Posted on August 27, 2008 by Beast Ape
A news brief from Science Daily details the lastest blow to the hypothesis of insular dwarfism in archaic hominins in Micronesia. This story was a bit unbelievable since it surfaced last spring in National Geographic, but managed to hang around human evolution discussion because of the interesting LB1 specimen found on Flores several years earlier. [...]
Filed under: Archaeology, Human Evolution, Paleoanthropology | Tagged: hobbits, Homo floresiensis, Human Evolution, modern human origins | Leave a Comment »
Posted on August 24, 2008 by Beast Ape
The New York Times ran a great story today about a Floridian high school biology teacher (David Campbell) and his mission to convey the scientific principles of evolutionary theory to students raised in an deeply religious (evangelical Protestant) community in Florida. I recommend reading the article to anyone working to improve science education in the [...]
Filed under: Science Education | Tagged: evolution, Science Education | Leave a Comment »
Posted on August 22, 2008 by Beast Ape
A recent AAAS podcast brought my attention to this piece of research published during my time in the field. A team of researchers from Wake Forest University (Go Deacs!) compared the androgen levels and behavior of Nazca boobies (Sula granti) and blue-footed boobies (S. nebouxii). They discovered that Nazca booby hatchlings have higher perinatal androgen [...]
Filed under: Animal Behavior, Biology, Endocrinology | Tagged: Animal Behavior, challenge hypothesis, Endocrinology, Nazca booby, siblicide | Leave a Comment »
