All: Reading Dienekes Anthropology blog(boy, a lot of these blogs seem to have some *really* interesting stuff in them!), I came across an article that has...
All: For those of you interested in making the effort, Palanth.com(which you can find at http://www.palanth.com) has links to Marie Soressi's papers on the...
Here is my ScienceNOW story, which says basically the same thing but does raise some cautions from outside experts. The Science Daily story was pretty much...
See also: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/03/050326004537.htm That gives an additional perspective. I have to add that very young swine can be weaned...
... Interesting speculation. Is there any archaeological evidence to indicate how soon after initial domestication that castration (of other domestic animals...
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All: Some of you may have seen the relevant article on Paleoanthro, but for those who haven't, I've uploaded two files that may be of interest, on the...
David Timpe (dptimpe@...) has sent you a news article. (Email address has not been verified.) ... Personal message: No indication in the story as to...
It's a bit tangential to PA, but not totally irrelevant. Highly conserved noncoding elements apparently aren't essential. At least four strains of knockout...
All: Apparently nonhuman primates expect their fellows to act rationally, according to the article you can read here: http://www.enn.com/animals/article/22762 ...
All: This article is a bit old, and for some reason, I seem to have missed it. And if you've seen it anywhere, feel free to delete. But the apparent premise...
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Sorry Ross, I don't have any documentation. I suppose that gender examination of butcher remains might shed some light on that. Castration of domesticates is...
Anne Gilbert saw this story on the BBC News website and thought you should see it. ** Message ** All: YOu may have seen this news item elsewhere, and feel free...
A lot of loaded comments there; "Even when you look at modern human hunter-gatherers, meat is a relatively small fraction of their diet. "To think that, two to...
Paul: I was thinking of several things when I e-mailed this link. It's an interesting story and has the potential of a lot to chew on here(pun intended, I...
All: For those of you who are interested in this "Neandertal DNA contamination" issue, John Hawks has come back from vacation and has weighed in. The article...
The Hawks comments are a very good read. He makes quite a number of very good points. When I read the Wall/Kim paper the following quote jumped out at me: ...
I give this one a big "so what". They model an afarine with no Achilles tendon, because they say it "seems likely" it wouldn't have one, and discover it isn't...
No dog's breath for them! ~Maria Turns out Neanderthals had good oral hygiene Tue Sep 11, 3:02 PM ET MADRID (Reuters) - Two molar teeth of around 63,400 years...
New evidence on the role of climate in Neanderthal extinction THE mystery of what killed the Neanderthals has moved a step closer to resolution after an...
... What puzzles me is is why they say that chimps don't have Achilles tendons. As every other mammal with hind feet they have them. They are just not always...
I presume they’re just avoiding technicalities in a press release (or the publicist didn’t understand it). The tendon exists in other mammals, as does the...