Scientists in Sweden have succeeded in extracting and sequencing RNA molecules from an extinct species, a century old Tasmanian tiger known as a thylacine ~science biology Article 321 words 16 votes
Ancient Beat - A weekly newsletter about developments in the study of the ancient world ~humanities.history Article 896 words 9 votes
Svante Pääbo deserves his accolade – palaeogenetics is an expanding field that tells us who we are ~science anthropology Article 948 words 5 votes
Swedish researcher Svante Pääbo has won this year's Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for his research into how human beings evolved ~science anthropology Article 446 words 12 votes
Did our species evolve in subdivided populations across Africa, and why does it matter? ~science anthropology.paleo Link 8 votes