A key assumption in accounts of early hominin evolution is that the genus Homo originated in Africa,and an early form, classified either as Homo ergaster or...
From Hall of Maat, Marduk: "Elephant Stew Ingredients 1 Elephant 10 Warthogs 100 kilogram tomatoes half ton potatoes 2 bags onions 100 kilogram salt 1...
Correlation of birth and divers reflex? A neonotony retention of birth reflex emersion, sustained in non-marsupial (fetal birth) & non-monotreme (egg birth)...
... The confusions usu.already start here IMO: we must discern: -- between Homo & our ancestors (many PAs when they say something on some Homo fossil think...
... Are you speaking of the same individuals sometimes in fresh-, sometimes in saltwater, DD, or of different fresh- & saltwater populations? AFAIK the fossil...
Perhaps Richard is going to send this, but so far I didn't see anything, so: from paleoanthropology yahoo group: June 30, 2006 1:25 am (PDT) Genome Biol. 2006...
Hello Rob... Have you had the opportunity to read Marek Kohn's 'Out of Asia' feature, in the latest issue of New Scientist ? It puts a new twist on what we...
Hello Marc It does not follow that having relatives [P&G] living in Africa, that Gen.H originated in Africa... our post LCA ancestor/s could easily have left...
... chimpanzee endogenous retroviruses. ... class of eukaryotic transposable elements, are believed to play a significant role in mutation and disease and to...
Nature 441:1103-8 Genetic evidence for complex speciation of humans and chimpanzees Nick Patterson, Daniel J Richter, Sante Gnerre, Eric S Lander & David Reich...
Nature 441:972-4 A lamprey from the Cretaceous Jehol biota of China Mee-mann Chang, Jiangyong Zhang & Desui Miao 2006 Widespread nowadays in freshwater and...
Thanks Marc, dolphins still hold many mysteries. Note that dolphins open eyes while surfacing to breathe, at night nothing to see, likely the eye region is...
Sleep behaviour: Arising from O Lyamin, J Pryaslova, V Lance & J Siegel 2005 Nature 435:1177 _______ Nature 441:E9-E10 Sleep in continuously active dolphins ...
... It would be logical to close one eye while one brain hemisphere sleeps if, but only if, that eye communicated immediately to the sleeping hemisphere. If...
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Freshwater: Warm or Cold surface oral-nasal cavities AIR filled**, water of lower density, less buoyant, easier descent, harder ascent. Arboreal basking,...
I still think that the typical thunniform shape and swimming behaviour among predatorial aquatics (tuna, shark, dolphin), which is always associated with...
Alcohol, the great antiseptic One aspect of lost or forgotten ancient lore that has been "rediscovered" is the antiseptic properties of wine. Geroulanos says...
Original link at Hall of Maat group, but I couldn't copy the link for some reason. It has photos. Scoliosis and forward leaning head while sitting is of note....
... By definition, Gen.H = everything on the H branch after the H/P split ~5 Ma. Gen.H originally (ie, ~5 Ma) lived where the H/P LCA lived, ie, probably ...
... Interesting. I read somewhere that in the Medieval towns in Europe children drank beer after weaning (diluted?). Beer has no polyphenols? --Marc...
... that, ... one ... behaviour ... I guess so, but I don't know. They have lateral eyes, so probably little overlap between the visual fields (most...
... eye > to the left cortex & v.v.). (But that also implies that when they ... My knowledge of dolphins is rather limited (of the "popular science" variety)....
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... In a TV series a few years ago, one expert suggested that two developments made cities viable, despite the lack of safe water supplies (a 19th or 20th...