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The best Ancient Dna newsletters

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John Hawks

Substack
johnhawks.net· weekly· Published 16 days ago

John Hawks, a paleoanthropologist, writes about human evolution, Neanderthals, ancient DNA and primate behavior, often interpreting new research papers and his own site visits. Readers get expert commentary that places individual discoveries in a wider comparative and scientific context.

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PifferPilfer

Substack
substack.davidepiffer.com· irregular· Published 3 days ago

The newsletter presents original analyses of ancient DNA, examining links between genetic scores, archaeological change, skin pigmentation and the spread of Celtic languages. Each issue walks through the statistical methods and sources behind its findings, including caveats about small samples and indirect inference.

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