As bipedalism is of interest to many in this group, you may be interested in this expert comment published in: "Scientific American"... on the A'pith fossil...
... Thanks for this M3d - there are a few out there who can think - Lovejoy's one, Binford another - all the rest can be relegated as herd followers. ...
... Thanks you very much, m3d, for the link (please read the comment I wrote there), but I wouldn't call a prejudiced man like Lovejoy an expert: where-ever...
Hello m3d..... ... Maybe 'pestered' understates the situation...... from the paper you linked in your previous post, 'Mosquitoes and Mosquito Repellents: A...
... It is bloody obvious, is is so bloody obvious Richard, you wonder why some still think walking on two legs is some kind of weird aberration... Bipedalism...
... Having read some of Lovejoy's papers ( recently his... The Natural History of Human Gait and Posture 1&2) I take a slightly different view in the sense I...
Rob & M3D, just a mention of 2 possible attractors to mosquitos: UV light reflection (mosquitos and ticks are attracted to white t-shirts) of naked skin IR...
... But how many of these bipeds have no tails? A tail-less habitual biped is anomolous, feeding via plucking. Even meat is plucked. T Rex didn't pluck, but...
And while on the subject of skeeters, saltwater and dry savanna/desert: few mosquitos, lighter skin freshwater wetlands and forest: many mosquitos, darker skin...
... Doesn't my mosquito zapper work the same way? Pale blue light tubes (heavy on the UV?) surrounded by bare electrified wires, Makes a very satisfying sizzle...
Shwartz disputes Salem as afarensis http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-10/uop-acs100206.php Anthropologist challenges species identification of...
... I've read tens of papers of Lovejoy. Invariably he finds humanlike features in an apith (what else??: they're closer to the H/P LCA than P & G are) & ...
... AFAICS, skin color has nothing to do with mosquitos directly, but depends on the color of the environment, eg, - sand-colored Khoi-San, Austr.aboriginal,...
... DD Would say... its bright[vivid]and dark colours more than white [dark colours retain heat]... That sweat, and lactic acid from exercise are the main...
... DD As the forerunner of birds, probably all dino's had tails... Interestingly, there were a quite a few herbivore dino's that were bipeds... herbivores: ...
... Hi, everyone I'm the author of author of the link above. Thank you Richard for posting it here. The site isn't actually Japanese, it's Swedish. I use the...
... From: Marc Verhaegen To: AAT@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 9:12 PM Subject: Re: [AAT] Re: Expert Commentary on Lucy's Baby: C. Owen...
... depends on ... impression ... Marc, it is one and the same effect. Mosquitos are Predators, using all their senses to detect their prey. The surviving prey...
Welcome sea_forager. I stuck some links at bottom, take a look if you like. It seems some researchers doubt the significance of the Toba eruption, but I think...
[input] ... Hi everyone, I'm the author of the article above. Actually I'm Swedish and not Japanese. Shuusaku is just an alias. Thanks Richard for posting the...
... regards ---m3d ______________________ Well it makes sense that vegetarian dinos would be part-time bipeds, since bipedal standing allowed higher frond...
