... http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-01/whoi-oif013009.php http://www.btinternet.com/~sa_sa/crozet_islands/crozet_islands.html These islands are not...
... Speaking of atolls, iron, and molluscs, I'm reminded of this: http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/fathers/\ photius_03bibliotheca.htm (From the histories...
Mostly a rehash. I had not seen the explaination of LB1 being female because of leg bones before. Explaination for why there were no sea shells in Liang Bua...
Thanks, somitcw. I found this reader comment to be very interesting: "JOEROD wrote: 1h 45m ago I would just like to inform anyone interested that I saw similar...
Amazing news! But I wonder if this "entire genome" includes "CNV." I suspect "CNV" may have been the primary, or largest, difference between modern (for...
... Size and scaling in the hominin brow J. Blumenfeld 2009 AAPA Adult supra-orbital morphology is very distinctive in certain species of Homo, with aspects of...
I suspect "Lucy" was a member of a lineage, that was transitioning from bipedalism (overall morphology probably very similar to LB1,) to "knuckle walking," for...
... Capuchin monkey bipedalism B Demes & M OčNeill 2009 AAPA Capuchin monkeys habitually walk bipedally. We studied the mechanics of capuchin bipedalism and...
... Related Google Images search: whale OR dolphin leg OR limb http://images.google.com/images?gbv=2&hl\ =en&safe=off&q=whale+OR+dolphin+leg+OR+limb Dan ... ...
... A Short History of African Pygmies Ann Gibbons 5.2.09 http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2009/205/3?etoc Short people known as pygmies are...
... IMO rather: transition from verticality (hang-float-?wade) to KWing. ... That was what I thought initially (if Lucy "Pan antiquus" & the large AL-333 ...
... DD, You're welcome. I think what you said below is quite possible. It would (or will) be very interesting to learn, what function(s) such structures...
... Another possibility: Postorbital constriction in A. zeuxis and/or H erectus, could have facilitated gaze perception and group cooperation (or competition...
... This could be related to observed primate (including human) behavior, where an object of particular or acute interest, including a predator or other...
Relevant to the question I raised, of gaze perception, and postorbital constriction. It appears that lemurs also have postorbital constriction, or at least,...
... Another thing about supraorbital tori / postorbital constriction, and gaze perception... the more intelligent and agile predators (such as the big cats)...
... Correction: Many primates appear to have supraorbital tori... but postorbital constriction may be more rare, at least in modern times. It's possible that...
... Something else that could have selected against postorbital constriction, in many primates: if a big cat's gape is large enough to effectively grasp the...
This appears to be relevant to discussion about hybridization and MRE (multiregional evolution.) Evidence from other animals, (in this case, canids,) is often...
Interesting comments submitted by readers, on this blog entry: what are the creatures in cryptozoology that were confirmed? by paranominal on Feb.02, 2009,...
... How gorilla gestures point to evolution of human language 9.2.09 http://www.physorg.com/news153413952.html Scientists at the University of St Andrews...
... Has Bermuda risen or sunk in the last 400ka? If not, then ocean levels must have risen 21m 400ka. What happened 400ka? Islanding of Homo, isolating Hhe/He?...
One interesting post, in a very interesting thread, over in the AAT group. Much of this is directly relevant to my OOTI (Out of the Islands) ideas. Dan ... ...
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