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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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Posted on: March 28, 2006 5:33 PM, by afarensis, FCD
Added Later: Okay so three ScienceBloggers have taken the quiz and on average ScienceBlogs is 42 % evil, scientific proof that ScienceBlogs is (on average) less evil than Wilkins...but then PZ hasn't taken it yet
Less evil than Wilkins apparently...
| You Are 32% Evil |
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You Are 66% Evil You are very evil. And you're too evil to care. Those who love you probably also fear you. A lot.How Evil Are You?Posted by: BigDumbChimp | March 28, 2006 5:54 PM
52% evil....now where are some baby kittens to kick?
Posted by: Dave S. | March 28, 2006 6:27 PM
I dont' know wherre the kittens are, but I just fed 25 baby crickets to my daughter's fire bellied toads. The carnage, as the toads ripped their way through them was impressive...
Posted by: afarensis, FCD | March 28, 2006 6:38 PM
Gee, I'm not very nice, now am I?
You Are 84% Evil You're the most evil person you know.The devil is even a little scared of you! How Evil Are You?
Posted by: Marc | March 28, 2006 7:43 PM
84% ? 66%? 52%? Dang, I led a pretty wild life when I was younger, but you people must be depraved, I think my blog just got 10% eviler just by your mere presence (kidding)...
Posted by: afarensis, FCD | March 28, 2006 10:47 PM
Fear not though - you are on your way to world domination. How Evil Are You? - I'd be a lot less evil if you wiped the slate after 18!
Posted by: cmk | March 28, 2006 10:52 PM
That was fun. It was so much fun, I had to do it twice:)
Posted by: oldwhitelady | April 1, 2006 6:36 AM
56% evil. I have to agree - if you adjust for age (er, forget all the evil I let loose when young) I'm pretty much on the side of light now. LOL
That was fun, though. :-)
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Posted by: mixelle | April 3, 2006 11:27 AM