The calm before the storm
My first exam is on Monday and with it goes a lot of my free time so I shan’t be able to post for the next few weeks. But never […]
Monthly Archives: May 2012
Mutation helped human brain evolve
There is a correlation between the brain size of an individual and their body size: a larger animal needs a larger a brain to take care of their basic bodily […]
Vocal learning shown in primates
Humans engage in this funny behaviour known as “language.” To be able to talk and write, humans need to have a few key abilities such as hearing, for example. Another […]
Whale versus superman – Saturday snapshot
Gluteus maximus: unique to humans – Friday factoid
The gluteal muscles are found on the posterior side of the pelvis; i.e. the butt (snigger). All mammals, including humans, have three of them layered one on top of the […]
Dating the origin of language?
I could write an introduction the explains how fundamentally important language is but I have a feeling I’d be telling you nothing new. Our spoken language forms the basis of […]
Humans could still be evolving
Humans have a great impact on their environment, significantly altering it. Whilst other animals also engage in such environmental alteration, none do so as much as humans. This behaviour technically […]
Do mammoths disprove radiocarbon dating?
With Creation Revolution remaining fairly quiet on the topic of human evolution I thought this week’s “Misguided Monday” would pass without incident. Then I found Across the Fruited Plain. It’s […]
Supplementary Sunday
So as I was looking at the stats for how many people click the thumbs up/down on my blogs, I was struck by two wondrous thoughts. The first being that […]
Sexual selection in humans: What is attractive and why
Some parts of human appearance seem to be adaptations to make an individual more attractive to the opposite sex. This posts investigates what they are and how reliable the research into them is.
