As I mentioned a few days ago, two articles were recently brought to my attention (one from 1901, and the other from 1914) about the discovery of what appeared to be Native American remains on the property in downtown Ypsilanti we today call Water Street. Well, I followed up with the fellow who sent these […]
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By Mark | January 20, 2010
Tonight I’m fascinated by this article in the New York Times on what the human genome is teaching us about our evolution as a species. According to the article, now that we have two completely mapped human genomes, we’ve begun to make a number of significant observations based on the genetic variation between the two. […]
Posted in Agriculture, Other, Science | Also tagged breeding population, chimpanzees, evolution, gorillas, History, human genome, human population, planting seeds, University of Utah |
