I recall this story when it was first reported a year or two ago. New tests have been made. Maria who may be last to catch up with the latest... ... I recall...
Galilee cave reveals secrets of hunter-gatherers By Donald Macintyre in Jerusalem Tuesday, 27 May 2008 A wealth of new information about the way of life of...
All: More from the "hobbit wars" battlefront here. Make of it what you will I got this from another list. Anne G Hobbit's relatives may have existed in...
http://tinyurl.com/6hh87d "Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2008 6:27 pm I didn't know Silvia was still pushing her 40k yr "footprints". The Xalnene tuff/Toluquilla ash...
Dear all, I am going to be offering my online archaeology courses again, starting at the end of March 2008. The courses and the schedules are given below: ...
on a genomic level. See: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080602214249.htm What is the length of gestation in Chimpanzees (is it P.C. to call them...
Bloglines user AnneGilbert (avgilbert@...) has sent this item to you, with the following personal message: All: This looks like an interesting series...
All: The gist of this story is not new, but here is MSNBC's take on it. Erik Trinkaus has weighed in here. Anne G Shoes go way, way back Humans started...
Oops, I had in mind size of human brain and head, but I guess the data here answers the question as well as it can be. That is, a large brain might be of more...
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John, I think you simply applied the type of female linkage mentioned to the wrong end of the placental mammal timeline. The development of placental...
Hi Anne, It should not be surprising to find isolated points of advancement. Africa is huge and there are other such examples that still remained highly...
Hi, Dale, Well, I wasn't thinking so much of of singleton births as of the danger to the female of bearing a larger headed infant, as well as the necessity of ...
I'm still not convinced that a little bone point is proof of an arrow, and thus a bow. I've got a shed full of small pointy things, only some of which are...
Hi John, As far as any singleton births in placental mammals, human or otherwise, they are always more dangerous to the delivering mother than litters, because...
That is a good point, although the point is question is of bone which by itself puts it ahead of the general cultural curve for its age. ... arrow, and thus a...
Hi, Dale, Yes, when all these points are considered, it is difficult to say what is the best strategy for the mother. However, the thing I asking is whether...
Dale: It's beginning to look to me like a "great minds think alike" situation. IOW, people come up with the same or similar ideas more or less independently in...
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Since this is mtDNA and mammoths were very likely as matriarchal as modern elephants, this is a bit early to be trotting out even subspecies, especially since...
Hi John, Off the top of my head, it would seem to me that the greater the difficulty of birth and the longer the period of female nurturing the more likely...