http://news.com.com/Chasing+the+trail+of+the+Hobbit/2008-11395_3- 6159535.html http://preview.tinyurl.com/25opd3 Chasing the trail of the 'Hobbit' By Caroline...
Several of these new AAPA abstracts are about H floresiensis. One of them is quoted below. When I get a chance, I'll post the others here, as well. Here's...
Correction: It's been pointed out to me, that the photo is one from the earlier dig in 2004, in the upper chamber. I am eager to see material from the lower...
... wrote: Dar, I immediately did exactly what you suggested (see quote below.) Really, I do correct/acknowledge my own mistakes, publicly. I never attempt to...
http://www.physanth.org/annmeet/aapa2007/aapa2007abstracts.pdf Below are the the abstracts on H floresiensis / LB1, from this document. I located them through...
Here's the latest re-discovered "extinct" animal, this one presumably much easier to spot, than many other sorts of animals! With discoveries like these, and...
Alternate link: http://tinyurl.com/25mwah Notes: This is very interesting. A 13+ million year date for the Pediculus-Pthirus divergence sounds tantalizingly...
I hope this article will help make the findings more clear. (For example, it briefly describes what a "hidden Markov model" is.) The divergence dates...
Among other things, this seems to be relevant to the brain size debates (whether LB1 had a brain "large enough" to manufacture stone tools, etc., etc. Small...
Link to the National Geographic video: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/03/070307-bonobos- video.html Alternate link: http://tinyurl.com/2edlt9 ...
... wrote: Anne, Thanks for sharing this link. This is incredibly good news! Personally, I hadn't realized how bipedal Bonobos are. The fact that the local...
It appears that orangutans do have a digastric muscle, a posterior one, while they lack the anterior digastric muscle. Here's an interesting abstract on the...
... wrote: Oh, there are additional reasons for me to suspect so, as well. Here are a few more of them: 1. Mainland environments and island environments...
... wrote: Note regarding #3 (quoted below): Orangutans are also reportedly more bipedal than gorillas and chimpanzees. Of course, orangutans are another...
... wrote: I should also mention the branch-walking hypothesis, for the origins of bipedalism. Branch-walking would be useful, not only for acquiring food,...
... wrote: Oh, something that may or may not be obvious: with bipedal branch- walking, comes the ability to shake the branches. Farmers and others throughout...
Correction: "...possess a posterior hyoid muscle" should be, "...possess an anterior digastric muscle." Sorry for any confusion that may have arisen. As...
... wrote: Oh, how could I forget to mention eggs, one of the richest nutrient sources, and an excellent "brain food." Eggs are high in protein, lecithin...
... wrote: Encephalizations and Cerebral Developments in Genus Homo Giandonato Tartarelli Human Evolution, In Press As Darwin observed in the second chapter of...
I think this is compatible with, and circumstantial evidence for, multiple OOTI radiations. Dan ... wrote: The Ceprano Skull and the Earliest Peopling of...
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... Yep. You would almost think that the more complex and mentally challenging the lifestyle, the more B12 one would need! Right? ... providing enough B12. ...
... wrote: Hi Bob, ... [snip] ... That seems reasonable. ... them ... geophagy ... [snip] Well, I do take B12 supplements (sublingual form,) something I ...
... Bob, Something else to keep in mind is, the passing of such nutrients through the line of descent. Mothers pass brain-critical nutrients to their babies...
... Came across two articles while doing my standard google prowl. . . From the good ole BBC. . . Push for open access to research Internet law professor...