More about the "little people" legends of Flores Island (see below.) Obviously, this particular "little people" legend has been elaborated with fantastical...
Something that's come to my attention: The Rampasasa aren't the only SE Asian tribe that claims ancestry from the small, hairy, cave dwellers (identified by...
... Carrying and Washing of Grass Roots by Free-Ranging Japanese Macaques at Katsuyama Masayuki Nakamichi,, Eiko Kato,, Yasuo Kojima,, Naosuke Itoigawa ...
Just a few loosely related topics: Hurricanes are battering the Maya regions this year. One category 5 hurricane (Dean) already passed over the Yucatan...
More circumstantial evidence for bipedal, perhaps primitive-tool- using, chimp ancestors? Dan http://www.japantoday.com/jp/news/416373 Girl injured at zoo...
Yep, the press is strenuously avoiding the topic of CNV (copy number variation in the human genome,) despite the 43-author Nature paper on the topic, and other...
John GW responded in the Paleoanthropology group. His quoted response, and my response to same, appear below. Dan ... wrote: Hi John, Thanks for your...
... wrote: For those who may not have seen it yet, here's another article, this one on the social situation surrounding CNV: Implications of copy-number...
Not exactly on topic here, but I thought it might be of interest. Dan ... wrote: Filled with excitment and expectation, Elsa and I watched this episode of...
Another round in the Paleoanthropology group (John replied, and I replied): Dan ... wrote: Hi John, ... The Nature CNV paper spells it out in lengthy form, but...
... wrote: John, Thinking about the knockout mice still being viable, maybe these ultra- conserved elements have longer-term effects. I'm reminded that some ...
VERY interesting! But we are still all modern homo sapiens, right? Alvin--- In Flores_Man@yahoogroups.com, "Dan G." <dgplexus1@...> ... number ... confirmed ...
Hi Alvin, It doesn't seem that is a very scientifically answerable question, unless you're going by the fact that we're all alive today (hence "modern") and we...
Here's an article I hadn't seen before: http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/148643/the_world_was_\ amazed_when_the_skeleton_of_a_tiny/ The World Was Amazed...
New Fossil Great Ape Discovery An ape possibly larger than any other from the Miocene but Gigantopithecus? The announcement of a new big ape, a breaking fossil...
http://www.enn.com/animals/article/22762 From: Harvard University Published September 6, 2007 Primates expect others to act rationally CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sept....
Note: This conclusion seems unlikely, as some extreme cases of small brains in humans (such as Dr. Lorber's research, and some more recent research as well,)...
I apologize. That post was meant to go to my Free Cuba group, in which I (and mainly one other active poster, a friend who is a Cuban exile,) periodically...
Very interesting points made by John Grehan, over in the Paleoanthro ... wrote: A good while back I mentioned that there appeared to be some intriguing and...
It appears that H floresiensis most likely didn't run the same way we do, either. We seem to be adapted more to long-distance (mainland,) efficient, dedicated...
This article (see below,) about a new species of fish found in a Hawaiian cave, mentions a fish-catching technique, of snatching fish by hand while diving (a ...
As Ebola and poachers are inflicting such heavy losses on great ape populations, it seems that quarantine and security measures should be put into place,...
No other creature on earth has the set of skills that humans do. I believe this sets us apart from chimps and dolphins. True, dolphins don't have hands, and...
Male bottlenose dolphins will team up and work together to separate a calf from its mother in order to kill it and to bring the mother back into heat in order...
Hello Dan, I really appreciate this thoughtful reply. Here's my honest opinion about human variation. I don't know if any "modern" humans are part Neandertal,...
Monkeys Trade Hugs for Baby Love Jennifer Viegas, Discovery News type size: [A] [A] [A] Sept. 13, 2007 — A big, warm hug works wonders, even in the monkey ...
Here's the link: Strange Corridor: Hobbits in Indonesia Monday, September 17, 2007 http://strangecorridor.blogspot.com/2007/09/hobbits-in-indonesia.html Enjoy,...
http://richarddawkins.net/article,1650,n,n Monday, September 17, 2007 | Science : Commentary The Bili Apes Are in Trouble! by Cleve Hicks of the Bili Ape...
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