Mammal Archive
Mothers and Others by Hrdy: A Review
4 Comments Published by Greg July 23rd, 2010 in Primates, Behavioral Biology, BooksRemember Evolutionary Psychology? The theory?
It’s over.
Creationism Doubtful? What a surprise!
3 Comments Published by Greg October 24th, 2007 in dogs, Mammal, Science Essays, Evolution, Commentary St. Bernard Dog
I woke up this morning to see headlines such as the following in my newsreader:
Study Casts Doubt on Creationism … and St. Bernard Study Casts Doubt on Creationism….
It turns out that the shape of the dog’s head has evolved over time, and that this can only be explained […]
Oreotragus oreotragus, or Klipspringer. Klipspringer is Afrikaans for “Rock Jumper. Also known as mvundla (derived from Xhosa for rabbit).
The Klippie is an antelope. Meaning, its in the Subfamily Antilopinae, with the dik-diks, gazelles, steenbok, and so on, as distinct from the other groups that include other creatures also called antelopes, […]
Rock Dasssie, Procavia capensis. It hangs out on rocks, dens in convenient mini-caves, mainly eats grass, and has habitual “toilet areas” … which can develop quite a smell, and in time, can serve as a paleoclimate indicator. You are looking at a photograph of one day’s food supply for the nearest […]
Grauer’s Gorillas Surviving?
1 Comment Published by Greg June 21st, 2007 in Geographical, Organisms, Science Essays, Africa, Primates, Congo, EnvironmentI had been thinking that by now, Gorilla gorilla grauerii, the so called “Eastern Lowland Gorilla,” was extinct. There were to my knowledge only a few tiny populations of the gorillas, and they have been surrounded by warfare, rebel activity, illegal logging operations, and poaching for over a decade.
There are two major […]
Creation Museum
0 Comments Published by Greg May 27th, 2007 in Blog Carnival, Primates, Bible, Birds, Events, Science Tidbits, Science Essays, Plants, Other, Organisms, Humor, Creationism in the Classroom, Homeschooling, Blogging, Atheism and Religion, Hominids, Creationism, Commentary, Politics, Human Evolution 1001, Education, video, Spirituality, Falsehoods, Science EducationPlease consider visiting The Creation Museum. This is a “web carnival” of Internet resources about the new museum in Kentucky.
Marta’s (good) questions, Greg’s (oft’ lame) answers: Bonobos?
8 Comments Published by Greg March 30th, 2007 in Geographical, Organisms, Science Essays, Africa, Human Evolution 1001, Primates, EvolutionMy student, Marta, exploded the other day.
She was sitting there in class two weeks ago and exploded. She does not know that I know this, but I noticed it happen. Since she was sitting, as usual, in the front row, and it was all in her face, the other students did […]
… is about to go on tour…
Which in itself is not so interesting to me (see below if you want to know more).
What is interesting is what is shown in this photo, from the Daily Mail. If you are a creationist, of course, you could conclude that “evolution is wrong” […]