by Christine Kenneally BH | May 8, 2013 | Ancient DNA, Ancient genomics, Australopithecus afarensis, Brain, Complexity, Consciousness, Evolution, Extinction, Fire, First human..., Genes, History, Homo erectus, Homo floresiensis, Homo habilis, Humans, Mitochondrial DNA, Neandertals, Prehistoric humans, Science, Social complexity/connection, Soul/Free Will, Walking
I reviewed four new science books for The New York Times. They span millions of years, beginning with the birth of humanity and ending with a serious look at...
by Christine Kenneally BH | Feb 1, 2008 | Extinction, Resuscitation
Can a language really be raised from the dead? I don’t think so, but this piece has some good information about what it looks like to try.
by Christine Kenneally BH | Sep 18, 2007 | Dolphins, Extinction
Mark Cawardine, who co-wrote Last Chance to See with Douglas Adams, has a piece in this week’s New Scientist on the Yangtze river dolphin. The overall picture remains grim, though Cawardine does mention a possible recent sighting in August. New Scientist.
by Christine Kenneally BH | Sep 12, 2007 | Extinction, Neandertals
Of the many possible explanations for the demise of the Neandertals (competition with humans, sex with humans and being folded into our genome, infection from humans, climate), researchers say in this week’s Nature that climate can now be ruled out. A massive...
by Christine Kenneally BH | Aug 12, 2007 | Dolphins, Extinction
The Yangtze River dolphin, so memorably sought by Douglas Adams and Mark Carwardine in Last Chance to See, has been declared extinct. A 2000-mile survey of the river in December didn’t sight any of the delicate mammals. Noise and other pollution from...
