Robert Heinlein famously tried predicting the future and did a shockingly good job back in the ’50′s. For instance, he predicted cell phones. Here’s what he believed would NOT likely ever come to pass. Here are things we won’t get … Continue reading
As part of the new 102nd Four Stone Hearth, a piece by Julien Riel-Salvatore explaining his new paper about how Neanderthals were much more advanced than previously thought has caught fire. And why not? Neanderthals have had a long history … Continue reading
This is the Phoenix edition of the Four Stone Hearth. It’s 100th installment saw the relinquishing of power of the original editor in chief, Martin Rundkvist of aardvarchaeology. I want to extend my thanks to Martin for turning the Four … Continue reading
In a new book by Cordelia Fine she claims that there is no innate genetic difference between men and women’s brains. I haven’t read the book so I’m going to make only a quick statement based upon the reviews I … Continue reading
None other that E.O. Wilson, father of Sociobiology, and one of the greatest minds in Biology of the last half-century says that it’s time to dump the idea of kin selection: "We hope our new theory for the evolution of … Continue reading
A new study looks at the history of climate and its relation to the spread of bubonic plague. Pandemics of bubonic plague have occurred in Eurasia since the sixth century ad. Climatic variations in Central Asia affect the population size … Continue reading
In this, the 98th Four Stone Hearth, there are a number of cool articles. But, I think this one takes the cake: Stone Age Dildo Found in Sweden. Wow …
In 1975, Edward O. Wilson published a book that has been sending ripples out into the world of human psychology ever since. His book was largely about the evolved psychology of animals, and only at the last second (in the … Continue reading
This is about as cool as it gets: In the 7 May 2010 issue of Science, Green et al. report a draft sequence of the Neandertal genome composed of over 3 billion nucleotides from three individuals, and compare it with … Continue reading
Ever wonder where those little red aphids got their color from? No? Well, in case you did, they manufacture their own carotenoids. OK, carotenoids, who cares? Lots of species use carotenoids to affect their color, what’s so special about aphids?! … Continue reading
