animal-in-the-world/ https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2020/07/28/greta-would-be-the-first-wooly-mammoth-elephant-hybrid-and-the-loneliest-animal-in-the-world/#disqus_thread Tue, 28 Jul 2020 11:04:20 +0000 https://geneticliteracyproject.org/?p=2326752 ]]> https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2020/07/28/greta-would-be-the-first-wooly-mammoth-elephant-hybrid-and-the-loneliest-animal-in-the-world/feed/ 0 2326752 Infographic: Power of evolution? How oak trees came to dominate North American forests https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2020/07/28/infographic-power-of-evolution-how-oak-trees-came-to-dominate-north-americas-forests/ https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2020/07/28/infographic-power-of-evolution-how-oak-trees-came-to-dominate-north-americas-forests/#disqus_thread Tue, 28 Jul 2020 11:03:20 +0000 https://geneticliteracyproject.org/?p=2324812 ]]> https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2020/07/28/infographic-power-of-evolution-how-oak-trees-came-to-dominate-north-americas-forests/feed/ 0 2324812