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Dienekes’ Anthropology Blog
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Dienekes’ Anthropology Blog is a personal blog at dienekes.blogspot.com about science and history. Since 2010, 8 different Hacker News readers have linked it 11 times. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (7) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers cite this blog as a source in discussions of human evolution, ancient DNA and population genetics, including the 'Out of Arabia' dispersal scenario. The comments link to its posts as support or background.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 7 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Physical Anthropology, Human Genetics, Archaeology, History, etc.
What Hacker News says?
> The first study I linked accounted for maternal IQ: > In an ordinal regression model, markers of neurological development (cognitive test scores) and stress (emotional stress scores) accounted for approximately 36% of the relationship between breast feeding and social mobility. That quote is referring to the baby's cognitive test scores, not the mother's. See also: http://dienekes.blogspot.com/2010/07/breastfeedin…
Comment linking /2010/07/breastfeeding-and-iq-steer-et-al-2010.html
on “When male CEOs have daughters, relative pay for women at their firms goes up”Submitted Listening to Mozart does not make you smart as a story · 31 points
HN discussionNot just North America. The "Out of Arabia" scenario for AMH expansion from the now-underwater Levant is quite compelling and revolutionary, but obviously difficult to prove. [1] http://dienekes.blogspot.com/2014/09/an-archaeological-scena... [2] https://www.academia.edu/8214444/Out_of_Arabia_and_the_Middl...
Comment linking /2014/09/an-archaeological-scenario-for-out-of.html
on “The first humans arrived in North America a lot earlier than believed”Submitted Rethinking the dispersal of Homo sapiens out of Africa as a story · 8 points
HN discussionI was not surprised due to this study that I read recently where You see similar nonlinearities http://dienekes.blogspot.com/2009/09/physical-attractiveness...
Comment linking /2009/09/physical-attractiveness-and.html
on “OkCupid on Trial - 4 Month Experiment”Submitted The case for earlier Out-of-Africa as a story · 2 points
HN discussionMost Europeans have Neanderthal genes. http://dienekes.blogspot.com/2014/04/neandertals-gave-europe...
Comment linking /2014/04/neandertals-gave-europeans-lipid.html
on “Rare 'goat-sheep' born on Irish farm”Submitted Why Europeans gained 11cm in height in a century as a story · 1 points
HN discussionThe link, I believe, seems weaker than once imagined. Here's a handful more papers/discussion adding to the complexity: http://dienekes.blogspot.com/2012/07/can-we-retire-60000-yea... Simple answer is I don't think there's any consensus, but a radically novel view is beginning to emerge, being aided hugely by our newfound ability to genetically sequence ancient fossils.
Comment linking /2012/07/can-we-retire-60000-year-old-coastal.html
on “DNA extracted from ancient African skeleton shows mixing with Eurasians”More support for the "Out of Arabia" scenario [1], the implications of which are enormous and potentially awkward. [1] http://dienekes.blogspot.com/2015/08/rethinking-dispersal-of...
Comment linking /2015/08/rethinking-dispersal-of-homo-sapiens.html
on “DNA extracted from ancient African skeleton shows mixing with Eurasians”> The argument against racism/sexism to which I subscribe is that individuals within all populations vary so dramatically between one another, and individuals from every population seem to be capable of manifesting virtually any set of characteristics, that evaluating people as individuals rather than assuming traits from their respective populations is far less error prone. But that argument concedes populations ar…
Comment linking /2010/07/more-uniform-sampling-of-human-genetic.html
on “No Meaningful Differences in Male and Female Brains, Study Finds”
