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Oldest musical instrument

Marcel — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:32:38 GMT

[BBC NEWS] 'Oldest musical instrument' found By Pallab Ghosh Science correspondent, BBC News Scientists in Germany have published details of flutes dating

DNA mutates faster in warmer climates

Marcel — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:29:36 GMT

[BBC NEWS] Evolution faster when it's warmer By Victoria Gill Science reporter, BBC News Climate could have a direct effect on the speed of "molecular

Kangaroo extinction

Marcel — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:41:45 GMT

[BBC NEWS] Human role in big kangaroo demise By Jason Palmer Science and technology reporter, BBC News A fossil study of the extinct giant kangaroo has

The hobbit is related to Homo erectus?

Marcel — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 08:02:57 GMT

ANTHROPOLOGICAL SCIENCE Vol. 117(1), 33??"43, 2009 The origin of Homo floresiensis and its relation to evolutionary processes under isolation G.A. LYRAS ,

Re: [Paleoanthro] first dutch neandertal

Anne Gilbert — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 23:46:09 GMT

Weyert: I got the impression it was a Dutch scientific team(at least from one of the articles I read). Anne G Yes, but I read that the fossil discussed here

Re: [palanthsci] first dutch neandertal

Anne Gilbert — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 23:35:57 GMT

Torfinn: And thanks for that even more detailed article! Anne G http://www.palarch.nl/2009/06/news-first-fossil-of-neanderthal-from-northsea-the-netherlands/

Re: North Sea Neandertal

Ed Haworth — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:19:15 GMT

It's a nice fossil and extends the known N range (although not in a suprising way) however I can't help but wonder if the wholesale fossil dredging is robbing

North Sea Neandertal

Marcel — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:45:07 GMT

[BBC NEWS] Sea gives up Neanderthal fossil By Paul Rincon Science reporter, BBC News Part of a Neanderthal man's skull has been dredged up from the North

first dutch neandertal

Torfinn Ørmen — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:34:46 GMT

http://www.palarch.nl/2009/06/news-first-fossil-of-neanderthal-from-northsea-the-netherlands/ For the first time ever, a fossil of a Neanderthal has been

New early Miocene ape remains

Marcel — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:03:15 GMT

Primates. 2009 Jun 9. [Epub ahead of print] [Click here to read]

Re: Chimpanzee's mental map

DDeden — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 02:20:57 GMT

How does it compare to orangutan, gibbon, bonobo and even fruit bat and fruit birds like hornbills? Maybe they all have good spacial memory, being arboreal

Re: Chimpanzee's mental map

Torfinn Ørmen — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 23:35:11 GMT

... And so can humans. I bet that part of the brain hasn't changed very much the last 8 million years. ... But then birds are blessed with smaller nerve cells

Re: Chimpanzee's mental map

gahada2001 — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 21:41:43 GMT

... Parrots do the same thing, with brains the size of filberts.

Chimpanzee's mental map

Marcel — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 18:32:31 GMT

[BBC NEWS] Chimps mentally map fruit trees Matt Walker Editor, Earth News Chimpanzees remember the exact location of all their favourite fruit trees.

Anoiapithecus brevirostris

Marcel — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 07:48:40 GMT

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009 Jun 1. [Epub ahead of print] [Click here to read]