Interesting Science Pictures: Part XII

This is from an article in PaleoAnthropology. The map, of the find locations for the Ngangdong specimens, hasn’t been seen in 75 years. Picture source: Huffman et al (2010) Provenience Reassessment of the 1931–1933 Ngandong Homo erectus (Java), Confirmation of the Bone-Bed Origin Reported by the Discoverers. PaleoAnthropology 2010:1-60 doi:10.4207/PA.2010.ART34

NatureNews Interviews Russell Ciochon on Ngandong

This is an interesting interview

The Independent Origins of Blood/Oxygen Transport Mechanisms

This is pretty cool. Science Daily PhysOrg mentions research in PNAS An extended excerpt from Science Daily PhysOrg:

The Return of Antillothrix bernensis

Way back in 2006 I included Antillothrix bernensis in my “know your primate” series. At that point there wasn’t much to say;

Road Trip: Mastadon State Park and Graham Cave State Park

Yesterday I went to Mastadon State Park (in Imperial, MO). I have been there before and mainly went because I needed to replenish my stock of sabertooth tiger and mastadon earrings. I also picked up a nifty sabertooth tiger key chain. On the other hand, I have never been to Graham Cave – which is [...]

Interesting Science Pictures: Part XI

Figure 3. Comparison of the femur (a, anterior view; b, posterior view) and ulna (c, lateral; d, medial) of Antillothrix bernensis (top) and a male Cebus apella with unfused epiphyses (bottom). Scale bar, 1 cm. See electronic supplementary material, figures S5 and S6. From: Rosenberger et al (2010) First skull of Antillothrix bernensis, an extinct [...]

Four Stone Hearth Vol 97 is Up

The Four Stone Hearth is up at Zenobia: Empress of the East. Check it out!

Sinanthropus Returns!

Dennis Etler has resumed writing Sinanthropus, apparently back in June. I’m irked that I missed that because I would have loved to have included a piece by him in the Four Stone Hearth, when I recently hosted the carnival. There are a number of interesting posts on Australopithecines, Lufengpithecus, bipedalism, and a bunch of other [...]

Bob O’Hara You Are An Evil, Evil Man

Okay, I have to confess. This made me laugh harder than I have in a couple of weeks. My first post will be about a remarkable paper (still embargoed) that describes context-dependent dispersal strategies in maritime rodents. I’m still laughing… P. S. Bob, how is the veal? Should we tickle tip the waitress? Will you [...]

I Support ScienceBloggers!

Several more blogs have left and a number (hopefully all) are on Strike! Here is a song to entertain them as they walk the virtual picket line (no scabs need apply).

Wohoo! Fossil Marsupials

Science Daily mentions an interesting paper appearing in the current edition of the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.

Songs From My (Misspent) Youth

Haven’t done any music videos in awhile so I thought I would regale you with some of the music I listened to as a teenager…

Know Your Primate: Saadanius hijazensis

Saadanius hijazensis is a fossil primate dating to the Oligocene at somewhere around 29-28 MYA. Brian Switek has an excellent overview of the finds implications for paleoanthropology.

Brain Size, Body Size, and Longevity

Science Daily mentions an interesting paper on the relationship between brain size, body, and longevity in mammals. From Science Daily:

Begging for an Article

Can someone send me the article below: New Oligocene primate from Saudi Arabia and the divergence of apes and Old World monkeys doi:10.1038/nature09094