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afarcomp3.jpg Afarensis is a 3.5-2.8 million year old hominin from the Kada Hadar member of the Hadar formation in the Middle Awash, Ethiopia. He is approximately 41 inches tall, weighs approximately 60 pounds and has a cranial capacity of a whopping 410 cc (approximately). Afarensis is currently considered to be transitional between apes and humans and displays some traits of both. Since he spends a lot of time on the couch watching monster movies, some observers question whether he is an obligate biped (although no one has observed him climbing a tree). He also has a blog called Transitions:The Evolution of Life His previous blog can be found here.
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    So, a Little About Me

    Posted on: January 11, 2006 7:24 PM, by afarensis, FCD

    Since this is the first day of the new ScienceBlogs I thought I would take this opportunity to tell you a little about myself. If you look down to the bottom of this post you will note a name other than "afarensis" in the posted by section so I guess my psuedoanonymity is gone...

    At any rate, the 'Anthropology, Evolution and Science" part of the title is pretty descriptive of what you will find here. My previous blog can be found here. for those who wish to read more of what I have written. I will provide you with a few highlights to give you a taste of what the future of this blog will be.

    But first, I would like to talk about a project near and dear to my heart. Transitions: The Evolution of Life is a web site I created for those with little knowledge of evolution and for high school and middle school students. You can find out more about the mission of Transitions here and here. It is a worthwhile project and I am always on the lookout for people willing to cross-post interesting articles on evolution - especially if they illustrate their points with fossils!

    In this post I talk about the interesting friendship between a tortoise and a hippopotamous.

    I also talk about the evolution of Clostridium difficile and Mammoth DNA.

    In this post I talk about 10,000-12,000 year old skeletons.

    I have also written extensively on the 40,000 Year Old Mexican Footprints

    In another post I catch Casey Luskin Working in the Quote Mines and in this post I talk about magnetic bacteria.

    In another post I write about Organic Chemicals in Space. I have also written about A new Method of Determining Age from the Teeth, Culture and Chimpanzees and Centrioles (my most popular post).

    My Favorite Post

    Considering the talent Seed Media has recruited, I must say I am incredibly flattered to be a part of ScienceBlogs . I am familiar with the following bloggers:

    Pharyngula
    Chris Mooney
    Tara Smith
    Ed Brayton
    John Lynch
    RPM

    Blogosphere gods and goddesses all! If the remaing bloggers are of the same caliber, and I'm sure they are because I have visited several of them today, then you readers are in for a real treat.

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