Cynthia Goss
@ohnoitsalinguist.bsky.social
Reposted by Cynthia Goss
So much pseudoscience perverting the course of justice. Along with bite mark forensics, let's call out other approaches such as the polygraph, voice stress analysis, and SCAN, and label them what they truly are - junk science.
Louisiana Supreme Court Frees Death Row Prisoner, Calling Evidence Against Him “Scientifically Indefensible”
The decision affirms a lower court’s ruling nullifying Jimmie “Chris” Duncan’s 1998 first-degree murder conviction. Duncan was convicted based in part on forensic evidence that is now widely regarded ...
www.propublica.org
July 4, 2026 at 3:26 PM
So much pseudoscience perverting the course of justice. Along with bite mark forensics, let's call out other approaches such as the polygraph, voice stress analysis, and SCAN, and label them what they truly are - junk science.
Reposted by Cynthia Goss
Neanderthals And Denisovans Appear To Have Had The “Genetic Toolbox” For Language
Natural selection and language genes in humans 🏺🧪
Rob DeSalle, Ian Tattersall et al
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A hypothesis for how synaptic efficiency could be related to language acquisition in these lineages.
Natural selection and language genes in humans 🏺🧪
Rob DeSalle, Ian Tattersall et al
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A hypothesis for how synaptic efficiency could be related to language acquisition in these lineages.
March 11, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Neanderthals And Denisovans Appear To Have Had The “Genetic Toolbox” For Language
Natural selection and language genes in humans 🏺🧪
Rob DeSalle, Ian Tattersall et al
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A hypothesis for how synaptic efficiency could be related to language acquisition in these lineages.
Natural selection and language genes in humans 🏺🧪
Rob DeSalle, Ian Tattersall et al
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A hypothesis for how synaptic efficiency could be related to language acquisition in these lineages.