Newsweek has a summation of the recent Neandertal papers. Nothing special, but a good reading of the public Zeitgeist.
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Thanks to a reader commenting in yesterday's post, I've been made aware of a truly brilliant summation of creationism of both the young earth and intelligent design variety:
So Deutsch has resigned. Best summation comes from Jim Hansen: "He's only a bit player. The problem is much broader and much deeper and it goes across agencies. That's what I'm really concerned about."
Today is Charles Darwin's 199th birthday. Aussie blogger John Wilkins provides an eloquent summation of Darwin's significance:
In response to a few reflective posts of mine in regards to the "big picture" of evolutionary dynamics Brown Gaucho has
It's the first big-media mention of the Neanderthal-boost idea.
Pretty interesting. What if those cave paintings came from a large Neanderthal cerebellum? Didn't the Neanderthals have giant cerebellums?