Groundhog 

First up is this article about the relationship between ancient Taiwanese and Polynesian populations. Researchers looked at the mitchondria...

Finally, some pictures from my recent sailing trip! This is my San Juan 21. We keep them on their trailers then when we want to go sailing w...

The above is a fossilized human footprint found in Mexico. Researchers have dated it to 40,000 years ago. From Footprints rewrite history of...

Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death Patrick Henry, March 23, 1775. No man thinks more highly than I do of the patriotism, as well as abilities,...

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the c...

The Declaration of Independence of the Thirteen Colonies In CONGRESS, July 4, 1776 The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States o...

I hadn't really planed on posting anything else till tomorrow, then I ran across Happy Fourth of July and had to post a link to it. Gre...

I have a post on sexual selection in butterflies up at Transitions .

I am currently working on a long series on the Kenniwick skeletal material and a post on sexual selection in butterflies for Transistions. I...

A lot has been written about the impact of global warming on land but this is the first story I've seen about the impact of CO2 emissi...

Evolgen has a great post on the randomness of mutations. Check it out. Also 10 bonus points if you can name the anonymous troll! Hint: He u...

Study will, finally begin on the Kennewick skeletal material . Preliminary examination will focus on taphonomic issues: The researchers plan...

Lets start with this: The Bush administration lifted a moratorium imposed in 1998 by the Clinton administration on using human testing for p...

Liberal hunting permit Creek Running North has a post about the above picture. He also links to a excellent post on the same subject by Orc...

Anybody know anything about who or what this is: Dear potential Speaker: On behalf of the organizing committee, I would like to extend a cor...

Somewhere in my Bloggy wanderings, today, I came across a blog that had an interesting discussion of a recent evolution conference on the Ga...

A new species of catfish has been discovered in Mexico. The species represents a new family of catfish and is only the and is only the thir...

Darwin Statue at Shrewsbury  Snail's Tales has a timely reminder. July 1st is the 147th anniversery of Darwin and Wallace presenting th...