Ahhhh! Origin of AIDS traced to Chimps! Those filthy chimps! http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12966623/from/RS.5/
"from Friday's edition of the journal Science."
"from Friday's edition of the journal Science."
New genus of monkey discovered
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stop polluting threads. What's the point of quoting random articles in a science thread. It's fucking impolite and pointless.
Aahhh! Man bites dog... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4009567.stm
You do field research? Who for? As part of what program?valich said:
(I'm not expecting any answers as you have steadfastly refused to answer any such questions.....
)Toumai Sahelanthropus tchadensis, 6-7 mya. The brain case is the size of chimpanzee (320-380 cc) but the face includes brow ridges which are human features. This suggests that chimpanzees branched off from hominids much earlier than thought. The authors of the findings (Brunet et al., see below) say that "it would be a not unreasonable inference that it was a habitual biped because it shares characteristics with other hominids known to be bipedal." Other scientists have pointed out the foramen magnum (the hole through which the spinal cord exits the skull) of Toumai is positioned towards the back of the skull as in apes, indicating that the skull was held forward and not balanced on top of an erect body. Brunet considers Toumai to be a hominid and that it was bipedal.
In a statement issued by Nature, which reported the discovery in its July 11 issue, anthropology professor Daniel Lieberman of Harvard stated, "What's most astonishing is that the facial features are like those that we don't see until 1.8 million years ago in the genus Homo. It is more Homo than australopithecine." http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/07/0710_020710_chadskull.html
"Toumai, a new genus and species of the hominid clade. Based on associated fossils, the six specimens found in Chad in Central Africa are believed to be beween six and seven million years old. Because of both primitive and advanced morphological features, the fossils suggest more diversity in the human lineage than previously thought - rendering the antiquated concept of the "missing link" to further invalidity. Sahelanthropus has many traits indicative of hominids, such as smaller canines, and thicker tooth enamel than apes, and the point at the back of skull where neck muscles attach suggests that Toumaï walked upright. Many of these advanced features are missing from later fossils such as Australopithecus, but reappear in still later species that are classified in the genus Homo. The age of the fossils suggests than human and chimpanzee lineages diverged earlier than indicated by most molecular studies."
http://www.fossilmuseum.net/UD desktop/UD_destop_postings/Paleobiology/Sahelanthropus_tchadensis.htm
Source: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v418/n6894/fig_tab/nature00879_F1.html
Original Citation: "A new hominid from the Upper Miocene of Chad, Central Africa." by Brunet et. al., Nature 418, 145 - 151 (11 July 2002); doi:10.1038/nature00879, online at: http://www.nature.com/cgi-taf/DynaPage.taf?file=/nature/journal/v418/n6894/full/nature00879_fs.html
As the story of Toumai Sahelanthropus tchadensis check back on its new homepage for updates: http://www.sahelanthropus.com/
In a statement issued by Nature, which reported the discovery in its July 11 issue, anthropology professor Daniel Lieberman of Harvard stated, "What's most astonishing is that the facial features are like those that we don't see until 1.8 million years ago in the genus Homo. It is more Homo than australopithecine." http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/07/0710_020710_chadskull.html
"Toumai, a new genus and species of the hominid clade. Based on associated fossils, the six specimens found in Chad in Central Africa are believed to be beween six and seven million years old. Because of both primitive and advanced morphological features, the fossils suggest more diversity in the human lineage than previously thought - rendering the antiquated concept of the "missing link" to further invalidity. Sahelanthropus has many traits indicative of hominids, such as smaller canines, and thicker tooth enamel than apes, and the point at the back of skull where neck muscles attach suggests that Toumaï walked upright. Many of these advanced features are missing from later fossils such as Australopithecus, but reappear in still later species that are classified in the genus Homo. The age of the fossils suggests than human and chimpanzee lineages diverged earlier than indicated by most molecular studies."
http://www.fossilmuseum.net/UD desktop/UD_destop_postings/Paleobiology/Sahelanthropus_tchadensis.htm
Original Citation: "A new hominid from the Upper Miocene of Chad, Central Africa." by Brunet et. al., Nature 418, 145 - 151 (11 July 2002); doi:10.1038/nature00879, online at: http://www.nature.com/cgi-taf/DynaPage.taf?file=/nature/journal/v418/n6894/full/nature00879_fs.html
As the story of Toumai Sahelanthropus tchadensis check back on its new homepage for updates: http://www.sahelanthropus.com/