Anthropologists probe genes, brains at annual meeting

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Physical anthropologists gathered to discuss brain evolution and the impact of human mate choices on genetics. Among the reports presented were revised figures for the cranial capacity of an apelike human ancestor and findings on the effect of the caste system on the genes of modern Hindus.

Author: Gibbons, Ann
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science
Publication Name: Science
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8075
Year: 1998
Conferences, meetings and seminars, Anthropologists, American Association of Physical Anthropologists

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When it comes to evolution, humans are in the slow class

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Population geneticist Wen-Hsiung Li presented convincing evidence that supports molecular evolutionist Morris Goodman's 34-year-old theory that human DNA changes less each year than that of other primates and mammals. If accurate, the finding invalidates the universal 'molecular clock.'

Author: Gibbons, Ann
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science
Publication Name: Science
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8075
Year: 1995
Research, Population genetics, Chemical evolution, Molecular evolution, Goodman, Marris, Li, Wen-Hsiung

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