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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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Afarensis
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Franz Weidenreich, Morphology of Solo Man
"Man stands alone in the universe, a unique product of a long, unconcious, impersonal material process with unique understanding and potentialities. These he owes to no one but himself, and it is to himself that he is responsible. He is not the creature of uncontrollable and undeterminable forces, but his own master. He can and must decide and manage his own destiny."
George Gaylord Simpson, Life of the Past
Yeah he's the Dick to the Dawk to the phd,
he's smarter than you he's got a science degree!
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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Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And when you look into the abyss, the abyss also looks into you.
Frederich Nietzsche
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Category: Poetry
Awhile back I wrote a post about a picture that was claimed to be one of the few paintings of Shakespeare painted while he was still alive....
Posted by afarensis, FCD at 10:02 AM • 5 Comments •
Category: Poetry
A painting has come to light that may very well be the only real painting made of Shakespeare while he was alive. The story can be found here...
Posted by afarensis, FCD at 8:50 PM • 4 Comments •
Category: Poetry
One of Poe's more interesting efforts......
Posted by afarensis, FCD at 11:24 AM • 2 Comments •
Category: Poetry
Since April is National Poetry Month here is another for you:...
Posted by afarensis, FCD at 12:53 PM • 3 Comments •
Category: Poetry
Since it is, apparently, National Poetry Month, here is a poem for your enjoyment....
Posted by afarensis, FCD at 10:15 PM • 1 Comments •
Category: Poetry
One last poetry entry. This is one I wrote myself. I was not going to post anything I wrote but Mrs. afarensis threatened to do horrible things if I didn't. This is actually an older one and is stylistically much...
Posted by afarensis, FCD at 11:02 PM • 1 Comments •
Category: Poetry
Since Stochastic is making a big deal of it and all, here is another. This time from Percy Bysshe Shelley, rather than Poe (didn't want to depress anyone)......
Posted by afarensis, FCD at 2:44 PM • 2 Comments •
Category: Poetry
As several of my blog sibs have pointed out, this is National Poetry Month. Last year I posted one of my own modest efforts....
Posted by afarensis, FCD at 10:37 PM • 2 Comments •
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