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Part Human Part Ape Possible Ancester Analized

The remains of a species with both human and ape characteristics have been thoroughly analyzed through the publication of six scientific pa…

Started by John Jubinsky

7 May 16
Reply by John Jubinsky

Living Human Genetically Linked to 338,000 Year Old Ancester

An African American male currently living in South Carolina has been genetically linked to a 338,000 year old pre-modern human. The genetic…

Started by John Jubinsky

30 Mar 13
Reply by John Jubinsky

"Living Fossil" gets a little older

New fossil skull pushes coelacanth origins back 17 million years Been around for 409 million years, and I bet it still goes great with tart…

Started by Chris Dodds

0 Apr 10, 2012

Evolving Brain and Behavior in Humans

  "Sup? Lst wknd wz gr8. Cw2cu agn . . . ttyl!" A message from outer space or a text about a fun weekend and the promise to touch base soon…

Started by Jim DePaulo

25 Jul 25, 2010
Reply by John D

The Next ORIGIN: Synthetic Genomics / Bio-Engineering; Edge Master-Class, featuring George Church and Craig Venter.

Edge Master Class 2009 These videos are all embedded so the best I can do is link you to the page where they can be viewed. These are a s…

Started by Richard Healy

0 Dec 5, 2009

Is intelligence an adaptive trait?

I'm guessing most people here will realize this question is anything but a no-brainer. We've only been king of the hill for a blink. Whethe…

Started by John C

3 Nov 17, 2009
Reply by Jaume

DARWIN, GENIUS OF EVOLUTION: DID DARWIN KILL GOD?--- A TV documentary next week

New on BBC 2 TV DID DARWIN KILL GOD? “In a TV documentary to be broadcast on Tuesday 31 March 2009, 7 to 8 p.m., Conor Cunningham argues t…

Started by Dr. Terence Meaden

7 Mar 31, 2009
Reply by Richard Healy

HOW DOES EVOLUTION WORK?

An issue which is unclear to me is how random changes in DNA (which I assume are usually quite small) can lead to changes in an organism wh…

Started by Deborah

15 Feb 15, 2009
Reply by Deborah

Earlier Emergence of Animal Life

Interesting piece here in the BBC Science section. Sponges back to 650 Million years ago and apparently it casts a bit of doubt on the "sn…

Started by Mike Hein

2 Feb 5, 2009
Reply by Mike Hein

ORIGINS OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, 1: THE MENOPAUSE

Proposal: The menopause evolved to ensure that older women were able to help in bringing up their grandchildren. -- New Scientist. December…

Started by Dr. Terence Meaden

8 Jan 12, 2009
Reply by mcs

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