Tim Webster
@timwebster.bsky.social
Assistant Prof at the University of Utah. Genomics, evolution, primatology, anthropology, herpetology, bioinformatics, social networks.
All opinions are my own.
All opinions are my own.
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“Human ancestors interbred with two distinct populations of distant relatives” nice new preprint by @alanrogers.bsky.social @colinmbrand.bsky.social @timwebster.bsky.social showing that “archaics” & “moderns” interbred with two distinct “superarchaic” populations
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March 25, 2026 at 6:12 AM
“Human ancestors interbred with two distinct populations of distant relatives” nice new preprint by @alanrogers.bsky.social @colinmbrand.bsky.social @timwebster.bsky.social showing that “archaics” & “moderns” interbred with two distinct “superarchaic” populations
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Are you an anthropological geneticist (or want to be)? Join us and help us build a stronger community seeking to understand genetic/genomic evolution and variability in human and nonhuman primates and their ancestors!
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February 28, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Are you an anthropological geneticist (or want to be)? Join us and help us build a stronger community seeking to understand genetic/genomic evolution and variability in human and nonhuman primates and their ancestors!
To join or renew your AAAG membership, please visit: anthgen.org/join
To join or renew your AAAG membership, please visit: anthgen.org/join
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Why do AI studies in genomics focus on the scale of their analysis rather than the new discoveries made? #bioinformatics
December 3, 2024 at 2:38 PM
Why do AI studies in genomics focus on the scale of their analysis rather than the new discoveries made? #bioinformatics
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Population connectivity shapes the distribution and complexity of chimpanzee cumulative culture | Science
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Population connectivity shapes the distribution and complexity of chimpanzee cumulative culture
Although cumulative culture is a hallmark of hominin evolution, its origins can be traced back to our common ancestor with chimpanzees. Here, we investigated the evolutionary origins of chimpanzee cum...
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November 21, 2024 at 8:22 PM
Population connectivity shapes the distribution and complexity of chimpanzee cumulative culture | Science
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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First major paper from the lab! The work was led by super talented postdoc Maria Akopyan. She explored how reference bias skews estimates of diversity, demography, divergence & recombination rate with help from @elliecat.bsky.social
& awesome ungrad Matthew. Full thread coming soon 🤓
& awesome ungrad Matthew. Full thread coming soon 🤓
Divergent reference genomes compromise the reconstruction of demographic histories, selection scans, and population genetic summary statistics https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.11.26.625554v1
Divergent reference genomes compromise the reconstruction of demographic histories, selection scans, and population genetic summary statistics https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.11.26.625554v1
Characterizing genetic variation in natural populations is central to evolutionary biology. However,
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December 1, 2024 at 2:52 AM
First major paper from the lab! The work was led by super talented postdoc Maria Akopyan. She explored how reference bias skews estimates of diversity, demography, divergence & recombination rate with help from @elliecat.bsky.social
& awesome ungrad Matthew. Full thread coming soon 🤓
& awesome ungrad Matthew. Full thread coming soon 🤓