... wrote: Childs Nerv Syst. 2007 Oct 30; [Epub ahead of print] Hominid evolution of the arteriovenous system through the cranial base and its relevance for...
This appears to offer further support for OOTI (my "Out of the Islands" set of hypotheses, or scenario.) The ancestors of today's African apes may have had...
This is a very interesting article. As Bob Keeter said in the Paleoanthro group, "It appears that the basic concepts of numbers and counting go a bit further...
Very interesting page, with two videos: http://laelaps.wordpress.com/2007/10/05/apes-arent-the-only-\ primates-to-use-tools/ Also consistent with OOTI. Dan...
This makes even more sense in an OOTI context. Chimp ancestors, on the islands, may have once been more active in their tool use, and in other ways of...
OOTI isn't required, of course, to explain this, but it would perhaps add clarity to the situation. I'll attempt to explain: Prolonged island dwelling...
... wrote: BBC NEWS Gliding mammal linked to humans By Helen Briggs Science reporter, BBC News A gliding mammal that lives in the forests of south-east Asia is...
Large animal species still being discovered... that's quite remarkable, and part of an ongoing trend. What other animals, including primates, might still...
See link below, for an amazing video, documenting the bipedal-leaping locomotion of Sifaka lemurs. I wasn't aware they could leap so far, and with such...
... wrote: Miocene Hominoid Craniofacial Morphology and the Emergence of Great Apes TC Rae 2004 The initial cladogenic event at the origin of both Hominoidea &...
... Differences in the Palatal Form in Pan troglodytes, Hominids and Homo sapiens WH Arnold, A Zoellner & T Sebastian 2004 As the hard palate plays an...
... [snip] ... samples that ... Thanks, Marc. The findings are also compatible with the hypothesis that Australopith specimens are not Homo ancestors, and that...
... Regarding what I said below, I'm reminded of the "Ebu Gogo" and related legends (including a legend from early Christian explorers,) which describe the...
Not suprising, in my view, but possibly of interest. Dan ... wrote: J Hum Evol. 2007 Oct 29; [Epub ahead of print] Femoral/humeral strength in early African...
Replica Cryptia: Mammoths This launch of a new on-going feature at Cryptomundo explores the representations of extinct and living animals tied to cryptids at...
Here's some follow-up news regarding that financially beleaguered company, DNAPrint Genomics: DNAPrint(R) Genomics and Beckman Coulter Sign Sales and Marketing...
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2007-11/icl-wae110607.php When animals evolve on islands, size doesn't matter Public release date: 6-Nov-2007 Contact:...
... New human fossil find adds millennia to China's history http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-11/13/content_7066569.htm www.chinaview.cn 2007-11-13...
... wrote: Molecular and Genomic Data Identify the Closest Living Relative of Primates JE Janecka, W Miller, TH Pringle, F Wiens, A Zitzmann, KM Helgen, MS ...
Informative video about the plight of gorillas in Africa's Congo, today. Dan dgplexus1@... has sent you this link to a page at the National Geographic ...
http://www.livescience.com/health/071114-virus-genes.html What's in Your Genes? Ancient Parasites By Andrea Thompson, LiveScience Staff Writer posted: 14...
This appears to be a step forward in acknowledging that Native Americans are/were not ethnically and genetically homogeneous, but were (as they have always...
... Marc, I agree; I think that a scenario of repeated interchanges between island and coastal forms, is very likely, and is compatible with my OOTI...
FYI, Reportedly, Prof. Teuku Jacob (who has been mentioned in a number of messages here in the Flores_Man group,) died on Wednesday, October 17, this year....
Note, considering the article below reminds me of the retroviral elements found in African apes and Old World monkeys, but not in humans, Asian apes, or New...