#currentbiology — Public Fediverse posts

this week's feature in #CurrentBiology is about the rise and fall of #languageDiversity I also put in a bit about early #writing systems and how #protoElamite mysteriously disappeared.

https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2026/09/languages-rise-and-fall.html

#science #scienceWriter #humans #anthropology #languages #linguistics

https://www.europesays.com/it/620306/ Più muscoli senza sapere perché? La risposta potrebbe arrivare da un gene dei Neanderthal #AsiaMeridionale #AsiaOrientale #biobanche #CurrentBiology #GHR #Health #IT #Italia #Italy #MassaMagra #neanderthal #OrmoneDellaCrescita #RecettoreDell'ormoneDellaCrescita #Salute #VariantiGenetiche

this week's feature in #CurrentBiology is about counting #insects. Just how many #species are there, and how on Earth does one arrive at a reasonable estimate for that number? Also: new species discoveries, population declines. https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2026/08/how-many-insects-are-there.html
#science #ecology #evolution #environment #arthropods #invertebrates

RE: https://mastodon.social/@sflorg/116131363356930077

Eyes, as light-sensing organs of the #lens #eye type, have #evolved independently multiple times in the animal kingdom. But what did a representative of the early #vertebrate lineage look like? According to G. Kafetzis et al. (2026), a worm-like #ancestor possessed #medianeyes bring #homologous to the modern #pinealgland of the #brain. Published in #CurrentBiology. #evolution

© this text #StefanFWirth March 2026

#Reference
G. Kafetzis et al. (2026),
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2025.12.028

The (slow) thread collecting all my features published in #CurrentBiology in 2026 starts here. #ProseAndPassion #Science #ScienceWriter #ScienceJournalism #biology #ecology The old thread for 2025 is here: https://mastodon.social/@proseandpassion/113782468349225978

last year's feature about ancient #Australia is now in the #OpenArchives:

https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2024/06/ancient-australia.html #science #CurrentBiology #ScienceJournalism #ScienceWriter #ancientDNA #anthropology #humans #migration

my features published in #CurrentBiology this year, issue 8: #Amphibians feel the heat of the #ClimateCatastrophe
https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2025/04/amphibians-feel-heat.html #science #scienceJournalism #ecology #environment #frogs

Ein internationales Team von Forschenden unter der Leitung der Universität Potsdam hat in Zusammenarbeit mit #ColossalBiosciences und dem @mfnberlin das erste flächendeckende Kerngenom des ausgestorbenen Blaubocks erstellt und analysiert. Die Ergebnisse der Studie wurden jetzt in #CurrentBiology veröffentlicht. Mehr Infos unter: https://www.uni-potsdam.de/de/medieninformationen/detail/2024-04-12-warum-die-europaeische-kolonisierung-den-blaubock-zum-aussterben-brachte
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