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All: Apparently Philip V. Tobias, of Homo habilis fame, has written a memoir. He also gave an interview in The Independent, which you can reach via John...
More Flores 'Hobbits' described Unlike modern humans, H. floresiensis has little in the way of a chin Scientists have discovered more remains of the strange,...
Evidence of early butchery of giant lemurs in Madagascar Ventura R. Pereza, , , Laurie R. Godfreya, , Malgosia Nowak-Kempb, , David A. Burneyc, , Jonah...
... [snip] ... Not really. The original discovery (LB1) was made in 2003, and most of what's described here was discovered in 2004. There was brief mention...
... discovery?? ... <most of what's described here was discovered in 2004. There was ... Good points, Dar. I will, for now, conclude there is nothing new (of...
*Please note, the sender's email address has not been verified. All: Apparently gorillas are getting smarter and smarter. . . Anne G ******************** If...
Why people are surprised that the gorillas appears to be as smart as a chimpanzee is beyond me. Gorillas and chimpanzees are equally intelligent genera. And...
J Hum Evol. 2005 Oct 12; [Epub ahead of print] Links Dental microwear and diets of African early Homo. Ungar PS, Grine FE, Teaford MF, El Zaatari S. ...
Marcel: When I wrote that, my tongue was rather firmly in my cheek. Unfortunately, tongues in cheeks don't come over very well in cyberspace. Rest assured, I...
MW: I was referring to the researchers discussed in the article who seem to be surprised by the intelligence of the gorilla relative to the chimpanzee....
October 18, 2005 Jack Coate & Julien Louys Department of Anatomy School of Medical Sciences University of New South Wales Sydney, NSW, 2052 Australia +61 2...
jack coate <gradeclade@...> wrote: October 18, 2005 Jack Coate & Julien Louys Department of Anatomy School of Medical Sciences University of New South...
The learning ability of lesser apes has been tested. And they usually score well below that of the great apes. It should also be noted that unlike great apes...
Marcel said: " It should also be noted that unlike great apes and humans, gibbons and siamangs cannot recognize their own reflective images in a mirror." ...
... MW: I've published a little on the subject of self-recognition in primates. And my 2002 paper, Primate encephalization and intelligence can be found in the...
Toe Bones Reveal World's Earliest Shoe-Wearers John Pickrell in London for National Geographic News October 24, 2005 A new analysis of toe bones suggests that...
Chimp "Dinner Conversation" Proof of Ape Speech? Adrianne Appel for National Geographic News October 20, 2005 Scientists say they have discovered the first...
... Hmmmm.... A subjective observation at best. And it's conclusion would have to be independently verified from several different sources to be considered...
... MW: Other primate species (Cercopithecines for example) have been known to use sounds to designate particular predatory animals. So I don't think its all...
I'm thinking verifying "location" and "good/bad" concepts is pretty specific implications, not inflections (insinuating subjective results). I agree that...
All: I'm going to be temporarily(hopefully) out of commission for the next few days ---- don't know how long it will be, depends on when I can flag down one of...
Hi everybody. Let me introduce myself to you. I'm Roberto from Chile, South America. I joined the group some months ago and have lots of the interesting ...
From the lost depths of Autism, No not the Rain Man era stuff but rather the lost unadmitted to anthropology that spans the globe. When we Think our optic...
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 Oct 21; Support from the relationship of genetic and geographic distance in human populations for a serial founder effect...
I would have to consider inflections as a form of language. It may not be English, French, or sign language, but if the others in the group can derive some...
... Hmm. Not all autistics think in pictures. I wonder how prevalent picture thought is among autistics? ... Yep, I agree. ... I do believe that autistics have...
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