Candela Hernández

Experimental evidence of the effects of large language models versus web search on depth of learning Abstract. The effects of using large language models (LLMs) versus traditional web search on depth of learning are explored. A theory is proposed that when

When people learn with ChatGPT instead of following their own searches, they end up knowing less, caring less, and producing worse advice, even when the facts are the same.

Friction is an essential ingredient for learning! Convenience makes us shallow.

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🧬 The MOOC “Human Population and Evolutionary Genetics” starts on October 14th!

👉 bit.ly/4fw3Zje

💀🌍 Where do we come from? What was the migration history of our species? What role does the Neanderthal genome play in our genetic heritage? How has our species adapted to different environments?

Jane Goodall’s legacy: three ways she changed science The primatologist challenged what it meant to be a scientist.

As we mourn Jane Goodall, this @nature.com article explores three ways in which she changed science:

1. Altering the way we view both other primates and ourselves
2. Inspiring generations of women scientists
3. Communicating science in a way that engaged the public

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

The phylogenetic position of the Yunxian cranium elucidates the origin of Homo longi and the Denisovans Diverse forms of Homo coexisted during the Middle Pleistocene. Whether these fossil humans represent different species or clades is debated. The ~1-million-year-old Yunxian 2 fossil from China is impo...

The phylogenetic position of the Yunxian cranium elucidates the origin of Homo longi and the Denisovans | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

I want to start a new global movement:
Meetless Monday - we encourages people to reduce their meeting activity by one day each week for personal health and the planet's well-being.

Mammoths in Mexico? Huge bone trove reveals giant beasts thrived in warmth, too Fossils found while building airport contain first mammoth DNA from tropical location

La historia de cómo secuenciamos los mamtus 🦣 más tropicales 🏝️ secuenciados al momento la pueden leer aquí 👇https://shorturl.at/KE6Ux. Redactadó por el gran @rpocisv.bsky.social. Muchas gracias Rodrigo por cubrir con tanto entusiasmo la nota sobre nuestro trabajo.

Now in Open Access!
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Accepted manuscript 📃
'Further insights into maternal and paternal human histories in southern Iberia' | Evolutionary Human Sciences

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How AI is Decoding Centuries of Archaeological Data A new digital workflow promises to bridge the gap between the analog past and the digital present

AI meets archaeology: AutArch turns thousands of legacy grave and artifact drawings into measurable, searchable data. The past just got easier to read. #Archaeology #DigitalHumanities #AItools #GraveAnalysis #OpenScience #Anthropology

Genomics of host–microbiome interactions in humans Nature Reviews Genetics, Published online: 04 June 2025; doi:10.1038/s41576-025-00849-8In this Review, Ferretti et al. discuss advances in our understanding of interactions between the human genome and the microbiome, including the effects of the microbiome on host gene regulation.

New online! Genomics of host–microbiome interactions in humans

This is figure 1, which shows the taxonomic identification of the 173 bone specimens analyzed using ZooMS, and examples of the main categories of elements.

Humans may have been making tools from whale bones up to 20,000 years ago, according to evidence presented in Nature Communications. go.nature.com/4kePeD6 🏺 🧪

YouTube video by New Scientist Our common Neanderthal ancestor could be a million years old, says Chris Stringer

How far back was our common ancestor with Neanderthals and Denisovans? [full disclosure - we dont actually know!] youtu.be/MA1cHPJPZfM

A genomic tale of inbreeding in western Mediterranean human populations - Human Genetics Consanguineous marriages are common in many worldwide human populations, and the biological consequences for offspring can be relevant at the biomedical level. The current genomic revolution displayed...

New paper 📃

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