“Saadanius is a genus of fossil primate dating to the Oligocene that is closely related to the common ancestor of the Old World monkeys and apes, collectively known as catarrhines. It is represented by a single species, Saadanius hijazensis, which is known only from a single partial skull tentatively dated between 29 and 28 mya [...]
[Figure: Three views of the fit between the fetal head and the birth canal in chimpanzees, Australopithecus afarensis, and modern humans. The top view shows the orientation of the fetal head at the entrance (inlet) to the birth canal; the middle view is at midcanal; the bottem view is at the exit (outlet). Fetal head [...]
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The lecture is in English with Turkish subtitles. Lecturer is Douglas J. Futuyma of the Department of Ecology and Evolution, State University of New York. This lecture was given at the second Evolution, Science and Education Symposium at Boğaziçi University, Turkey on May 23-24, 2009. Here’s the website for the symposium (in Turkish) and an [...]
Paleoanthroplogy = the study of the fossil and cultural remains and other evidence of humans’ extinct ancestors It may not be immediately obvious what possible relevance ancient bones and stones have to our present occupations and problems. Almost any branch of science can immediately be seen to have a greater impact on the present world [...]
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I’m just reading a begginers guide to studying religion through evolutionary theory. Thought I’d share the link: http://evolution.binghamton.edu/religion/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/BeginnersGuide.pdf Which comes from a University’s ERS homepage: http://evolution.binghamton.edu/religion/ Will probably do a related post later Here’s part of the article: On the relationship between evolutionary theory and theological explanatory frameworks Many explanations of religion are theological; that [...]
simpsons creationism vs evolution I found this at Atheist Movies. A great resource for scientific and other stuff.
Nature is one of the worlds most influential scientific journals for the publication of important new research and analysis. Learn about Nature (Journal) here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nature_magazine I have included Nature podcast, a weekly program on articles published in Nature, which includes interviews with the researchers, permanently in the sidebar to the right. Nature has several podcasts [...]
