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marduk · Post by **marduk** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 9:01 am

The following is a list of physical traits that distinguish Neanderthals from modern humans; however, not all of them can be used to distinguish specific Neanderthal populations, from various geographic areas or periods of evolution, from other extinct humans. Also, many of these traits occasionally manifest in modern humans, particularly among certain ethnic groups. Nothing is known about the skin color, the hair, or the shape of soft parts such as eyes, ears, and lips of Neanderthals.[9]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neanderthal
well thats exactly my point
we know nothing about how hairy they were
or werent
presumably as they evolved from a common ancestor to us they would have been as hairy as we were
i.e. not very
there is certainly no evolutionary reason they would be hairy
its a holdover from the time that we believed they were primtive ape men
so how does this woman get away with claiming they were hairy
just because she is doesn't follow that they were does it
and without them being hairy her whole pack of cards collapses

Digit · Post by **Digit** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 9:11 am

Exactly. Here we have a theory backed up by an idea and supported by a predudice. Great science, I think she should see a psychologist, not practice as one.

marduk · Post by **marduk** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 9:13 am

A man told police not to blame him for crashing his truck into a light post — it was that unicorn behind the wheel. Prosecutor Ingrid Rosenquist said Phillip C. Holliday Jr. initially denied driving the truck involved in the March 7 crash in Billings. He told officers at the scene that a unicorn was driving, she said.

Holliday, 42, pleaded not guilty Tuesday to felony charges of criminal endangerment and drunken driving.

A pickup truck drove through a red light and nearly struck another truck in the intersection, according to court documents. The driver then made an erratic U-turn through a gas station, crossed the street and crashed into a light pole. Nobody was injured.

Holliday has five drunken-driving convictions. District Judge Gregory Todd kept his bail at $100,000 despite his lawyer arguing that Holliday's last such conviction was 14 years ago.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.c ... 307D72.DTL

Beagle · Post by **Beagle** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 6:29 pm

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/200 ... RrsLRFeQoB

The peculiar 3,000-year-old skeletons belong to the Lapita people, the earliest known inhabitants of the Pacific Islands. Their DNA could shed light on how the many remote island specks surrounding Vanuatu were colonized, the researchers say

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Beagle · Post by **Beagle** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 2:56 pm

http://www.the-scientist.com/article/home/52881/

Ana Vicente and her team at the Oswaldo Cruz Institute in Rio de Janeiro began their quest for ancient pinworm RNA at San Pedro de Atacama, a pre-Incan village that was once part of an important trade route to the Pacific coast. Considered the driest place on earth, the region boasts 35 mm of rainfall in its wettest years and is considered a veritable time capsule for archaeologists, says paleoparasitologist Adauto Araujo, "There are so many bodies there, that archaeologists no longer excavate them."

Great technology. The answers will come soon.
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Cognito · Post by **Cognito** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 3:08 pm

Back in Brazil, when he rehydrates samples in a bath of trisodium phosphate, the stench sticks with the lab for three days, after which time he scans the samples for evidence of parasite eggs.

This must be a great place to work!

Seriously, archaeogenetics hasn't even scratched the surface as far as all of the possibilities for tracking human migrations and interconnecting ancient cultures. Parasites, bacteria and even viruses will become important markers to archaeologists of the future. Technically, it is already possible to determine who used an ancient tool by collecting the specimen under sterilized conditions and genetically testing everything that shows up. Costs about $6,000USD though, still a bit too pricy for comfort.

Beagle · Post by **Beagle** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 4:20 pm

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news ... tombs.html

Gruesome evidence found in ancient burial chambers reveals a period of violence and instability in Stone Age Britain, according to archaeologists.

Signs of bloody massacres and fractured societies are emerging from research that used new dating techniques to age prehistoric skeletons and burial sites in southern England.

This probably was the result of a soccer (football) game.

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Post by **Minimalist** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 4:35 pm

Cognito · Post by **Cognito** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 4:35 pm

"It's as if there was a cattle raid or something," Bayliss said.

That's some cattle raid ... I think the football explanation is more believable.

Beagle · Post by **Beagle** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 5:47 pm

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn1 ... teria.html

Now researchers from Italy's National Research Council in Bologna have found that bacteria are to blame. DNA tests and electron microscopy confirmed the presence of cyanobacteria, which leave a black residue when they dry out. Analysis of the chemical composition of the deposit showed that it came from cyanobacteria and not from petroleum-based pollution (Environmental Science & Technology, DOI: 10.1021/es062176s).

Cyanobacteria can be killed. A lot of time and money though.
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Post by **Minimalist** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 6:12 pm

"Iranian officials wanted us to demonstrate that one of the causes of the blackening was the burning of the wells," says Alessandra Bonazza, who led the study. "I think they are probably disappointed by what we found."

I can see the demonstrations now.....DEATH TO THE MICROBIOLOGISTS!

(Some people can't deal with disappointment.)

Beagle · Post by **Beagle** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 12:30 pm

http://news.uzreport.com/uzb.cgi?lan=e&id=29270

Archeologists at the Khiva branch of the Samarkand Archeological Institute named after Jakhya Gulamov have made a sort of gift to Tolstov's 100th anniversary. During their excavation works in Kumbuz-tepa, near the town of Khazarasp, they had unearthed a Bronze Age site of hunters and cattle-breeders. Called Sharofat, the site is no less than 3,500 years old, according to experts.

The archeological-ethnographic complex expedition founded by Sergey Tolstov has been carrying out successful large-scale research into the history, archeology and ethnography of Central Asian peoples for over the span of seven decades now.

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Digit · Post by **Digit** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 4:32 pm

On TV news this evening is a report the scientists have genetically modified Mosquitoes so that they cannot, either get the Malaria infection or alternatively, pass it on, the report didn't say which.
This has been ongoing for some years as a possiblity with some experts objecting that to either wipe out Malarial bug or the Mosquito is wrong!

Forum Monk · Post by **Forum Monk** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 4:59 pm

Maybe someone can explain to me why we will spend more money, research and effort to save a notorious, murdering, scourge like malaria while ignoring a massive genecide in Darfur. Unbelievable.

Digit · Post by **Digit** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 5:01 pm

Pass!

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