Volaticotherium antiquum was a gliding mammal of the Mesozoic era. It co-existed with the dinosaurs. Volaticotherium is the oldest known gliding mammal. It is...
Better early than never in that case ;-) I sorted a thousand e-mails this morning, and obviously, I have got muddled somewhere. If it's not you, then somebody...
The source of the information in this post is an article that was published in American Heritage in October of 1958. Ralph Nading Hill was the author. The...
     I agree. Rudy is the only one that I know of in the list whose birthday it was for Sunday, August, 17th. This evening has been a busy one for me....
American Heritage is a publication that I highly recommend for the study of American history. My family has a huge number of issue of it, since my father had a...
After the death of Ramkhamhaeng, the kingdom of Sukhothai declined. When Ramkhamhaeng died, his son Pho Khun Loethai was on a trip to China. Pu Saisongkhram...
This link has a website on the Sukhothai historical park in Thailand. http://www.thaiwaysmagazine.com/thai_article/2409_sukhothai/sukhothai.html Neal Robbins...
This story comes from Africa. It is a tale told by the Bura people. The name of it is The "Wise Little Goat". A group of goats lived in their own village. One...
I'm not Nostradamus, so I cannot predict what new species will eventually appear on this planet. However, I will do some interpolation on past life forms and...
Hi Neal,  Having that piece of information (i.e. abnormal flooding) really does give you a different insight on how the stingrays would have gotten into...
 Hi Cindy,     You're welcome. Thanks for that information about the storm which relocated those chickens and resulted in a new breed being started. I...
In the message on the paleontology of the Phrynosoma genus, I accidentally listed the Blancan interval of the Pliocene with the wrong numbers on the age range...
Malcolm Lawrence Editor-In-Chief Babel: The multilingual, multicultural online journal and community of arts and ideas. http://en.towerofbabel.com/blog...
This link has an article about magpies being able to recogize themselves in mirrors. http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080819/sc_nm/magpies_mirror_dc Neal Robbins...
Malcolm Lawrence Editor-In-Chief Babel: The multilingual, multicultural online journal and community of arts and ideas. http://en.towerofbabel.com/blog ... ...
Malcolm, Funny you should post that today. I was reading this http://www.hindu.com/2008/08/20/stories/2008082052641100.htm in the paper this morning and was...
I should also add that The Hindu is one of the most respected papers in South India. Granted this is an opinion piece, but it is still a shock to see it in a...
Dont forget Sarkozy. After the brilliant show-posturing in the parliament (saying, famously, "it is not for the Chinese to dictate my agenda" - about pressure...
Radhika, how can you be so cruel? I was hoping you would kindly forget our national embarrassment. I thought Americans were stupid to have elected Bush, but...
Aho Houegbadja was the third king of Dahomey. His reign was from 1645 to 1685. He succeeded his uncle Dakodunu. Dakodonu had designated Aho Houegbadja as his...
Kimmei was the 29th emperor of Japan. He was born about 509 A.D. The years of his reign were 539-571 A.D. Kimmei's father was Emperor Ketai. The mother of...
