The way the world looks now in human evolutionary genetics

Explore how open access science is reshaping the landscape of scientific communication, as seen in BMC Biology's latest Q & A.

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Randy McDonald points me to this very nice Q & A formatted piece in BMC Biology from March, Who is H. sapiens really, and how do we know?. The lucidity and clarity is impressive. If scientists keep putting stuff out there like that open access then there'll be no need for science magazines and science blogs!

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