Comments on: Ripped From the Journals: The Biggest Discoveries of the Week http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/10/02/ripped-from-the-journals-the-biggest-discoveries-of-the-week-8/ 80beats is DISCOVER's news aggregator, weaving together the choicest tidbits from the best articles covering the day's most compelling topics. Wed, 16 May 2012 19:20:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Anthony McCarthy http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/10/02/ripped-from-the-journals-the-biggest-discoveries-of-the-week-8/comment-page-1/#comment-54508 Anthony McCarthy Sat, 03 Oct 2009 17:31:02 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=3872#comment-54508 --- Mortality rates fell during the Great Depression, the study found, possibly because people couldn’t afford to smoke and drink as much, and because the unemployed have more time to sleep and less chance of dying in industrial or traffic accidents. Eliza S. People were so poor they couldn't even afford to die. I would imagine that an economist today would be looking for this being the result of rational choice. About Ardi, I would imagine the stories about her and her kinds' behavior are on the way. I don't know, does this do anything to all the tales about discovering our behavior through pretending we understand what chimps are up to? Wow, I really like this edit feature. So much easier to see what I've typed outside of the box. — Mortality rates fell during the Great Depression, the study found, possibly because people couldn’t afford to smoke and drink as much, and because the unemployed have more time to sleep and less chance of dying in industrial or traffic accidents. Eliza S.

People were so poor they couldn’t even afford to die. I would imagine that an economist today would be looking for this being the result of rational choice.

About Ardi, I would imagine the stories about her and her kinds’ behavior are on the way. I don’t know, does this do anything to all the tales about discovering our behavior through pretending we understand what chimps are up to?

Wow, I really like this edit feature. So much easier to see what I’ve typed outside of the box.

]]> By: Mike Licht http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/10/02/ripped-from-the-journals-the-biggest-discoveries-of-the-week-8/comment-page-1/#comment-54427 Mike Licht Sat, 03 Oct 2009 12:24:30 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=3872#comment-54427 Ardi's robust thumb musculature and flexible midcarpal (wrist) joint are perfect for text-messaging. See: http://notionscapital.wordpress.com/2009/10/01/ardipithecus-ramidus/ Ardi’s robust thumb musculature and flexible midcarpal (wrist) joint are perfect for text-messaging.

See:

http://notionscapital.wordpress.com/2009/10/01/ardipithecus-ramidus/

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