‘human evolution’ tag
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- “Extensive Antagonistic Variants across Human Genome”, Bian et al 2024
- “Pervasive Findings of Directional Selection Realize the Promise of Ancient DNA to Elucidate Human Adaptation”, Akbari et al 2024
- “Genomic Findings and Their Implications for the Evolutionary Social Sciences”, Zietsch 2024
- “Uniquely Human Intelligence Arose from Expanded Information Capacity”, Cantlon & Piantadosi 2024
- “Macroevolutionary Origins of Comparative Development”, Riahi 2023
- “Convergent Evolution of Complex Adaptive Traits Enabled Human Life at High Altitudes”, Ferraretti et al 2023
- “Ancestral Genetic Components Are Consistently Associated With the Complex Trait Landscape in European Biobanks”, Pankratov et al 2023
- “Retracing Human Genetic Histories and Natural Selection Using Precise Local Ancestry Inference”, Lerga-Jaso et al 2023
- “Did Our Ancestors Nearly Die Out? Genetic Analyses Suggest an Ancient Human Population Crash 900,000 Years Ago”, Ashton & Stringers 2023
- “The Genetic History of the Southern Andes from Present-Day Mapuche Ancestry”, Arango-Isaza et al 2023
- “The Role of Genetic Selection and Climatic Factors in the Dispersal of Anatomically Modern Humans out of Africa”, Tobler et al 2023
- “Whole-Genome Sequencing Reveals a Complex African Population Demographic History and Signatures of Local Adaptation”, Fan et al 2023
- Homo Medicus: The Transition to Meat Eating Increased Pathogen Pressure and the Use of Pharmacological Plants in Homo, Hagen et al 2023
- “What Do Evolutionary Researchers Believe about Human Psychology and Behavior?”, Kruger et al 2023
- “Positive Selection in the Genomes of Two Papua New Guinean Populations at Distinct Altitude Levels”, André et al 2022
- “Large Scale Functional Screen Identifies Genetic Variants With Splicing Effects in Modern and Archaic Humans”, Rong et al 2022
- “Versatile Detection of Diverse Selective Sweeps With Flex-Sweep”, Lauterbur et al 2022
- “A Gene-Level Test for Directional Selection on Gene Expression”, Colbran & Mathieson 2022
- “Evolution of Immune Genes Is Associated With the Black Death”, Klunk et al 2022
- “The Selection Landscape and Genetic Legacy of Ancient Eurasians”, Irving-Pease et al 2022
- “On the Randomness of Suicide: An Evolutionary, Clinical Call to Transcend Suicide Risk Assessment”, Soper et al 2022
- “1,000 Ancient Genomes Uncover 10,000 Years of Natural Selection in Europe”, Le et al 2022
- “Genetic Adaptation to Pathogens and Increased Risk of Inflammatory Disorders in Post-Neolithic Europe”, Kerner et al 2022
- “The Lingering Effects of Neanderthal Introgression on Human Complex Traits”, Wei et al 2022
- “Clonal Dynamics of Hematopoiesis across the Human Lifespan”, Mitchell et al 2022
- “Genome-Wide Data from Medieval German Jews Show That the Ashkenazi Founder Event Pre-Dated the 14th Century”, Waldman et al 2022
- “Population Genomics of Stone Age Eurasia”, Allentoft et al 2022
- “Using Macroevolutionary Patterns to Distinguish Primary from Secondary Cognitive Modules in Primate Cross-Species Performance Data on 5 Cognitive Ability Measures”, Woodley et al 2022
- “Balancing Selection on Genomic Deletion Polymorphisms in Humans”, Aqil et al 2022
- “The Direct Reproductive Cost of Same-Sex Attraction: Evidence from Two Nationally Representative US Samples”, Apostolou 2022
- “Direct Detection of Natural Selection in Bronze Age Britain”, Mathieson & Terhorst 2022
- “GWAS on Birth Year Infant Mortality Rates Provides Evidence of Recent Natural Selection”, Wu et al 2022
- “Evolutionary Trajectories of Complex Traits in European Populations of Modern Humans”, Kuijpers et al 2022
- “Recent Selection Is a Major Force Driving Cancer Evolution”, Gu & Yang 2021
- “Evolution of Human-Specific Alleles Protecting Cognitive Function of Grandmothers”, Saha et al 2021
- “Admixture Has Obscured Signals of Historical Hard Sweeps in Humans”, Souilmi et al 2021
- “Disentangling Signatures of Selection Before and After European Colonization in Latin Americans”, Mendoza-Revilla et al 2021
- “Genome-Wide Association Analyses of Individual Differences in Quantitatively Assessed Reading-Related and Language-Related Skills in up to 34,000 People”, Eising et al 2021
- “Long-Range Regulatory Effects of Neanderthal DNA in Modern Humans”, Yermakovich et al 2021
- “The Genetic Basis of Tail-Loss Evolution in Humans and Apes”, Xia et al 2021
- “Extreme Purifying Selection against Point Mutations in the Human Genome”, Dukler et al 2021
- “Genomic Evidence Consistent With Antagonistic Pleiotropy May Help Explain the Evolutionary Maintenance of Same-Sex Sexual Behavior in Humans”, Zietsch et al 2021
- “Relationship between Rice Farming and Polygenic Scores Potentially Linked to Agriculture in China”, Zhu et al 2021
- “Cortical Control of Behavior and Attention from an Evolutionary Perspective”, Sherman & Usrey 2021
- “The Evolution of Perennially Enlarged Breasts in Women: a Critical Review and a Novel Hypothesis”, Pawłowski & Żelaźniewicz 2021
- “Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Depression From an Evolutionary Perspective”, Hollon et al 2021
- “Now You See Them, and Now You Don’t: An Evolutionarily Informed Model of Environmental Influences on Human Sex Differences”, Geary 2021
- “Analysis of Genomic DNA from Medieval Plague Victims Suggests Long-Term Effect of Yersinia Pestis on Human Immunity Genes”, Immel et al 2021
- “Geographic Variation in the Polygenic Score of Height in Japan”, Isshiki et al 2021
- “Unearthing Neanderthal Population History Using Nuclear and Mitochondrial DNA from Cave Sediments”, Vernot et al 2021
- “An Early Cell Shape Transition Drives Evolutionary Expansion of the Human Forebrain”, Benito-Kwiecinski et al 2021
- “Scientists Discover Why the Human Brain Is so Big: Molecular Switch Makes Human Organ Three times Larger Than Great Apes’, Study Finds”, Sample 2021
- “Negative Selection on Complex Traits Limits Phenotype Prediction Accuracy between Populations”, Durvasula & Lohmueller 2021
- “S-LDXR: Population-Specific Causal Disease Effect Sizes in Functionally Important Regions Impacted by Selection”, Shi et al 2021
- “No Support for the Hereditarian Hypothesis of the Black-White Achievement Gap Using Polygenic Scores and Tests for Divergent Selection”, Bird 2021
- “Local Adaptation and Archaic Introgression Shape Global Diversity at Human Structural Variant Loci”, Yan et al 2021
- “African Genetic Diversity and Adaptation Inform a Precision Medicine Agenda”, Pereira et al 2021
- “Genome-Scale Sequencing and Analysis of Human, Wolf and Bison DNA from 25,000 Year-Old Sediment”, Gelabert et al 2021
- “The Influence of Evolutionary History on Human Health and Disease”, Benton et al 2021
- “Associations of Biogeographic Ancestry With Hypertension Traits”, Keaton et al 2021
- “Population Genomics of the Viking World”, Margaryan et al 2020
- “Whole-Exome Imputation within UK Biobank Powers Rare Coding Variant Association and Fine-Mapping Analyses”, Barton et al 2020
- “Evolution of the Human Brain: A Human-Specific Gene Is a Determinant of the Cognitive Architecture of the Human Cerebral Cortex”, Dehay & Kennedy 2020
- “Human-Specific ARHGAP11B Increases Size and Folding of Primate Neocortex in the Fetal Marmoset”, Heide et al 2020
- “Natural Selection on Anthropometric Traits of Estonian Girls”, Valge et al 2020
- “Evidence of Polygenic Adaptation in Sardinia at Height-Associated Loci Ascertained from the Biobank Japan”, Chen et al 2020
- “Lessons Learned from Bugs in Models of Human History”, Ragsdale et al 2020
- “Sex-Biased Reduction in Reproductive Success Drives Selective Constraint on Human Genes”, Gardner et al 2020
- “An Age-Dependent Ovulatory Strategy Explains the Evolution of Dizygotic Twinning in Humans”, Hazel et al 2020
- “Coalitional Value Theory: an Evolutionary Approach to Understanding Culture”, Winegard et al 2020
- “Disentangling Selection on Genetically Correlated Polygenic Traits Using Whole-Genome Genealogies”, Stern et al 2020
- “Macroevolutionary Patterns and Selection Modes for General Intelligence (G) and for Commonly Used Neuroanatomical Volume Measures in Primates”, Fernandes et al 2020
- “The Genomics of Human Local Adaptation”, Rees et al 2020
- “Air Pollution, Evolution, and the Fate of Billions of Humans: It’s Not Just a Modern Problem. Airborne Toxins Are so Pernicious That They May Have Shaped Our DNA over Millions of Years”, Zimmer 2020
- “A Genome-Wide Approximate Bayesian Computation Approach Suggests Only Limited Numbers of Soft Sweeps in Humans over the Last 100,000 Years”, Laval et al 2019
- “The Exposome in Human Evolution: From Dust to Diesel”, Trumble & Finch 2019
- “Adaptive Archaic Introgression of Copy Number Variants and the Discovery of Previously Unknown Human Genes”, Hsieh et al 2019
- “Genomic Evidence for Local Adaptation of Hunter-Gatherers to the African Rainforest”, Lopez et al 2019
- “Genetic Contributions to Variation in Human Stature in Prehistoric Europe”, Cox et al 2019
- “Thinking About the Evolution of Complex Traits in the Era of Genome-Wide Association Studies”, Sella & Barton 2019
- “Direct Estimation of Mutations in Great Apes Reconciles Phylogenetic Dating”, Besenbacher et al 2019
- “Polygenic Scores Mediate the Jewish Phenotypic Advantage in Educational Attainment and Cognitive Ability Compared With Catholics and Lutherans”, Dunkel et al 2019
- “Natural Selection Contributed to Immunological Differences between Hunter-Gatherers and Agriculturalists”, Harrison et al 2019
- “Comparing Signals of Natural Selection between 3 Indigenous North American Populations”, Reynolds et al 2019
- “Impact and Evolutionary Determinants of Neanderthal Introgression on Transcriptional and Post-Transcriptional Regulation”, Silvert et al 2019
- “Genetic Architecture and Adaptations of Nunavik Inuit”, Zhou et al 2019
- “A Late Middle Pleistocene Denisovan Mandible from the Tibetan Plateau”, Chen et al 2019d
- “The Heritability of Fertility Makes World Population Stabilization Unlikely in the Foreseeable Future”, Collins & Page 2019
- “Reconstructing the History of Polygenic Scores Using Coalescent Trees”, Edge & Coop 2019
- “Polygenic Adaptation on Height Is Overestimated due to Uncorrected Stratification in Genome-Wide Association Studies”, Sohail et al 2019
- “Schizophrenia Risk and Reproductive Success: a Mendelian Randomization Study”, Lawn et al 2019
- “The Pregnancy Pickle: Evolved Immune Compensation Due to Pregnancy Underlies Sex Differences in Human Diseases”, Natri et al 2019
- “A Method for Genome-Wide Genealogy Estimation for Thousands of Samples”, Speidel et al 2019
- “Debate Over Race and Intelligence”, O’Neil et al 2018
- “Polygenicity of Complex Traits Is Explained by Negative Selection”, O’Connor et al 2018
- “Detecting past and Ongoing Natural Selection among Ethnically Tibetan Women at High Altitude in Nepal”, Jeong et al 2018
- “Quantification of Genetic Components of Population Differentiation in UK Biobank Traits Reveals Signals of Polygenic Selection”, Liu et al 2018
- “An Evolutionary Compass for Elucidating Selection Mechanisms Shaping Complex Traits”, Uricchio et al 2018
- “Evolutionary Perspectives on Genetic and Environmental Risk Factors for Psychiatric Disorders”, Keller 2018
- “Polygenic Adaptation and Convergent Evolution across Both Growth and Cardiac Genetic Pathways in African and Asian Rainforest Hunter-Gatherers”, Bergey et al 2018
- “Strong Selection during the Last Millennium for African Ancestry in the Admixed Population of Madagascar”, Pierron et al 2018
- “Human Local Adaptation of the TRPM8 Cold Receptor along a Latitudinal Cline”, Key et al 2018
- “Genetic Diversity in Populations across Latin America: Implications for Population and Medical Genetic Studies”, Belbin et al 2018
- “Changes in Biological Pathways During 6,000 Years of Civilization in Europe”, Chekalin et al 2018
- “Physiological and Genetic Adaptations to Diving in Sea Nomads”, Ilardo et al 2018
- “Estimation of The Percentage of US Patients With Cancer Who Benefit From Genome-Driven Oncology”, Association 2018
- “Ancient Human Genomics: The First Decade”, Skoglund & Mathieson 2018
- “Evolutionary History and Adaptation of a Human Pygmy Population of Flores Island, Indonesia”, Tucci et al 2018
- “Kin Selection and Ethnic Group Selection”, Jones 2018
- “Common Schizophrenia Alleles Are Enriched in Mutation-Intolerant Genes and in Regions under Strong Background Selection”, Pardiñas et al 2018
- “Polygenic Adaptation Has Impacted Multiple Anthropometric Traits”, Berg et al 2017
- “Linkage Disequilibrium-Dependent Architecture of Human Complex Traits Shows Action of Negative Selection”, Gazal et al 2017
- “Identifying Genetic Variants That Affect Viability in Large Cohorts”, Mostafavi et al 2017
- “Detecting Polygenic Adaptation in Admixture Graphs”, Racimo et al 2017
- “Genetic Loci Associated With Coronary Artery Disease Harbor Evidence of Selection and Antagonistic Pleiotropy”, Byars et al 2017
- “Soft Sweeps Are the Dominant Mode of Adaptation in the Human Genome”, Schrider & Kern 2017
- “Comparative Genomic Evidence for Self-Domestication in Homo Sapiens”, Theofanopoulou et al 2017
- “Patterns of Shared Signatures of Recent Positive Selection across Human Populations”, Johnson & Voight 2017
- “Widespread Signatures of Positive Selection in Common Risk Alleles Associated to Autism Spectrum Disorder”, Polimanti & Gelernter 2017
- “Investigating the Case of Human Nose Shape and Climate Adaptation”, Zaidi et al 2017
- “The Genetic Diversity of the Americas”, Adhikari et al 2017
- “Harnessing Ancient Genomes to Study the History of Human Adaptation”, Marciniak & Perry 2017
- “Archaic Adaptive Introgression in TBX15/WARS2”, Racimo et al 2017
- “Understanding Immunity through the Lens of Disease Ecology”, Hedrick 2017
- “Population Structure of UK Biobank and Ancient Eurasians Reveals Adaptation at Genes Influencing Blood Pressure”, Galinsky et al 2016
- “The Evolutionary Genetics of Personality Revisited”, Penke & Jokela 2016
- “Genetic Associations Between Personality Traits and Lifetime Reproductive Success in Humans”, Berg et al 2016
- “The Simons Genome Diversity Project: 300 Genomes from 142 Diverse Populations”, Li et al 2016
- “An Evolutionary Genetic Perspective on Cancer Biology”, Shpak & Lu 2016
- “Divergent Ah Receptor Ligand Selectivity during Hominin Evolution”, Hubbard et al 2016
- “A Thrifty Variant in CREBRF Strongly Influences Body Mass Index in Samoans”, Minster et al 2016
- “Detection of Human Adaptation during the past 2000 Years”, Field et al 2016
- “Genetic Markers of Human Evolution Are Enriched in Schizophrenia”, Srinivasan et al 2016
- “Eight Thousand Years of Natural Selection in Europe”, Mathieson et al 2015
- “Population Genetic Differentiation of Height and Body Mass Index across Europe”, Robinson et al 2015
- “Estimating the Mutation Load in Human Genomes”, Henn et al 2015
- “Genome-Wide Patterns of Selection in 230 Ancient Eurasians”, Lazaridis et al 2015
- “Rapid Evolution of the Cerebellum in Humans and Other Great Apes”, Barton & Venditti 2014
- “8.2% of the Human Genome Is Constrained: Variation in Rates of Turnover across Functional Element Classes in the Human Lineage”, Rands et al 2014
- “Exceptional Evolutionary Divergence of Human Muscle and Brain Metabolomes Parallels Human Cognitive and Physical Uniqueness”, Bozek et al 2014
- “A Population Genetic Signal of Polygenic Adaptation”, Berg & Coop 2014
- “Genome Sequence of a 45,000-Year-Old Modern Human from Western Siberia”, Fu et al 2014
- “The Deleterious Mutation Load Is Insensitive to Recent Population History”, Simons et al 2014
- “Analysis of 6,515 Exomes Reveals the Recent Origin of Most Human Protein-Coding Variants”, Fu et al 2013
- “Host-Microbe Interactions Have Shaped the Genetic Architecture of Inflammatory Bowel Disease”, Jostins et al 2012
- “Parallel Adaptive Divergence among Geographically Diverse Human Populations”, Tennessen & Akey 2011
- “Human Adaptation to the Control of Fire”, Wrangham & Carmody 2010
- “The Genetics of Human Adaptation: Hard Sweeps, Soft Sweeps, and Polygenic Adaptation”, Pritchard et al 2010
- “The Role of Genetic Variation in the Causation of Mental Illness: an Evolution-Informed Framework”, Uher 2009
- “Paleontological Tests: Human-Like Intelligence Is Not a Convergent Feature of Evolution”, Lineweaver 2007
- “Genetic Similarities within and between Human Populations”, Witherspoon et al 2007
- “Resolving the Paradox of Common, Harmful, Heritable Mental Disorders: Which Evolutionary Genetic Models Work Best?”, Keller & Miller 2006
- “The Evolution of Personality Variation in Humans and Other Animals”, Nettle 2006
- “Anorexia Nervosa: an Evolutionary Puzzle”, Gatward 2006
- “Sequencing and Analysis of Neanderthal Genomic DNA”, Noonan et al 2006
- “Molecular Insights into Human Brain Evolution”, Bradbury 2005
- “Understanding the Odd Science of Aging”, Kirkwood 2005
- “Forbidden Knowledge”, Kempner et al 2005
- “The Acquired Immune System: A Vantage from Beneath”, Hedrick 2004
- “Modelling the Recent Common Ancestry of All Living Humans”, Rohde et al 2004
- “Adapted to Flee Famine: Adding an Evolutionary Perspective on Anorexia Nervosa”, Guisinger 2003
- “Energetics And The Evolution Of The Genus Homo”, Aiello & Wells 2002
- “Pseudoparadoxical Impulsivity in Restrictive Anorexia Nervosa: A Consequence of the Logic of Scarcity”, Fessler 2002
- “Approximate Bayesian Computation in Population Genetics”, Beaumont et al 2002
- “Infectious Causation of Disease: An Evolutionary Perspective”, Cochran et al 2000
- “The Psychological Foundations of Culture”, Tooby & Cosmides 1995
- “Natural Wonder: At Heart, Edward Wilson’s an Ant Man. But It’s His Theories on Human Behavior That Stir up Trouble”, Getlin 1994
- “Genetic Similarity, Human Altruism, and Group Selection”, Rushton 1989
- “Are Humans Maximizing Reproductive Success? [With Reply]”, Lande & Weinrich 1978
- “Human Sociobiology: Pair-Bonding and Resource Predictability (effects of Social Class and Race)”, Weinrich 1977
- “Human Reproductive Strategy: I. Environmental Predictability And Reproductive Strategy; Effects Of Social Class And Race. II. Homosexuality And Non-Reproduction; Some Evolutionary Models”, Weinrich 1976
- “Hardy-Weinberg Law Generalized to Estimate Hybrid Variance for Negro Populations and Reduce Racial Aspects of the Environment-Heredity Uncertainty”, Shockley 1971b
- “The Survival Skills of Helena Valero”
- “Carl Shulman #2: AI Takeover, Bio & Cyber Attacks, Detecting Deception, & Humanity's Far Future”
- “Early Evolution of Small Body Size in Homo Floresiensis”
- “BioRxiv Wouldn’t Host Our Paper on Natural Selection, Why Not?”
- “The Natural Selection Paper, Part 1: Our Findings. The First of 3 Posts about My New Paper With Abdel Abdellaoui”
- “The Natural Selection Paper, Part 3: Reflections. People’s Genes Are Changing. Does It Matter?”
- “The Natural Selection Paper, Part 2: Theory. What Explains Natural Selection in Contemporary Humans?”
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“Extensive Antagonistic Variants across Human Genome”, Bian et al 2024
“Pervasive Findings of Directional Selection Realize the Promise of Ancient DNA to Elucidate Human Adaptation”, Akbari et al 2024
“Genomic Findings and Their Implications for the Evolutionary Social Sciences”, Zietsch 2024
Genomic findings and their implications for the evolutionary social sciences
“Uniquely Human Intelligence Arose from Expanded Information Capacity”, Cantlon & Piantadosi 2024
Uniquely human intelligence arose from expanded information capacity
“Macroevolutionary Origins of Comparative Development”, Riahi 2023
“Convergent Evolution of Complex Adaptive Traits Enabled Human Life at High Altitudes”, Ferraretti et al 2023
Convergent evolution of complex adaptive traits enabled human life at high altitudes
“Ancestral Genetic Components Are Consistently Associated With the Complex Trait Landscape in European Biobanks”, Pankratov et al 2023
“Retracing Human Genetic Histories and Natural Selection Using Precise Local Ancestry Inference”, Lerga-Jaso et al 2023
Retracing Human Genetic Histories and Natural Selection Using Precise Local Ancestry Inference
“Did Our Ancestors Nearly Die Out? Genetic Analyses Suggest an Ancient Human Population Crash 900,000 Years Ago”, Ashton & Stringers 2023
“The Genetic History of the Southern Andes from Present-Day Mapuche Ancestry”, Arango-Isaza et al 2023
The genetic history of the Southern Andes from present-day Mapuche ancestry
“The Role of Genetic Selection and Climatic Factors in the Dispersal of Anatomically Modern Humans out of Africa”, Tobler et al 2023
“Whole-Genome Sequencing Reveals a Complex African Population Demographic History and Signatures of Local Adaptation”, Fan et al 2023
Homo Medicus: The Transition to Meat Eating Increased Pathogen Pressure and the Use of Pharmacological Plants in Homo, Hagen et al 2023
“What Do Evolutionary Researchers Believe about Human Psychology and Behavior?”, Kruger et al 2023
What do evolutionary researchers believe about human psychology and behavior?
“Positive Selection in the Genomes of Two Papua New Guinean Populations at Distinct Altitude Levels”, André et al 2022
Positive selection in the genomes of two Papua New Guinean populations at distinct altitude levels
“Large Scale Functional Screen Identifies Genetic Variants With Splicing Effects in Modern and Archaic Humans”, Rong et al 2022
“Versatile Detection of Diverse Selective Sweeps With Flex-Sweep”, Lauterbur et al 2022
Versatile detection of diverse selective sweeps with Flex-sweep
“A Gene-Level Test for Directional Selection on Gene Expression”, Colbran & Mathieson 2022
A gene-level test for directional selection on gene expression
“Evolution of Immune Genes Is Associated With the Black Death”, Klunk et al 2022
Evolution of immune genes is associated with the Black Death
“The Selection Landscape and Genetic Legacy of Ancient Eurasians”, Irving-Pease et al 2022
The Selection Landscape and Genetic Legacy of Ancient Eurasians
“On the Randomness of Suicide: An Evolutionary, Clinical Call to Transcend Suicide Risk Assessment”, Soper et al 2022
On the Randomness of Suicide: An Evolutionary, Clinical Call to Transcend Suicide Risk Assessment
“1,000 Ancient Genomes Uncover 10,000 Years of Natural Selection in Europe”, Le et al 2022
1,000 ancient genomes uncover 10,000 years of natural selection in Europe
“Genetic Adaptation to Pathogens and Increased Risk of Inflammatory Disorders in Post-Neolithic Europe”, Kerner et al 2022
“The Lingering Effects of Neanderthal Introgression on Human Complex Traits”, Wei et al 2022
The lingering effects of Neanderthal introgression on human complex traits
“Clonal Dynamics of Hematopoiesis across the Human Lifespan”, Mitchell et al 2022
“Genome-Wide Data from Medieval German Jews Show That the Ashkenazi Founder Event Pre-Dated the 14th Century”, Waldman et al 2022
“Population Genomics of Stone Age Eurasia”, Allentoft et al 2022
“Using Macroevolutionary Patterns to Distinguish Primary from Secondary Cognitive Modules in Primate Cross-Species Performance Data on 5 Cognitive Ability Measures”, Woodley et al 2022
“Balancing Selection on Genomic Deletion Polymorphisms in Humans”, Aqil et al 2022
Balancing selection on genomic deletion polymorphisms in humans
“The Direct Reproductive Cost of Same-Sex Attraction: Evidence from Two Nationally Representative US Samples”, Apostolou 2022
“Direct Detection of Natural Selection in Bronze Age Britain”, Mathieson & Terhorst 2022
“GWAS on Birth Year Infant Mortality Rates Provides Evidence of Recent Natural Selection”, Wu et al 2022
GWAS on birth year infant mortality rates provides evidence of recent natural selection
“Evolutionary Trajectories of Complex Traits in European Populations of Modern Humans”, Kuijpers et al 2022
Evolutionary Trajectories of Complex Traits in European Populations of Modern Humans
“Recent Selection Is a Major Force Driving Cancer Evolution”, Gu & Yang 2021
“Evolution of Human-Specific Alleles Protecting Cognitive Function of Grandmothers”, Saha et al 2021
Evolution of Human-specific Alleles Protecting Cognitive Function of Grandmothers
“Admixture Has Obscured Signals of Historical Hard Sweeps in Humans”, Souilmi et al 2021
Admixture has obscured signals of historical hard sweeps in humans
“Disentangling Signatures of Selection Before and After European Colonization in Latin Americans”, Mendoza-Revilla et al 2021
Disentangling signatures of selection before and after European colonization in Latin Americans
“Genome-Wide Association Analyses of Individual Differences in Quantitatively Assessed Reading-Related and Language-Related Skills in up to 34,000 People”, Eising et al 2021
“Long-Range Regulatory Effects of Neanderthal DNA in Modern Humans”, Yermakovich et al 2021
Long-range regulatory effects of Neanderthal DNA in modern humans
“The Genetic Basis of Tail-Loss Evolution in Humans and Apes”, Xia et al 2021
“Extreme Purifying Selection against Point Mutations in the Human Genome”, Dukler et al 2021
Extreme purifying selection against point mutations in the human genome
“Genomic Evidence Consistent With Antagonistic Pleiotropy May Help Explain the Evolutionary Maintenance of Same-Sex Sexual Behavior in Humans”, Zietsch et al 2021
“Relationship between Rice Farming and Polygenic Scores Potentially Linked to Agriculture in China”, Zhu et al 2021
Relationship between rice farming and polygenic scores potentially linked to agriculture in China
“Cortical Control of Behavior and Attention from an Evolutionary Perspective”, Sherman & Usrey 2021
Cortical control of behavior and attention from an evolutionary perspective
“The Evolution of Perennially Enlarged Breasts in Women: a Critical Review and a Novel Hypothesis”, Pawłowski & Żelaźniewicz 2021
The evolution of perennially enlarged breasts in women: a critical review and a novel hypothesis
“Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Depression From an Evolutionary Perspective”, Hollon et al 2021
Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Depression From an Evolutionary Perspective
“Now You See Them, and Now You Don’t: An Evolutionarily Informed Model of Environmental Influences on Human Sex Differences”, Geary 2021
“Analysis of Genomic DNA from Medieval Plague Victims Suggests Long-Term Effect of Yersinia Pestis on Human Immunity Genes”, Immel et al 2021
“Geographic Variation in the Polygenic Score of Height in Japan”, Isshiki et al 2021
Geographic variation in the polygenic score of height in Japan
“Unearthing Neanderthal Population History Using Nuclear and Mitochondrial DNA from Cave Sediments”, Vernot et al 2021
Unearthing Neanderthal population history using nuclear and mitochondrial DNA from cave sediments
“An Early Cell Shape Transition Drives Evolutionary Expansion of the Human Forebrain”, Benito-Kwiecinski et al 2021
An early cell shape transition drives evolutionary expansion of the human forebrain
“Scientists Discover Why the Human Brain Is so Big: Molecular Switch Makes Human Organ Three times Larger Than Great Apes’, Study Finds”, Sample 2021
“Negative Selection on Complex Traits Limits Phenotype Prediction Accuracy between Populations”, Durvasula & Lohmueller 2021
Negative selection on complex traits limits phenotype prediction accuracy between populations
“S-LDXR: Population-Specific Causal Disease Effect Sizes in Functionally Important Regions Impacted by Selection”, Shi et al 2021
“No Support for the Hereditarian Hypothesis of the Black-White Achievement Gap Using Polygenic Scores and Tests for Divergent Selection”, Bird 2021
“Local Adaptation and Archaic Introgression Shape Global Diversity at Human Structural Variant Loci”, Yan et al 2021
Local adaptation and archaic introgression shape global diversity at human structural variant loci
“African Genetic Diversity and Adaptation Inform a Precision Medicine Agenda”, Pereira et al 2021
African genetic diversity and adaptation inform a precision medicine agenda
“Genome-Scale Sequencing and Analysis of Human, Wolf and Bison DNA from 25,000 Year-Old Sediment”, Gelabert et al 2021
Genome-scale sequencing and analysis of human, wolf and bison DNA from 25,000 year-old sediment
“The Influence of Evolutionary History on Human Health and Disease”, Benton et al 2021
The influence of evolutionary history on human health and disease
“Associations of Biogeographic Ancestry With Hypertension Traits”, Keaton et al 2021
Associations of biogeographic ancestry with hypertension traits
“Population Genomics of the Viking World”, Margaryan et al 2020
“Whole-Exome Imputation within UK Biobank Powers Rare Coding Variant Association and Fine-Mapping Analyses”, Barton et al 2020
“Evolution of the Human Brain: A Human-Specific Gene Is a Determinant of the Cognitive Architecture of the Human Cerebral Cortex”, Dehay & Kennedy 2020
“Human-Specific ARHGAP11B Increases Size and Folding of Primate Neocortex in the Fetal Marmoset”, Heide et al 2020
Human-specific ARHGAP11B increases size and folding of primate neocortex in the fetal marmoset
“Natural Selection on Anthropometric Traits of Estonian Girls”, Valge et al 2020
Natural selection on anthropometric traits of Estonian girls
“Evidence of Polygenic Adaptation in Sardinia at Height-Associated Loci Ascertained from the Biobank Japan”, Chen et al 2020
“Lessons Learned from Bugs in Models of Human History”, Ragsdale et al 2020
“Sex-Biased Reduction in Reproductive Success Drives Selective Constraint on Human Genes”, Gardner et al 2020
Sex-biased reduction in reproductive success drives selective constraint on human genes
“An Age-Dependent Ovulatory Strategy Explains the Evolution of Dizygotic Twinning in Humans”, Hazel et al 2020
An age-dependent ovulatory strategy explains the evolution of dizygotic twinning in humans
“Coalitional Value Theory: an Evolutionary Approach to Understanding Culture”, Winegard et al 2020
Coalitional Value Theory: an Evolutionary Approach to Understanding Culture
“Disentangling Selection on Genetically Correlated Polygenic Traits Using Whole-Genome Genealogies”, Stern et al 2020
Disentangling selection on genetically correlated polygenic traits using whole-genome genealogies
“Macroevolutionary Patterns and Selection Modes for General Intelligence (G) and for Commonly Used Neuroanatomical Volume Measures in Primates”, Fernandes et al 2020
“The Genomics of Human Local Adaptation”, Rees et al 2020
“Air Pollution, Evolution, and the Fate of Billions of Humans: It’s Not Just a Modern Problem. Airborne Toxins Are so Pernicious That They May Have Shaped Our DNA over Millions of Years”, Zimmer 2020
“A Genome-Wide Approximate Bayesian Computation Approach Suggests Only Limited Numbers of Soft Sweeps in Humans over the Last 100,000 Years”, Laval et al 2019
“The Exposome in Human Evolution: From Dust to Diesel”, Trumble & Finch 2019
“Adaptive Archaic Introgression of Copy Number Variants and the Discovery of Previously Unknown Human Genes”, Hsieh et al 2019
“Genomic Evidence for Local Adaptation of Hunter-Gatherers to the African Rainforest”, Lopez et al 2019
Genomic Evidence for Local Adaptation of Hunter-Gatherers to the African Rainforest
“Genetic Contributions to Variation in Human Stature in Prehistoric Europe”, Cox et al 2019
Genetic contributions to variation in human stature in prehistoric Europe
“Thinking About the Evolution of Complex Traits in the Era of Genome-Wide Association Studies”, Sella & Barton 2019
Thinking About the Evolution of Complex Traits in the Era of Genome-Wide Association Studies
“Direct Estimation of Mutations in Great Apes Reconciles Phylogenetic Dating”, Besenbacher et al 2019
Direct estimation of mutations in great apes reconciles phylogenetic dating:
“Polygenic Scores Mediate the Jewish Phenotypic Advantage in Educational Attainment and Cognitive Ability Compared With Catholics and Lutherans”, Dunkel et al 2019
“Natural Selection Contributed to Immunological Differences between Hunter-Gatherers and Agriculturalists”, Harrison et al 2019
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“Comparing Signals of Natural Selection between 3 Indigenous North American Populations”, Reynolds et al 2019
Comparing signals of natural selection between 3 Indigenous North American populations
“Impact and Evolutionary Determinants of Neanderthal Introgression on Transcriptional and Post-Transcriptional Regulation”, Silvert et al 2019
“Genetic Architecture and Adaptations of Nunavik Inuit”, Zhou et al 2019
“A Late Middle Pleistocene Denisovan Mandible from the Tibetan Plateau”, Chen et al 2019d
A late Middle Pleistocene Denisovan mandible from the Tibetan Plateau:
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“The Heritability of Fertility Makes World Population Stabilization Unlikely in the Foreseeable Future”, Collins & Page 2019
“Reconstructing the History of Polygenic Scores Using Coalescent Trees”, Edge & Coop 2019
Reconstructing the History of Polygenic Scores Using Coalescent Trees
“Polygenic Adaptation on Height Is Overestimated due to Uncorrected Stratification in Genome-Wide Association Studies”, Sohail et al 2019
“Schizophrenia Risk and Reproductive Success: a Mendelian Randomization Study”, Lawn et al 2019
Schizophrenia risk and reproductive success: a Mendelian Randomization study
“The Pregnancy Pickle: Evolved Immune Compensation Due to Pregnancy Underlies Sex Differences in Human Diseases”, Natri et al 2019
“A Method for Genome-Wide Genealogy Estimation for Thousands of Samples”, Speidel et al 2019
A method for genome-wide genealogy estimation for thousands of samples
“Debate Over Race and Intelligence”, O’Neil et al 2018
“Polygenicity of Complex Traits Is Explained by Negative Selection”, O’Connor et al 2018
Polygenicity of complex traits is explained by negative selection
“Detecting past and Ongoing Natural Selection among Ethnically Tibetan Women at High Altitude in Nepal”, Jeong et al 2018
“Quantification of Genetic Components of Population Differentiation in UK Biobank Traits Reveals Signals of Polygenic Selection”, Liu et al 2018
“An Evolutionary Compass for Elucidating Selection Mechanisms Shaping Complex Traits”, Uricchio et al 2018
An evolutionary compass for elucidating selection mechanisms shaping complex traits
“Evolutionary Perspectives on Genetic and Environmental Risk Factors for Psychiatric Disorders”, Keller 2018
Evolutionary Perspectives on Genetic and Environmental Risk Factors for Psychiatric Disorders
“Polygenic Adaptation and Convergent Evolution across Both Growth and Cardiac Genetic Pathways in African and Asian Rainforest Hunter-Gatherers”, Bergey et al 2018
“Strong Selection during the Last Millennium for African Ancestry in the Admixed Population of Madagascar”, Pierron et al 2018
“Human Local Adaptation of the TRPM8 Cold Receptor along a Latitudinal Cline”, Key et al 2018
Human local adaptation of the TRPM8 cold receptor along a latitudinal cline
“Genetic Diversity in Populations across Latin America: Implications for Population and Medical Genetic Studies”, Belbin et al 2018
“Changes in Biological Pathways During 6,000 Years of Civilization in Europe”, Chekalin et al 2018
Changes in Biological Pathways During 6,000 Years of Civilization in Europe:
“Physiological and Genetic Adaptations to Diving in Sea Nomads”, Ilardo et al 2018
Physiological and Genetic Adaptations to Diving in Sea Nomads:
“Estimation of The Percentage of US Patients With Cancer Who Benefit From Genome-Driven Oncology”, Association 2018
Estimation of The Percentage of US Patients With Cancer Who Benefit From Genome-Driven Oncology:
“Ancient Human Genomics: The First Decade”, Skoglund & Mathieson 2018
“Evolutionary History and Adaptation of a Human Pygmy Population of Flores Island, Indonesia”, Tucci et al 2018
Evolutionary history and adaptation of a human pygmy population of Flores Island, Indonesia:
“Kin Selection and Ethnic Group Selection”, Jones 2018
“Common Schizophrenia Alleles Are Enriched in Mutation-Intolerant Genes and in Regions under Strong Background Selection”, Pardiñas et al 2018
“Polygenic Adaptation Has Impacted Multiple Anthropometric Traits”, Berg et al 2017
Polygenic Adaptation has Impacted Multiple Anthropometric Traits
“Linkage Disequilibrium-Dependent Architecture of Human Complex Traits Shows Action of Negative Selection”, Gazal et al 2017
“Identifying Genetic Variants That Affect Viability in Large Cohorts”, Mostafavi et al 2017
Identifying genetic variants that affect viability in large cohorts
“Detecting Polygenic Adaptation in Admixture Graphs”, Racimo et al 2017
“Genetic Loci Associated With Coronary Artery Disease Harbor Evidence of Selection and Antagonistic Pleiotropy”, Byars et al 2017
“Soft Sweeps Are the Dominant Mode of Adaptation in the Human Genome”, Schrider & Kern 2017
Soft sweeps are the dominant mode of adaptation in the human genome
“Comparative Genomic Evidence for Self-Domestication in Homo Sapiens”, Theofanopoulou et al 2017
Comparative genomic evidence for self-domestication in Homo sapiens
“Patterns of Shared Signatures of Recent Positive Selection across Human Populations”, Johnson & Voight 2017
Patterns of shared signatures of recent positive selection across human populations
“Widespread Signatures of Positive Selection in Common Risk Alleles Associated to Autism Spectrum Disorder”, Polimanti & Gelernter 2017
“Investigating the Case of Human Nose Shape and Climate Adaptation”, Zaidi et al 2017
Investigating the case of human nose shape and climate adaptation
“The Genetic Diversity of the Americas”, Adhikari et al 2017
“Harnessing Ancient Genomes to Study the History of Human Adaptation”, Marciniak & Perry 2017
Harnessing ancient genomes to study the history of human adaptation:
“Archaic Adaptive Introgression in TBX15/WARS2”, Racimo et al 2017
“Understanding Immunity through the Lens of Disease Ecology”, Hedrick 2017
“Population Structure of UK Biobank and Ancient Eurasians Reveals Adaptation at Genes Influencing Blood Pressure”, Galinsky et al 2016
“The Evolutionary Genetics of Personality Revisited”, Penke & Jokela 2016
“Genetic Associations Between Personality Traits and Lifetime Reproductive Success in Humans”, Berg et al 2016
Genetic Associations Between Personality Traits and Lifetime Reproductive Success in Humans:
“The Simons Genome Diversity Project: 300 Genomes from 142 Diverse Populations”, Li et al 2016
The Simons Genome Diversity Project: 300 genomes from 142 diverse populations:
“An Evolutionary Genetic Perspective on Cancer Biology”, Shpak & Lu 2016
“Divergent Ah Receptor Ligand Selectivity during Hominin Evolution”, Hubbard et al 2016
Divergent Ah Receptor Ligand Selectivity during Hominin Evolution
“A Thrifty Variant in CREBRF Strongly Influences Body Mass Index in Samoans”, Minster et al 2016
A thrifty variant in CREBRF strongly influences body mass index in Samoans
“Detection of Human Adaptation during the past 2000 Years”, Field et al 2016
“Genetic Markers of Human Evolution Are Enriched in Schizophrenia”, Srinivasan et al 2016
Genetic Markers of Human Evolution Are Enriched in Schizophrenia
“Eight Thousand Years of Natural Selection in Europe”, Mathieson et al 2015
“Population Genetic Differentiation of Height and Body Mass Index across Europe”, Robinson et al 2015
Population genetic differentiation of height and body mass index across Europe
“Estimating the Mutation Load in Human Genomes”, Henn et al 2015
“Genome-Wide Patterns of Selection in 230 Ancient Eurasians”, Lazaridis et al 2015
Genome-wide patterns of selection in 230 ancient Eurasians:
“Rapid Evolution of the Cerebellum in Humans and Other Great Apes”, Barton & Venditti 2014
Rapid Evolution of the Cerebellum in Humans and Other Great Apes
“8.2% of the Human Genome Is Constrained: Variation in Rates of Turnover across Functional Element Classes in the Human Lineage”, Rands et al 2014
“Exceptional Evolutionary Divergence of Human Muscle and Brain Metabolomes Parallels Human Cognitive and Physical Uniqueness”, Bozek et al 2014
“A Population Genetic Signal of Polygenic Adaptation”, Berg & Coop 2014
“Genome Sequence of a 45,000-Year-Old Modern Human from Western Siberia”, Fu et al 2014
Genome sequence of a 45,000-year-old modern human from western Siberia
“The Deleterious Mutation Load Is Insensitive to Recent Population History”, Simons et al 2014
The deleterious mutation load is insensitive to recent population history
“Analysis of 6,515 Exomes Reveals the Recent Origin of Most Human Protein-Coding Variants”, Fu et al 2013
Analysis of 6,515 exomes reveals the recent origin of most human protein-coding variants
“Host-Microbe Interactions Have Shaped the Genetic Architecture of Inflammatory Bowel Disease”, Jostins et al 2012
Host-microbe interactions have shaped the genetic architecture of inflammatory bowel disease
“Parallel Adaptive Divergence among Geographically Diverse Human Populations”, Tennessen & Akey 2011
Parallel Adaptive Divergence among Geographically Diverse Human Populations
“Human Adaptation to the Control of Fire”, Wrangham & Carmody 2010
“The Genetics of Human Adaptation: Hard Sweeps, Soft Sweeps, and Polygenic Adaptation”, Pritchard et al 2010
The genetics of human adaptation: hard sweeps, soft sweeps, and polygenic adaptation
“The Role of Genetic Variation in the Causation of Mental Illness: an Evolution-Informed Framework”, Uher 2009
The role of genetic variation in the causation of mental illness: an evolution-informed framework
“Paleontological Tests: Human-Like Intelligence Is Not a Convergent Feature of Evolution”, Lineweaver 2007
Paleontological Tests: Human-like Intelligence is not a Convergent Feature of Evolution
“Genetic Similarities within and between Human Populations”, Witherspoon et al 2007
“Resolving the Paradox of Common, Harmful, Heritable Mental Disorders: Which Evolutionary Genetic Models Work Best?”, Keller & Miller 2006
“The Evolution of Personality Variation in Humans and Other Animals”, Nettle 2006
The evolution of personality variation in humans and other animals
“Anorexia Nervosa: an Evolutionary Puzzle”, Gatward 2006
“Sequencing and Analysis of Neanderthal Genomic DNA”, Noonan et al 2006
“Molecular Insights into Human Brain Evolution”, Bradbury 2005
“Understanding the Odd Science of Aging”, Kirkwood 2005
“Forbidden Knowledge”, Kempner et al 2005
“The Acquired Immune System: A Vantage from Beneath”, Hedrick 2004
“Modelling the Recent Common Ancestry of All Living Humans”, Rohde et al 2004
“Adapted to Flee Famine: Adding an Evolutionary Perspective on Anorexia Nervosa”, Guisinger 2003
Adapted to Flee Famine: Adding an Evolutionary Perspective on Anorexia Nervosa
“Energetics And The Evolution Of The Genus Homo”, Aiello & Wells 2002
“Pseudoparadoxical Impulsivity in Restrictive Anorexia Nervosa: A Consequence of the Logic of Scarcity”, Fessler 2002
“Approximate Bayesian Computation in Population Genetics”, Beaumont et al 2002
“Infectious Causation of Disease: An Evolutionary Perspective”, Cochran et al 2000
Infectious Causation of Disease: An Evolutionary Perspective
“The Psychological Foundations of Culture”, Tooby & Cosmides 1995
“Natural Wonder: At Heart, Edward Wilson’s an Ant Man. But It’s His Theories on Human Behavior That Stir up Trouble”, Getlin 1994
“Genetic Similarity, Human Altruism, and Group Selection”, Rushton 1989
“Are Humans Maximizing Reproductive Success? [With Reply]”, Lande & Weinrich 1978
“Human Sociobiology: Pair-Bonding and Resource Predictability (effects of Social Class and Race)”, Weinrich 1977
Human sociobiology: Pair-bonding and resource predictability (effects of social class and race)
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“Hardy-Weinberg Law Generalized to Estimate Hybrid Variance for Negro Populations and Reduce Racial Aspects of the Environment-Heredity Uncertainty”, Shockley 1971b
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“Carl Shulman #2: AI Takeover, Bio & Cyber Attacks, Detecting Deception, & Humanity's Far Future”
Carl Shulman #2: AI Takeover, Bio & Cyber Attacks, Detecting Deception, & Humanity's Far Future
“Early Evolution of Small Body Size in Homo Floresiensis”
“BioRxiv Wouldn’t Host Our Paper on Natural Selection, Why Not?”
bioRxiv wouldn’t host our paper on natural selection, why not?
“The Natural Selection Paper, Part 1: Our Findings. The First of 3 Posts about My New Paper With Abdel Abdellaoui”
“The Natural Selection Paper, Part 3: Reflections. People’s Genes Are Changing. Does It Matter?”
The natural selection paper, part 3: reflections. People’s genes are changing. Does it matter?
“The Natural Selection Paper, Part 2: Theory. What Explains Natural Selection in Contemporary Humans?”
The natural selection paper, part 2: theory. What explains natural selection in contemporary humans?
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