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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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Yeah he's the Dick to the Dawk to the phd,
he's smarter than you he's got a science degree!
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Due to circumstances beyond my control I will no longer be blogging for ScienceBlogs. I would like to thank all those people who have read my blog, commented on my posts, and sent me articles. Without you I would not...
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Can someone send me these two articles? Craniosynostosis in the Middle Pleistocene human Cranium 14 from the Sima de los Huesos, Atapuerca, Spain Published online before print March 30, 2009, doi: 10.1073/pnas.0900965106 http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2009/03/27/0900965106.abstract and: TAIL SHEDDING IN ISLAND LIZARDS [LACERTIDAE,...
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Can some one send me the following two articles? Hippopotamus and whale phylogeny Nature 458, E1-E4 (19 March 2009) | doi:10.1038/nature07776 http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v458/n7236/abs/nature07776.html and Thewissen et al. reply Nature 458, E5 (19 March 2009) | doi:10.1038/nature07775 http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v458/n7236/abs/nature07775.html They can be sent...
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I blame Greg Laden. Seriously, it's all his fault. Let me start at the being and when I am finished with my tale, you will understand those statements. Greg wrote this really interesting post on hominoid diversity in the Miocene,...
Posted by afarensis, FCD at 8:57 PM • 5 Comments •
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I have the paper now. Can some one send me a copy of the article below: Walking, running and the evolution of short toes in humans Campbell Rolian, Daniel E. Lieberman, Joseph Hamill, John W. Scott and William Werbel Journal...
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Can soneone send me the following two articles: The Politics of Paleoanthropology CONSTANCE HOLDEN Science 14 August 1981: Vol. 213. no. 4509, pp. 737 - 740 DOI: 10.1126/science.213.4509.737 http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/citation/213/4509/737 and: Lateral view of Australopithecus afarensis: primitive aspects of bipedal positional...
Posted by afarensis, FCD at 1:21 PM • 6 Comments •
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Can some kind soul send me the following papers: On the Status of Australopithecus afarensis DAY et al. Science 7 March 1980: 1102-1103 DOI: 10.1126/science.207.4435.1102 Susman RL. 2008. Evidence bearing on the status of Homo habilis at Olduvai Gorge. Am...
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I have been writing the "Know Your Primate" posts since July 28, 2006. During that time I have covered a wide variety of primates and I fully intend to continue the series. However, I will not be posting the series...
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It was on October 2nd. Yup, 4 years and three days ago a new blog blazed across blogosphere with the following entry: Well technically I woke up early and can't get back to sleep. This blog will be about...
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I'm looking for the following list of articles, if you send one please leave a comment so duplicate copies are kept to a minimum. Please send them to afarensis1@sbcglobal.net Thank you in advance....
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