The Caveman’s Corner

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Well Drat

University of Tennessee residence hall policy:
Are pets allowed?
For health reasons, pets are not allowed in the halls or on the premises.
The only exception is fish (must be submerged in water) and guide dogs accompanying sight impaired persons.
I guess I’ll have to leave the aquaphobic lungfish that I keep in a drawer in my bedroom [...]

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Meet an Ancestor: Leptadapis magnus

This is Meet an Ancestor installment three: Leptadapis magnus. The subject here also dovetails nicely with the post I’m writing on the adapoid theory of anthropoid origins, though it was selected a while before the idea for the latter series came into my head.

L. magnus cranium
Why is it relevant? Because L. magnus is an adapoid, [...]

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Star Trek vs Star Wars

I just came across this today and it amused me profusely:
http://puntabulous.com/2008/03/17/puntabulous-guest-debate-10/
Welcome to another edition of Puntabulous Guest Debates! Today I welcome Avitable who has my favorite header and headline in the whole wide world. We’re going to wrestle the topic that has plagued dorky science fiction fans (are there any other kind?) since 1977.
STAR WARS [...]

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Anthropoid Origins – A Primer

Anthropoid origins is likely the single subject dearest to my heart in all of science, so I thought I might want to lay out in a series of essays for the reader some of the basic controversies surrounding this fascinating but much under-covered topic. I’d also like the sharpen up my own knowledge a bit [...]