http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,2047459,00.html Court to rule if chimp has human rights Kate Connolly in Berlin Sunday April 1, 2007 The Observer...
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/03/science/03time.html?ei=5070 Time in the Animal Mind By CARL ZIMMER Published: April 3, 2007 [Photos captioned, "Scrub jays,...
... wrote: Jaime, I seriously doubt the article's validity. This is why: What would lead us to conclude that dark skin evolved along with the loss of body...
A couple more links: http://images.google.com/images?svnum=100&hl=en&gbv=2&safe=off&q=bonobo http://images.google.com/images?q=syndactylus+Hylobates+ Dan...
A few notes: - I'm reminded of the genetic evidence for a human x chimp cross, after the initial divergence. - I'm also reminded of reports of what appear to...
... wrote: Hi Nancy, Yes, there is that (skin darkening in response to environment,) which can even be readily observed in modern humans. I've posted about...
... wrote: No, but I have seen photos of gorillas who had been illegally killed and dismembered, for consumption by humans. If my memory does not deceive me,...
Ah, this is interesting. Photos of newborn orangutans. http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=newborn+orangutan&gbv=2 Note that orangutan-human divergence,...
Here's more information than I was previously aware of, regarding AAT. I haven't finished reading it, yet. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquatic_ape_hypothesis...
http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20060902/bob10.asp Mental Leap What apes can teach us about the human mind Eric Jaffe At the opening of Stanley Kubrick's...
... wrote: Orangutan dual coloration can be seen clearly here. Compare the front and back of the orang's hand: http://www.boingboing.net/images/oranghand.jpg ...
... Hi John, It seems, now, that it depends which population you choose to sample from. Name a Neanderthal or Erectus trait, and chances are you can find...
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/05/science/05cnd-dog.html Chihuahua or Great Dane? One Gene Sets Dog Size By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr. Published: April 5, 2007 If it...
A couple of responses, posted in the Palanthsci group. I agree with Paul's statement. Dan ... <wolf_thunder51@...> wrote: I understand that brown bears...
... wrote: Hi Anne, When examined closely, that claim is merely a statistical sleight-of- hand. It's comparing averages VS edge cases, like apples VS oranges....
... wrote: To illustrate the sleight-of-hand more clearly: Population A and Population B have different height distributions On average, A is significantly...
... wrote: Perhaps I can explain even better. Drawing on the A and B example below, certain professors would say that the maximum height difference found in A...
... wrote: Note, the comparisons they use are laughably contrived. To rephrase what I said below, they say the maximum difference between members of A and B...
... Anne, Where did you read that 'both OoA and MRE claim that modern "racial" differences are quite insignificant'? If I'm not mistaken, OoA and MRE are...
... Now that I think of it, even that completely useless comparison that is constantly repeated in classrooms, does not apply to CNV (copy number variation in...
... wrote: John, As for the genetic comparison, it's long been claimed that humans are "99.9% genetically identical" to each other. But now, with CNV data, we...
... Hello Anne, ... of "political ... Because ... of ... a way ... Silence the opposition? Not at all. For instance, you can see Political Correctness in...
... Anne, Regarding your last sentence below, CNV distributions do not appear compatible with such a widespread and constant interbreeding. There would have...
Sorry for the redundancy, here. Dan -- In paleoanthropology@yahoogroups.com, "Dan G." <dgplexus1@...> wrote: On the same topic, here are some relevant...
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