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I'm Lauren (or "Loz", hence the blog title) and I am a 19 year old student currently studying Human Sciences at the University of Oxford. I aspire to be involved in a career concerning science and media, so this blog is a way for me to gain experience communicating science in an informative but accessible way. While there are some posts concerning current news stories or articles I've written, it is mostly intended to be an educational blog, with a focus on genetics, as this is my key area of interest and I hope to do a masters in genetics after my undergraduate degree. My aim is to explain genetics to a target audience with perhaps little prior scientific knowledge and an interest in furthering their understanding in this field. The posts are not necessarily chronological and pictures used are mostly sourced from the internet (although are hand-drawn in some cases). If you are interested in reading articles I've written, search "article" and it should come up with them in numbered order! I hope this blog proves to be useful in some capacity; let me know if you have any questions and any feedback or advice is always very welcome!

Monday, 14 September 2015

New Species of Human Found (Homo naledi)

Just a quick update on an interesting article in the news at the moment about a new species of human found in a cave in South Africa. The species is called Homo naledi so is part of the same genus as us and bones from 15 different skeletons have been found which is incredible! It appears to be some sort of burial site, which could have huge implications for our perceptions of modern hominid species. The full article can be found at https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22730383-700-new-species-extinct-human-found-in-cave-may-rewrite-history/ or alternatively you can read a release from BBC news here http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-34192447.

Below is an image published in National Geographic of what the species is thought to have looked like:

This is what Homo naledi could have looked like


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