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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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Pfizer Wants to Give Money To Donors Choose
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Posted on: August 4, 2008 8:11 PM, by afarensis, FCD
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Someone needs to persuade PZ that this is a poll to be crashed.
Posted by: Bob O'H | August 5, 2008 12:56 AM
Donors Choose, not Donor's.
Posted by: Bob Carroll | August 5, 2008 10:28 AM
The Pfizer site is a bit confusing, compared to a similar concept for donating money through clicks to help fund animal welfare and free breast exams for women. But I voted anyway -- it's a good cause. I would have preferred to vote for one I didn't see for a scientist who was experimenting with a mouse model of Alzheimer's. She found that by sending forgetful, brain-damaged mice to "Mouse Disneyland," a colorful area full of activities and other mice, the damaged mice were able to begin accessing old memories again, almost like normal mice!
By the way, another correction for the headline might be Donor's Choice.
Posted by: DianaGainer | August 5, 2008 5:39 PM