Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 10.1073/pnas.0608062103 Published online before print October 30, 2006 Psychology-Biological Sciences Self-recognition in an Asian...
Naturwissenschaften. 2006 Oct 24; [Epub ahead of print] Evidence of earliest human occurrence in Europe: the site of Pirro Nord (Southern Italy). Arzarello...
Very interesting - he unfurls his banner and battle is joined. Excellent time to be a spectator! (even if I do hope he succeeds in his paradigm shift). Ed ... ...
Ed: Zilhao goes into considerable detail on why he thinks N's and early "moderns" "mixed it up", so to speak. I think he makes a very good case, and it's...
I more or less agree with him - I meant that his comments will be a red rag to a bull for many critics and I anticipate some explosive exchanges. I would love...
This is an outstanding discovery if verified and accepted. But they only have a half-dozen or so rather crude artifacts (I've read the paper), and I'd expect...
... wrote: An obvious question is, how has it been spreading? HIV is said to be spread via bodily fluids. I'm not aware of any reports of chimpanzees...
Orangutans perish in Borneo fires By Lucy Williamson BBC News, Jakarta Fires on the island of Borneo may have killed up to 1,000 orangutans, say animal...
Wow! Is this for real? Rare-metal impact-fused to benthic diatoms found on hills miles inland, maybe correlates to ancient myths. Anyone have more info on...
... wrote: On this web page on "Axis Deer," there is a section called, "Hybrid Deer," which I quote below. Note, one case of successful hybridization possibly...
Dan: "Wapiti"/"elk" are not only "closely related to "red deer", despite what that site claims, they are one and the same species! Most modern students...
Hi Anne, To give them credit, the article did state that. I'm sure you weren't intentionally missing it. "Once considered separate species because of the great...
Dan: \ Then why on earth did they describe "elk"/"wapiti" as Cervus canadensis and "red deer" as Cervus elaphus? Sounds to me like they think they're two...
Anne, I believe they were describing the change in taxonomic classification. Dan ... canadensis and "red deer" as Cervus elaphus? Sounds to me like they think...
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Dan, Anne, anybody who might know, I've been looking at laryngeal air sacs in primates (eg. langur monkeys, orangs), cervids (eg. moose, reindeer), pinnipeds...
First of all: be aware that what is being critiqued is an English translation of a Norwegian popularised research magazine article containing an interview an...
Torfinn: Hopefully, the Norwegian translator did the best s/he could, I'm sure. The real problem is with the science reporters themselves. I don't know about...
... I'm sure the translator did the best he could, but there are meanings that can go very subtly wrong when translating between closely related languages. ...
Torfinn: Never fear. I assumed the best of the translator. I will take your word for it, since I've not heard of Yngve Vogt, that he's a good science...
First, a few rambling notes: Even as this film is set to hit theaters, "journalists" and such continue to repeat inane musings about how the Maya people ...