Bordeaux Summer School – Philosophy in Biology & Medicine (1–5 June 2026)
Join us in collaboratively exploring the conceptual foundations of scientific research at the crossroads of philosophy, biology and medicine!
Apply by March 15
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thanks to @haorancai.bsky.social for writing a nice piece on our paper!
MBE | Highlight: Dark skin and cancer suppression in humans—an evolutionary spandrel?
The recent MBE Review on the evolution of dark skin in humans is the focus of January's Highlight.
Highlight: Dark skin and cancer suppression in humans—an evolutionary spandrel?
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msag012
#evobio #molbio
MBE | Dark Skin Evolution in Early Humans: Revisiting the Skin Cancer Hypothesis Through Migration-Related Mismatch
@simonokholm.bsky.social et al. examine the skin cancer hypothesis for the evolution of dark skin in early humans, arguing that protective effects were likely selected to mitigate other UV-related risks, rather than skin cancer.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf306
#evobio #molbio #humanevolution
My first paper on cancer an evolution i out in Molecular Biology and Evolution, @molbioevol.bsky.social. We retest the skin cancer hypothesis for dark skin evolution in ancestral humans, using migration-related mismatch and find acute UV-related risks likely drove selection doi.org/10.1093/molb...