Ancient Chinchorro mummies show that modern Chileans are taller and have larger cranial volumes because of recent improvements in nutrition and health, not ancient lifestyle shifts. Bodies change fast when environments do. #bioarchaeology #anthropology #Chile #humanvariation
Shaped by Time: What Ancient Mummies Reveal About Modern Chilean Bodies
How thousands of years of environmental pressure and a century of public health shaped the human form
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November 27, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Ancient Chinchorro mummies show that modern Chileans are taller and have larger cranial volumes because of recent improvements in nutrition and health, not ancient lifestyle shifts. Bodies change fast when environments do. #bioarchaeology #anthropology #Chile #humanvariation
BVSim: A benchmarking variation simulator mimicking human variation spectrum. #HumanVariation #DataSimulation #ToolBenchmarking @gigascience.bsky.social
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September 1, 2025 at 11:15 AM
BVSim: A benchmarking variation simulator mimicking human variation spectrum. #HumanVariation #DataSimulation #ToolBenchmarking @gigascience.bsky.social
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🧬 Skin Color Evolution #2 🧵
One gene, major impact.
Lamason et al. (2005) discovered how SLC24A5 influences lighter skin in Europeans—showing shared biology between fish and humans.
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#Genetics #Pigmentation #HumanVariation #Science
One gene, major impact.
Lamason et al. (2005) discovered how SLC24A5 influences lighter skin in Europeans—showing shared biology between fish and humans.
🔗 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#Genetics #Pigmentation #HumanVariation #Science
June 20, 2025 at 4:22 PM
🧬 Skin Color Evolution #2 🧵
One gene, major impact.
Lamason et al. (2005) discovered how SLC24A5 influences lighter skin in Europeans—showing shared biology between fish and humans.
🔗 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#Genetics #Pigmentation #HumanVariation #Science
One gene, major impact.
Lamason et al. (2005) discovered how SLC24A5 influences lighter skin in Europeans—showing shared biology between fish and humans.
🔗 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#Genetics #Pigmentation #HumanVariation #Science
Intersex conditions show biology isn’t strictly binary. If physical sex can vary at birth, why wouldn’t inclinations be similarly fluid? Diversity exists across all human traits — love included.
#HumanVariation #Biology #Identity
#HumanVariation #Biology #Identity
February 27, 2026 at 12:02 AM
Intersex conditions show biology isn’t strictly binary. If physical sex can vary at birth, why wouldn’t inclinations be similarly fluid? Diversity exists across all human traits — love included.
#HumanVariation #Biology #Identity
#HumanVariation #Biology #Identity