Greetings–
Here’s the week that was…
Denisovans and Other Mysterious Humans
–Ancient DNA continues to illuminate our family tree. In 2010, I wrote about mysterious ancient relatives of Neanderthals called Denisovans, which scientists only knew from a tooth, a fingerbone, and the 50,000-year-old DNA they contained. Now scientists have found some new Denisovan DNA in a tooth, and the broadening picture we’re getting is fascinating. Yet in some ways, the enigma of the Denisovans is only getting deeper. I wrote about the mystery in The New York Times this week.
How to Blog
–If you are thinking about blogging about science–or would like to become a better science blogger–you’ll want to get this new book: Science Blogging: The Essential Guide. It’s edited by by three wonderful bloggers–Christie Wilcox, Bethany Brookshire, and Jason Goldman–and has chapters by a variety of writers (including me). You can pre-order it here.
The Talks
New: My “Ask Me Anything” session on Reddit this week was as fun as I anticipated. Here’s the transcript.
January 28, 2016: New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark, NJ: Details to come.
June 23-25 International Society for Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health, Plenary Lecture. Durham North Carolina. Here’s the meeting site.
July 31.Keynote lecture at the annual meeting of the Botanical Society of America in Savannah
The End
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Best wishes, Carl
Originally published November 20, 2015. Copyright 2015 Carl Zimmer.