Brilliant UK student builds PCR machine by hand to test a mutation | In Sciento Veritas.

We just started talking about the evolution of social behavior in class today (April 3, 2013).  We also discuss in class how something olfactory cues can help us choose mates that are immunologically different from ourselves, so potential offspring may have better immunity against diseases.  This article/blog post addresses some of the more social cues…

Evolution: Beastly surprises : Nature : Nature Publishing Group.

Evolutionary biology: Gentle giant of genetics : Nature : Nature Publishing Group.

Neanderthal remains point to earlier extinction : Nature News & Comment.

University of Michigan News Service | Monkey business: What howler monkeys can tell us about the role of interbreeding in human evolution.   No, this is NOT about humans mating with monkeys!  It does discuss why it’s so rare to find cross-breeds of different monkey species, and what light that might shed on human evolution.