Experimental browser for the Atmosphere
Small sample bias can warp our understanding of ancient populations from fossils. With Denisovans, the shared aspects of tooth anatomy revolve around the large size of the molars. And all those molars came from male individuals. www.johnhawks.net/p/the-proble...
May 8, 2025, 10:04 AM
{ "uri": "at://did:plc:ba4lgdkezg7nj7bunknkrzkt/app.bsky.feed.post/3lonnxorc722c", "cid": "bafyreibv62sahnrmwgwo2rinkwqlicfl64mszs2r6uys7v4g4fitfhqpzi", "value": { "text": "Small sample bias can warp our understanding of ancient populations from fossils. With Denisovans, the shared aspects of tooth anatomy revolve around the large size of the molars. And all those molars came from male individuals.\n\nwww.johnhawks.net/p/the-proble...", "$type": "app.bsky.feed.post", "embed": { "$type": "app.bsky.embed.external", "external": { "uri": "https://www.johnhawks.net/p/the-problem-when-all-the-fossils-are-male", "thumb": { "$type": "blob", "ref": { "$link": "bafkreidsqd7fxejuq7phn22op3qemrkmjy62xn2ujzhzwqi3malsctasge" }, "mimeType": "image/jpeg", "size": 269592 }, "title": "The problem when all the fossils are male", "description": "Protein data shows that most known Denisovan teeth come from male individuals, hamstringing attempts to understand the variation of this group." } }, "langs": [ "en" ], "facets": [ { "index": { "byteEnd": 263, "byteStart": 230 }, "features": [ { "uri": "https://www.johnhawks.net/p/the-problem-when-all-the-fossils-are-male", "$type": "app.bsky.richtext.facet#link" } ] } ], "createdAt": "2025-05-08T10:04:55.844Z" } }