2012 WALLACE, Alfred Russel (1823 – 1913); VAN WYHE, John (1971 – )
Wallace online, directed by John van Wyhe.
http://wallace-online.org/ "Wallace Online is the first complete edition of the writings of naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace, including the first compilation of his specimens. The project is directed by John van Wyhe,…
GMN 8707 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10885
2012 DIOGO, Rui; WOOD, Bernard A. (1945 – )
Comparative anatomy and phylogeny of primate muscles and human evolution.
1027pp. The most comprehensive review of the comparative anatomy, homologies and evolution of the head, neck, pectoral and upper limb muscles of primates. The format is unusual with the text occupying the first 134pp.…
GMN 10865 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13061
2012 POWER, Michael L.; SCHULKIN, Jay
The evolution of the human placenta.
Chapter one is "The history of placental investigations."
GMN 12143 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14352
2013 WALLACE, Alfred Russel (1823 – 1913); DARWIN, Charles Robert (1809 – 1882); VAN WYHE, John (1971 – )
Dispelling the darkness: Voyage in the Malay Archipelago and the discovery of evolution by Wallace and Darwin.
GMN 8929 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/11107
2014 PÄÄBO, Svante (1955 – )
The complete genome sequence of a Neanderthal from the Altai Mountains.
First complete sequence of a Neanderthal genome. With more than 20 co-authors. In 2022 Pääbo was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for his discoveries concerning the genomes of extinct hominins and hu…
GMN 7289 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9459
2014 OWSLEY, Douglas W. (1951 – ); JANTZ, Richard L.
Kennewick man: The scientific investigation of an ancient American skeleton. Edited by Douglas W. Owsley and Richard L. Jantz.
" This volume resents the results of the most comprehensive scientific study of one of the most complete ancient human skeletons ever found in North America" (from the introduction). "Kennewick Man is the name general…
GMN 10087 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12276
2014 CECCHI, Jacopo Moggi; STANYON, Roscoe
Il Museo di storia naturale dell'Università degli studi di Firenze. Vol. 5, Le collezioni antropologiche ed etnologiche.
GMN 13210 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15473
2015 MELTZER, David J. (1955 – )
The great paleolithic war: How science forged an understanding of America's ice age past.
A masterful synthesis of the history of the study of human origins in North America with a comprehensive bibliography.
GMN 9829 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12017
2015 GRANT, Peter Raymond (1936 – ); GRANT, Barbara Rosemary (1936 – ); LAMICHHANEY, Sangeet; BERGLUND, Jonas; ET AL
Evolution of Darwin’s finches and their beaks revealed by genome sequencing.
The authors sequenced the genome of 120 individuals representing all of Darwin’s finches. They found that a 240 kilobase haplotype encompassing the ALX1 gene, which encodes a transcription factor affecting craniofacia…
GMN 14067 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/16378
2016 SOMMER, Marianne (1971 – )
History within: The science, culture, and politics of bones, organisms, and molecules.
GMN 8539 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10716
2016 DARWIN, Charles Robert (1809 – 1882); FRITH, Clifford Brodie (1949 – )
Charles Darwin’s life with birds: His complete ornithology.
GMN 10423 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12616
2017 CHEVALIER, Robert L.
Evolutionary nephrology.
Abstract: "Progressive kidney disease follows nephron loss, hyperfiltration, and incomplete repair, a process described as “maladaptive.” In the past 20 years, a new discipline has emerged that expands research horizo…
GMN 12099 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14308
2018 REICH, David (1973 – )
Who we are and how we got here: Ancient DNA and the new science of the human past.
GMN 10145 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12334
2018 LEWIS, Daniel
Belonging on an island: Birds, extinction, and evolution in Hawai'i.
GMN 10425 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12618
2019 CHEVALIER, Robert L.
Evolution, kidney development, and chronic kidney disease.
Abstract: "There is a global epidemic of chronic kidney disease (CKD) characterized by a progressive loss of nephrons, ascribed in large part to a rising incidence of hypertension, metabolic syndrome, and type 2 diabe…
GMN 12098 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14307
2020 HERRIES, Andy I. R.; MARTIN, Jesse M.; LEECE, A. B.; MENTER, Colin G.; ET AL
Contemporaneity of Australopithecus, Paranthropus,and early Homo erectus in South Africa.
Order of authorship in the original publication: Herries, Martin, Leece....Menter. Summary: "Understanding the extinction of Australopithecus and origins of Paranthropus and Homo in South Africa has been hampered by t…
GMN 12105 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14314
2020 MONCEL, Marie-Hélène (1959 – ); HARDY, Bruce L.; ET AL
Direct evidence of Neanderthal fibre technology and its cognitive and behavioral implications.
"Abstract "Neanderthals are often considered as less technologically advanced than modern humans. However, we typically only find faunal remains or stone tools at Paleolithic sites. Perishable materials, comprising th…
GMN 12181 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14391
2020 INGHAM, Victoria A.; ANTHOUSI, Amalia; DOURIS, Vassilis; ET AL
A sensory appendage protein protects malaria vectors from pyrethroids.
Researching how the malarial mosquito A. gambiae developed resistance to common pyrethroid insecticides, the authors discovered how natural selection had enabled this insect population to develop resistance. They anal…
GMN 12596 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14836
