Off Topic (sorry), but I wonder whom Dawkins, Hitchens, Harris, Dennett, and Mahr are supporting in the Presidential election..something to think about..
Think you might could bag the evoloserism BS for three weeks here until the election is decided?
Outcry at scale of inheritance project
- NIH launches multi-million-dollar epigenomics programme
Nature News | 10 October 2008 | Helen Pearson
Posted on 10/12/2008 11:17:18 AM PDT by neverdem
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2103905/posts
Which way ‘out of Africa’?
University of Bristol | Monday, October 13, 2008 | Cherry Lewis
Posted on 10/15/2008 6:33:31 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2106644/posts
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To all -- please ping me to other topics which are appropriate for the GGG list.The Scars of Evolution:"The most remarkable aspect of Todaro's discovery emerged when he examined Homo Sapiens for the 'baboon marker'. It was not there... Todaro drew one firm conclusion. 'The ancestors of man did not develop in a geographical area where they would have been in contact with the baboon. I would argue that the data we are presenting imply a non-African origin of man millions of years ago.'" |
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After caring for my dying husband, I have developed a theory about Alzheimers, for which they apparently have found at least one gene. I noticed that while my husband was still physically able but unable to remember for more than 15 seconds, he would leave the house when he was getting hungry. Usually I would notice immediately and bring him back with the promise of food. Then I would have him sit in the kitchen and give him snacks while I finished cooking. Several times I had to call the police to find him and bring him back.
I had heard stories about how elderly American Indians during Winter starving times would go off into the forest to die to leave more food for the young. I now wonder how many of these people actually had Alzheimers, and just wandered off looking for food when they were hungry and froze in the process. At any rate if there was a gene that caused wandering when triggered by hunger, then this would have a positive survival value for their children and grandchildren by leaving more food for them.