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Recent content by howlingwolf

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    How the Ark was ventilated.

    Like the Edmund Fitzgerald? wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Edmund_Fitzgerald She was over 700 feet long (a bit longer than the ark), over 26,000 tons and was made of steel, not wood. On 10 November 1975, during a storm on Lake Superior, she sank in less than 10 minutes, taking her crew of 29 with her...
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    Natural Selection and Homosexuality

    Well, I don't know about mammals, but there are numerous species of unisexual lizards within the genus Aspidoscelis (Cnemidophorus) that exhibits mating behavoirs between females. See: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desert_Grassland_Whiptail_Lizard The two linked articles at the bottom of the Wiki...
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    Jesus goes up in flames,burns to the ground

    Having driven past it several times, it was not exactly the best representation I've seen. w3.roadsideamerica.com/story/9786 (put 3 w's at the beginning) Some people say it looks like he was drowning in the pool of water at the base. And it was only built using fiberglass and styrofoam - I...
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    Tree software

    Have you tried this site? : evolution.genetics.washington.edu/phylip/software.html It has links to a lot of software, some are free and some are not. Unfortunately it has been a long time since I had bioinformatics, but I do remember using Phylip and Mesquite to work on trees. Good luck with...
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    Missing link was a lie (2)

    Tiktaalik is not even closely related to the cod. It is in the class Sarcopteryigii or lobe-finned fish, while the the cod is in the class Actinopterygii - the ray-finned fishes. Actually, Tiktaalik was found by Edward Daeschler, Neil Shubin, and Farish Jenkins and their field crews. The...
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    [Open Dr Who fan members] calling Dr Who fans (3)

    I don't remember them having horns before? :confused: I can't post a link, but (so as to not post a spoiler) google Doctor Who, Pertwee, episode 52 (also Davison episode 131). Howlingwolf
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    Wars, Earthquakes, Death - Oh My?

    Breaking news on CNN Mag. 7.2 earthquake in northern Baja California. From USGS site: earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/ci14607652.php Sunday, April 04, 2010 at 22:40:39 UTC Sunday, April 04, 2010 at 03:40:39 PM at epicenter Location: 32.093°N, 115.249°W, 32.3 km (20.1...
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    Wars, Earthquakes, Death - Oh My?

    The earthquakes on that list were selected quakes of historical interest - not the full list of quakes that occurred during that time period. The USGS site 'Earthquake Information for the 1990s' {earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakess/eqarchives/year/info_1990s.php} shows about 20,000 quakes of all...
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    packing for quick plane trip

    Since the recent incidents, airport screening has become more unpredictable. Make sure anything that could be considered a liquid/gel/aerosol is in the baggie (quart size, not gallon). Reports have been that some TSA screeners have been confiscating liquids that are not in original...
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    New early hominid fossil...

    Science has put the entire special issue online for free (you might need to register, but it doesn't require a subscription. All the research articles are in PDF format. The link is at www . sciencemag . org / ardipithecus (Sorry it won't let me post the actual link, just take out the...
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    What makes a creationist a creationist?

    I found your quote. It is not from the Journal of Geology, but from an article published in Scientific American in 1940 (unfortunately not available on line), and is quoted on this site, "paleo.cc/paluxy/berea-ky.htm", third paragraph in the Introduction. Most of these tracks appear to have...
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    If you don't accept common descent...

    Citation?
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    New Journal Issue with Focus on Transitional Fossils

    Thanks! I had not heard of that journal before, but it look like a good series of articles (and stuff is not usually freely available through Springer). I'll forward that link on to my advisor though he may already know about that journal. Howlingwolf
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    recommend human/hominid fossil book?

    A good one is the Smithsonian Intimate Guide to Human Origins by Carl Zimmer. It's up to date enough to include Homo floresiensis. Howlingwolf