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Jazlyn Mooney – On the Number of Genealogical Ancestors: Tracing to the Source Groups of an Admixed Population

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On the Number of Genealogical Ancestors: Tracing to the Source Groups of an Admixed Population Jazlyn Mooney Dept. of Quantitative and Computational Biology, University of Southern California In genetically admixed populations, admixed individuals possess ancestry from multiple source groups. Studies of human genetic admixture frequently estimate ancestry components corresponding to fractions of individual genomes that […]

David Reby – What can deer tell us about our voice? How sexual selection may have shaped human vocal diversity

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What can deer tell us about our voice? How sexual selection may have shaped human vocal diversity David Reby Professor of Ethology, Equipe de Neuro-Ethologie Sensorielle, Université Jean Monnet of Saint-Etienne Many animal species use vocal communication, but humans are unique in the ability to control the vocal production of an incredible diversity of sounds, […]

Holly Dunsworth – To Save Humankind, Kill Off the Hero’s Journey of Human Evolution

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To Save Humankind, Kill Off the Hero’s Journey of Human Evolution Holly Dunsworth University of Rhode Island In Narratives of Human Evolution, Misia Landau revealed that late 19th and early 20th century fathers of human evolutionary theory, including Charles Darwin, unconsciously conformed their stories to the key structural elements of Russian folktales. Dunsworth argues that […]