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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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Category: Silliness
Posted on: February 1, 2006 7:57 AM, by afarensis, FCD
| Your Birthdate: July 26 |
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I did post a comment for the date February 30 ;-)
http://reseize.com/2006/01/what-does-your-birthdate-mean-quizz.html
Posted by: Roland | February 1, 2006 9:57 AM
I found the quizz via Grrlscientist
Posted by: afarensis | February 1, 2006 10:04 AM
what do you do
Posted by: jaylenn | November 30, 2006 8:17 PM