Monthly Archives: August 2017

Jennifer Raff has an article in the Guardian, discussing why there’s no genetic sign of black African ancestry ( from Roman times) in contemporary British DNA. Well, the simple explanation is very few such people ever came to Britain. She … Continue reading →

There’s an interesting recent paper on the genetic basis of the changes we see in domestication – and the extent to which humans exhibit similar genetic changes. domesticated species end to have depigmentation, floppy ears, shorter muzzles, curly tails, smaller … Continue reading →

I wonder if there are neural crest changes in modern humans. Perhaps in all of them, or maybe in just some ( not in Nicholas van Rijn ).

Although there are differences, people across northern Europe are not all that different. Fst across the region is surprisingly low. This extends to appearance: although you can notice that Danes don’t look just like Scots, there is overlap, people from … Continue reading →

It would be helpful if some guy would post a list of all the true things you’re not allowed to say. With localized versions: specific things you can’t say at company X, say McDonald’s or Google. I’ve seem people from … Continue reading →

Peer Vries pointed out that Great Britain, after a while, was getting far more labor power from steam engines that it could ever have gotten from coerced labor. In 1840 England had 17 million “steam slaves”: 121 million in 1870, … Continue reading →