Afarensis: Anthropology, Evolution and Science
Wednesday, December 07, 2005

Missouri Science Standards: Where We Rank

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The Fordham Foundation's report on science standards has been released. The report, The State of State Science Standards 2005 examines ...
Tuesday, December 06, 2005

Olduvai George

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I've not really covered this since PZ Meyers and Carl Zimmer, among others, have mentioned it on their blogs. However, I feel flattered ...

Finally, Something Good Comes from Dembski

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Namely, a link to this , which is hysterical! What makes it even funnier is the thought of an ID proponent linking to a guy making fun of cr...
Monday, December 05, 2005

Professor Mirecki Beaten

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I first stumbled across this at Pharyngula . There is also a story at Red State Rabble who links to this story . Apparently Professor Mirec...

I'm Sorry, I Can't Resist...

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I have, as you may have noticed, been following the 40,000 year old footprint story with keen interest. I realize, however, that we are igno...

I Fibbed

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Apparently, I have a little more time to write a short post. I emailed the author of the press release about the way the British team's ...

Strange Behavior

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By Blogger that is. I can log in and write posts but can't get to my site to respond to comments - of which there are several I would li...
Sunday, December 04, 2005

Outrageous: Rape Victim Made To Pay

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Check out the story here . Totally apalling. This judge needs to be removed from the bench! You can also go here : The Washington County Dis...

A Cure for Gassy Cows?

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No, really! Scientist in the UK (those daffy Brits) are working on decreasing methane emissions from cows : Cows belching and breaking wind ...

40,000 Year Old Footprints: Revisited

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Something is bothering me about this story. Consider this quote (from the press release : Renne determined the new date using the argon/argo...

Platynereis dumerlii, Acropora millepora and the Human Genome: Part Three

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There are two issues. One is that a large number of genes in Drosophilia melanogaster and Caenorhabditis elegans are highly modified. Anothe...

The FBI and CIA: Protecting You from Terrorism

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Worried about terrorism? Don't worry the FBI is on the job : FBI officials mishandled a Florida terror investigation, falsified document...
Saturday, December 03, 2005

Casey Luskin: Working in the Quote Mines

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Casey Luskin discusses chromosomal fusion . I'll be doing a post on this later, but in the meantime I can't resist pointing this out...

Transitions: The Genetics Page

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Two more parts of Evolgen's series on "Detecting Natural Selection" are up at Transitions: The Genetics Page . Check them out ...
Thursday, December 01, 2005

Archaeopteryx and the Raptors

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National Geographic News and New Scientist are announcing the publication of a new archaeopteryx fossil - pictured below. Actually, it...

40,000 Year Old Mexican Footprints: Update

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Abnormal Interests has an update on the story . He also has an interesting take on Dembski's comment about the intelligent designer. Ch...

Interactive 3-D Mouse Brains

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You will find them here . You do have to register. Cool Stuff!
Wednesday, November 30, 2005

Platynereis dumerlii, Acropora millepora and the Human Genome: Part Two

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Let's approach this from another direction we can look at nematodes and compare their genome with flies and humans. So researchers comp...

My International Readers

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There is a post over at Pharyngula comparing international readership on liberal vs. conservative blogs . Here are my stats. I'm happy...
Tuesday, November 29, 2005

You Know You Have Been Reading Too Much Biology When...

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You know you have been reading too much biology when everytime you get an idea for a post you discover PZ Meyers has already written a post...
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Afarensis is a 3.5-2.8 million year old hominin from the Kada Hadar member of the Hadar formation in the Middle Awash, Ethiopia. He is approximately 41 inches tall, weighs approximately 60 pounds and has a cranial capacity of a whopping 410 cc (approximately). Afarensis is currently considered to be transitional between apes and humans and displays some traits of both. Since he spends a lot of time on the couch watching monster movies, some observers question whether he is an obligate biped (although no one has observed him climbing a tree). He also has a blog called Transitions: The Evolution of Life
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