... [MV] ... [m3d] ... Well for one Hn and Hs are thought to have a common ancestor, if Hhe is the common ancestor, which seems likely ... then Hn could not be...
Thanks Marc for the new arguments. I cannot answer them in details, because I am working on a new paper. I will try to comment some of your main arguments for...
... Renato, I'm of course irritated by your conviction that the aquarboreal hominoids theory is wrong in spite of your lack of insight & knowledge here (have...
... It is the most likely LCA for Hn an Hs ... Hhe - large brain case/1100-1400.cc, hyoid morphology, similarities in hearing ... (alternative?) ... fossils,...
... m3d, it's not a law that fossil ancestors must be found. Large brains could well have evolved in parallel (Hn//Hs). Probably all or most Homo fossils have...
http://www.wombania.com/wombats/wombat-physical-characteristics.htm I'm wondering if wombats and koalas had derived from a semi-aquatic burrowing "beaver-like"...
How much can a koala bear? Tuesday, 4 September 2001 A research student in Adelaide is providing the world's first information about a spinal problem in the...
"A three-toed sloth has an insulating coat of fur comparable to that of an arctic mammal" "cannot shiver" "Through clinging and hanging, the joints of a sloth...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_megafauna Hard to believe that Australia 50,000 years ago was filled with this variety of animals. I suspect the...
... The human Broca is situated just in front of the lateral part of Area 4. Area 4 = pre-central area (just before the central sulcus) for fine movements, see...
Thanks Marc, regarding the hand, Broca, and face: AFAIK, only humans (children) pinch their nose with thumb and forefinger when somersaulting or standing...
To explain my statement... ... On perfectly beautiful days, middle eastern people still wear their layers of clothing, this encourages them to slow down,...
... FWIW, I can swim nostrils-up underwater. I started by just overpressuring from my lungs, but I would swear that somewhere along the line I learned to close...
... overpressuring ... learned to ... I can ... Michael, yes, me too, but it takes a bit of learning, and small children tend instead to pinch their nostrils...
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2008/08/26/the-bird-that-dare-not-speak-its-name/ The urge to mate before the eggs hatch creates a dilemma Extra marital...
http://www.topnews.in/english-language-pass-one-million-word-mark-29-april-2009-251340 And then what? In 100 years, will there be many more? less? Most...
I cannot see any good evidence for an aquatic past in wombats and koalas. A developed brain is not exclusive for aquatic animals (see some birds, primates),...
About the air sacs. Yes, I have a copy of Victor Negus' work "The Biology of Respiration" (1965) and I know his speculations about the rebreathing function of...
... You have also to remember, that there are 'languages' within a language. For example - medical/scientific/ technical English ... ... Probably a lot more,...
... aquatic? I have never claimed that tail loss is due to being aquatic, see whales, fish, crocs, water snakes, beavers... The Coypu/Nutria is a large...
... Agree it's not, Marc. But, it still intriguing to make comparisons between those that have been found, and modern Man. To date we seem to have more in...
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