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Rethinking "out Of Africa" | Conversation | Edge
"We're having to re-evaluate the Out-of-Africa theory, and we're having to re-evaluate the species concepts we apply, because in one view of thinking, species should be self-contained units. They don't interbreed with other species."
This is a point that has confused me for some time. Species are not supposed to be capable of reproducing with other species. So why are neanderthals a different species?
Languages Grew From a Seed in Africa, a Study Says – NYTimes.com
The evidence from linguistics seems to confirm an "out of africa" hypothesis, and an origin in South-west Africa
Lies, Damned Lies, Statistics, and Probability of Abiogenesis Calculations
Simple explanation of how Abiogenesis may have occurred.
Has the Higgs Been Discovered? Physicists Gear Up for Watershed Announcement: Scientific American
Looks like they may have found something at CERN. It'll be interesting to see what the mainstream press makes of this. It looks like the implications of a discovery could exclude a lot of the currently competing ideas for extending the standard model.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/12/111222142444.htm
Evidence of the single-celled ancestors of animals, dating from the interval in Earth's history just before multicellular animals appeared, has been discovered in 570 million-year-old rocks from South China
Map Porn, for interesting maps
Excellent resource for maps of all sorts
Life began with a planetary mega-organism – life – 25 November 2011 – New Scientist
A description of the Last Universal Common Ancestor LUCA. Prior to the use of DNA, before life created an oxygen atmosphere on earth, there was LUCA the ancestor of all living things; Eukaryotes, Archaea, and Eubacteria. this article describes what LUCA may have been like.
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Tree of Life Web Project
The Tree of Life Web Project is an online database that compiles information about biodiversity and the evolutionary relationships of all organisms. Content for the project is compiled collaboratively by hundreds of biologists and amateur contributors from all over the world. The project is non-profit, funded by the U. S. National Science Foundation and the University of Arizona. All of our services are free and open to the public.
‘Earth 2.0′ Kepler-22b is best chance yet of planet to support life, says Nasa | Metro.co.uk
Gradually getting closer to a truly earth like planet.
Two Diamonds Linked by Strange Quantum Entanglement | Spooky Action at a Distance | Quantum Mechanics Macroscopic Objects | LiveScience
Large scale quantum affects like these are the final nail in the coffin of determinism. If Roger Penrose and Stuart Kauffman are to be believed, and human consciousness is a result of the collapse of a large scale quantum wave function then free will is also assured. I suspect we are going to find larger and larger scale quantum behaviors. Very exciting stuff!
