New Date on Sahelanthropus tchadensis and Australopithecus bahrelghazali (Afarensis) http://tinyurl.com/3dz6s3 6.8 - 7.2 Ma? What's new? It was thought to be...
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Don
shux2k
Mar 1, 2008 6:09 pm
Wow! That's a testy little exchange on that link. getting Toumai accepted as a hominid ancestor... indeed It's definitely within the reach of evolution for...
... EDAR (ectodysplasin A receptor) harboring an Asian-specific non-synonymous single nucleotide polymorphism (1540T/C, 370Val/Ala) ... associated with ...
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DDeden
alas_my_loves
Mar 2, 2008 7:48 am
http://scienceblogs.com/gnxp/2008/02/why_is_hair_kinky.php#more this stuff is too complex, requires good grasp of genetics....
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DDeden
alas_my_loves
Mar 2, 2008 8:37 am
... Still more: http://scienceblogs.com/gnxp/2008/02/selection_but_for_what.php and more on head lice: ANSWER: It is pretty evident that European colonists...
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Marc Verhaegen
aquape
Mar 2, 2008 8:49 am
... T.Weaver & C.Roseman 2008 EA "New developments in the genetic evidence for modern human origins" : "Evolutionary quantitative genetic analyses, in fact,...
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Marc Verhaegen
hydropith
Mar 2, 2008 8:51 am
Op 02-03-2008 09:37, DDeden <alas_my_loves@...> schreef: Thanks a lot, DD....
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DDeden
alas_my_loves
Mar 2, 2008 9:19 am
... non-synonymous ... geographic ... arose ... rapidly ... If they had both big hairs and fine underhairs, that would be cold adaptation, but only bigger...
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DDeden
alas_my_loves
Mar 2, 2008 9:30 am
... http://johnhawks.net/weblog/reviews/early_modern/africa/modern-human-origins-e ... evidence for ... cranium, ... flatter, ... chin, ... orbitae + more ... ...
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Marc Verhaegen
hydropith
Mar 2, 2008 9:31 am
O Krueger 2005 Evol.Ecol.19:467-486 The evolution of Reversed Sexual size Dimorphism in hawks, falcons and owls: a comparative study Many hypotheses have been...
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Marc Verhaegen
hydropith
Mar 2, 2008 9:38 am
C Ruff 2008 JHE 54:383-390 Femoral/humeral strength in early African Homo erectus Lower-to-upper limb-bone proportions give valuable clues to locomotor ...
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DDeden
alas_my_loves
Mar 2, 2008 9:38 am
Since they didn't provide an approximate date of the "recent" increase in hair thickness, it is possible that E. Asians that lived in Ural-Baikal moved to...
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bender_renato
Mar 2, 2008 9:50 am
Interesting, thanks Ddeden. RBender ... or ... cancer. ... conserved...
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Marc Verhaegen
hydropith
Mar 2, 2008 9:53 am
Op 02-03-2008 10:30, DDeden <alas_my_loves@...> schreef: http://johnhawks.net/weblog/reviews/early_modern/africa/modern-human-origins ...
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Marc Verhaegen
aquape
Mar 2, 2008 10:02 am
... Yes, DD, sorry, I misunderstood "thicker" = "denser". ... E.Asians are composed of southern & northern populations? SE.Asians split from Europeans c.50 ka?...
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m3dodds
Mar 2, 2008 11:10 am
... It does seem to be more about the inflated ego's of PAs than anything else. ... Agree. [quote] ...The radiochronological data concerning Sahelanthropus...
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Marc Verhaegen
aquape
Mar 2, 2008 11:57 am
... Thanks a lot, m3d. A-E Lebatard cs.2008 PNAS 10.1073/pnas.0708015105 open access Cosmogenic nuclide dating of Sahelanthropus tchadensis and...
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Marc Verhaegen
aquape
Mar 2, 2008 12:25 pm
... Fig.1+2: Both fossil seem to lay in argillaceous pelites? Abel ass.x fish cf.fig.2? What does "argillaceous pelites" imply? --Marc...
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m3dodds
Mar 2, 2008 1:18 pm
... argillaceous ... (containing clay, or clay like)and pelites(sedimentary rock, made of fine particles)... ancient river beds, lake shores, estuaries?...
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DDeden
alas_my_loves
Mar 2, 2008 2:00 pm
... mudstone (any diatoms found?) Pelite (Greek Pelos, Clay) is a descriptive name for a clastic rock with a grain size of less than 1/16mm (originally sand or...
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m3dodds
Mar 2, 2008 2:13 pm
... A clock is something that is supposed to be reasonably accurate... see: http://focus.aps.org/story/v20/st9 ... Simply walking on two legs(biped), does not...
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Marc Verhaegen
aquape
Mar 2, 2008 4:04 pm
... The word "clock" is not exact, but we know what it means. Like "AAT". ... Yes, but we don't even know whether Sahelanthr walked on 2 legs on dry ground....
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Marc Verhaegen
hydropith
Mar 2, 2008 4:08 pm
... Thanks, yes, but I'd like to see more specific correlations. Sahelanthr in Anthracotheriid Unit. Remakable this association of hominid fossils with...
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Marc Verhaegen
aquape
Mar 2, 2008 4:15 pm
... Yes, but not very near to the hominid fossils (Abel) here. Lakeside, but that's where fossilisation often occurs. Abel (fish) seems to be about as "wet" as...
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m3dodds
Mar 2, 2008 5:24 pm
... You may find this 2002 article(in Nature) of some interest ... as it gives some idea of the location in Chad where Toumai was found(including fauna and ...
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Elaine Morgan
oxwich_owl
Mar 2, 2008 6:04 pm
For what it's worth I came across this statistic (which I copied down in my unregenerate days before I learned to record sources. so it's not all that useful....
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Elaine Morgan
oxwich_owl
Mar 2, 2008 6:06 pm
... From: m3dodds To: AAT@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2008 5:24 PM Subject: [SPAM][AAT] Re: Toumai ... A "new" date Read 2025! Elaine [Non-text...
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Gerard Michael Burns
gmichaelburns
Mar 2, 2008 7:05 pm
... "We are gathered around the sea like frogs around a pond." - Attributed to Socrates, said to be the inspiration for the play "The Frogs". ... Michael Burns...
