Interesting Science – Mostly Anthropology – News

National Geographic mentions that a new species of moth sized bat has been discovered. Bat porn accompanies the article.

Discovery Institute Propaganda Ruins AP Report on Wallace

PhysOrg.Com has an interesting article by AP environmental reporter Michael Casey. The article, ostensibly about George Beccaloni’s quest to “return Wallace to what he sees as his rightful place in history.” The article recounts Beccaloni’s project to retrace Wallace’s trip through southeast Asia. An interesting moment in the article comes at the beginning when Beccaloni [...]

Four Stone Hearth: A Friendly Reminder

I will be hosting Volume 70 of the Four Stone Hearth on July 1st. Submissions are gratefully accepted…

Schwartz, Molecules, and Morphology: There Can Be Only One

Connor MacLeod: How do you fight such a savage? Ramirez: With heart, faith and steel. In the end there can be only one. Rudolf Raff, in The Shape of Life, has an interesting discussion on attempts to iron out the relationships between lungfish, trout, and humans. On the surface it is quite simple. Lungfish are [...]

Help GrrlScientist Win a Trip To Antarctica!

I can’t think of anyone who deserves it more. You can vote here. Update 1: Wesley Elsberry is also trying to win the trip. As for me, I’ll be joining a contest where I win a free trip to someplace that will teach me how to spell and not make typos.

Pardon Me While I Laugh at Minnesota

Not all of Minnesota, mind you – just the part that elected Michele Bachmann. Behold the reasons why Bachmann is refusing to fill out a census form:

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Primate Brain Evolution and Plesiadapiforms

Sci ence Daily has an interesting item on an endocast of a 54 million year old plesiadapiform:

More on Schwartz and Orangutans

I haven’t had a lot of time for reading lately, so I am still in the process of reading the paper. I am just now at the critique of the molecular evidence for a chimp/human clade. Here is a longish quote:

Just When You Thought It Was Safe To Say Chimps And Humans Share A Common Ancestor

The Red Ape rears it’s ugly head. Here is a lengthy quote from PhysOrg.Com: Schwartz and Grehan scrutinized the hundreds of physical characteristics often cited as evidence of evolutionary relationships among humans and other great apes-chimps, gorillas, and orangutans-and selected 63 that could be verified as unique within this group (i.e., they do not appear [...]

Four Stone Hearth #69 Is Up

Four Stone Hearth #69 can be found at Wanna Be An Anthropologist. Paul has uncovered some new blogs and resources unfamiliar to me – guess it’s time to up date the blogroll. At any rate, go and read some great anthropology posts!

Interesting Osteology and Paleopathology Related News

Science Daily mentions a number of interesting items related to Osteology and Paleopatholgy. First, Gene Vital To Early Embryonic Cells Forming A Normal Heart And Skull: In a study posted online June 15 by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a research team at Cincinnati Children’s reports that too little of the gene/protein [...]

The Proceedings of the National Academy of Science Honors Darwin

The Proceedings of the National Academy of Science is honoring Charles Darwin with a number of supplemental volumes exploring evolution. The series – called In Light of Evolution is up to three at this point. Better yet, they all seem to be open access.

Help Save the University of Wyoming Geological Museum

As you may have heard by now, the University of Wyoming Geological Museum is in danger of being closed due to budget cuts. This is a tragedy in the making. You can help. There is now a Facebook site dedicated to saving the museum which has a variety of resources. Go and do whatever you [...]

Interesting Anthropology News

The Guardian reports on Archaeologists find skulls on route of new road: So far 45 skulls, believed to be almost 2,000 years old, have been found, and more may be found as the pit is emptied. Archaeologists have called the discovery extraordinary, saying it could be evidence of a disaster, a mass execution, a battle [...]