Dating Monumental Architecture In Polynesia

PhysOrg.Com mentions a research article in PNAS that looks at new dates for 22 temples on the island of Mo’orea.

A Nefarious, Evil LOLcat Plot Exposed

My suspicions were aroused when known LOLcat purveyor (and suspected LOLcat spy) carlsonjok left this comment on my blog. Later on I discovered this blood curdling story on Science Daily:

Know Your Primate:Varecia variegata

In honor of those who have delurked here is another installment of my long neglected Know Your Primate series.

Teh Rawk Returns!

Remembr dis and dis? Well, teh Rawk saga continuez! In dis episode basement kittehs ebil minions suffr defeat an has 2 giv teh Rawk back to Kentucky!

Delurk If You Dare!

I haven’t done this since 2007 but thought I would give it a try. Let me know who you are, or if you prefer what you like or dislike (gently) about the blog…

Cool Science Stories!

PhysOrg.Com has a couple of really cool science stories, both about vision.

Interesting Science Pictures: Part IX

Mojoceratops perifania

Source: Mojoceratops: New Dinosaur Species Named for Flamboyant Frill.

From Science Daily:

The dinosaur is one of more than a dozen species belonging to the chasmosaurine ceratopsid family, which are defined by elaborate frills on their skulls. A plant eater about the size of a hippopotamus, Mojoceratops appeared about 75 million years ago during the Late Cretaceous — 10 million years earlier than its well-known cousin, the Triceratops. The species, which is related to another dinosaur in Texas, is found only in Canada’s Alberta and Saskatchewan provinces and was short-lived, having survived for only about one million years.

The find is described in the Journal of Paleontology

The Khvalynsk Neanderthal Humerus

I meant to write about this yesterday but got sidetracked and Hawks beat me to it. Except –

“With the day came the resolution…”

Apologies to Uriah Heap for the title. The Pepsi wars are over.

Four Stone Hearth Vol 96 Is Up

It can be found at Testimony of the Spade. Magnus Reuterdahl has assembled an excellent collection of anthropological writing for your reading pleasure. This edition is organized around the excellent drawings of C.F. Lindberg. Check it out. Also, please note that the FOur Stone hearth is in need of hosts for future editions starting on 7/21/10. Please consider volunteering!