Daily Archives: May 16, 2010

Speculating About Neanderthals and Humans

(Picture from here.) I spoke in my blog (see here) about the recent Neanderthal sequence effort and the resulting evidence that Neanderthals and humans interbred. Now, mitochondrial DNA of Neanderthals was sequenced some time ago. (2008: See here.) What’s interesting … Continue reading


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Gender and Friendship

A while back I overheard a woman my age lecturing a younger woman. I heard her because her voice got quite sharp as she said, “There is no such thing as friendship with men you’re not married to. Whether you … Continue reading


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