Comments on: Question of the Day: How Do You Get Crabs From A Gorilla? http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2007/03/07/question-of-the-day-how-do-you-get-crabs-from-a-gorilla/ Mon, 04 Feb 2013 17:13:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: The naked years | BioLogged http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2007/03/07/question-of-the-day-how-do-you-get-crabs-from-a-gorilla/#comment-4968 The naked years | BioLogged Sat, 11 Sep 2010 12:32:25 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2007/03/07/question-of-the-day-how-do-you-get-crabs-from-a-gorilla/#comment-4968 [...] Despite their claims of more sophisticated methodology we probably should be a touch cautious about these results. Some of the findings are weird (the gene flow from clothing to head lice) and conflict with earlier work (finding gene flow in the first place). The parallels between lice & men in terms of evolutionary history are both striking and suggestive, but lice are lice, and they may have their own wily ways. And let’s not forget the pubic lice, which tell a different set of stories. [...] [...] Despite their claims of more sophisticated methodology we probably should be a touch cautious about these results. Some of the findings are weird (the gene flow from clothing to head lice) and conflict with earlier work (finding gene flow in the first place). The parallels between lice & men in terms of evolutionary history are both striking and suggestive, but lice are lice, and they may have their own wily ways. And let’s not forget the pubic lice, which tell a different set of stories. [...]

]]> By: The naked years | Gene Expression | Discover Magazine http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2007/03/07/question-of-the-day-how-do-you-get-crabs-from-a-gorilla/#comment-4967 The naked years | Gene Expression | Discover Magazine Thu, 09 Sep 2010 11:20:34 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2007/03/07/question-of-the-day-how-do-you-get-crabs-from-a-gorilla/#comment-4967 [...] Despite their claims of more sophisticated methodology we probably should be a touch cautious about these results. Some of the findings are weird (the gene flow from clothing to head lice) and conflict with earlier work (finding gene flow in the first place). The parallels between lice & men in terms of evolutionary history are both striking and suggestive, but lice are lice, and they may have their own wily ways. And let’s not forget the pubic lice, which tell a different set of stories. [...] [...] Despite their claims of more sophisticated methodology we probably should be a touch cautious about these results. Some of the findings are weird (the gene flow from clothing to head lice) and conflict with earlier work (finding gene flow in the first place). The parallels between lice & men in terms of evolutionary history are both striking and suggestive, but lice are lice, and they may have their own wily ways. And let’s not forget the pubic lice, which tell a different set of stories. [...]

]]> By: dougjnn http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2007/03/07/question-of-the-day-how-do-you-get-crabs-from-a-gorilla/#comment-4966 dougjnn Fri, 16 Mar 2007 05:55:19 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2007/03/07/question-of-the-day-how-do-you-get-crabs-from-a-gorilla/#comment-4966 Move OVER Howard Stern.... The SHOCK JOCK for smart people. (In their not sex obsessed moments. And for that substrate that suffer, and benefit, much less from that compulsion.) Move OVER Howard Stern….

The SHOCK JOCK for smart people.

(In their not sex obsessed moments. And for that substrate that suffer, and benefit, much less from that compulsion.)

]]> By: Ross http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2007/03/07/question-of-the-day-how-do-you-get-crabs-from-a-gorilla/#comment-4965 Ross Fri, 16 Mar 2007 05:06:02 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2007/03/07/question-of-the-day-how-do-you-get-crabs-from-a-gorilla/#comment-4965 >As a moral human being I believe I have a right to know which one of my ancestors was screwing gorillas. John, your questions echoes one asked by Bishop Wilberforce of Darwin, and I would reply as Huxley did. >As a moral human being I believe I have a right to know which one of my ancestors was screwing gorillas.

John, your questions echoes one asked by Bishop Wilberforce of Darwin, and I would reply as Huxley did.

]]> By: John http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2007/03/07/question-of-the-day-how-do-you-get-crabs-from-a-gorilla/#comment-4964 John Tue, 13 Mar 2007 21:44:27 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2007/03/07/question-of-the-day-how-do-you-get-crabs-from-a-gorilla/#comment-4964 As a moral human being I believe I have a right to know which one of my ancestors was screwing gorillas. Was it Orrorin tugenensis or was it Homo erectus? Can I be 99% sure that they are 95% sure they don't know? As a moral human being I believe I have a right to know which one of my ancestors was screwing gorillas. Was it Orrorin tugenensis or was it Homo erectus? Can I be 99% sure that they are 95% sure they don’t know?

]]> By: attotheobscure http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2007/03/07/question-of-the-day-how-do-you-get-crabs-from-a-gorilla/#comment-4963 attotheobscure Sun, 11 Mar 2007 05:54:19 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2007/03/07/question-of-the-day-how-do-you-get-crabs-from-a-gorilla/#comment-4963 A dagger? My bad....... I didn't really care either way, I'm not a monotheist. I just thought it was bizarre that they would have chosen a cross, however, if its supposed to be a dagger all the better. A dagger? My bad……. I didn’t really care either way, I’m not a monotheist. I just thought it was bizarre that they would have chosen a cross, however, if its supposed to be a dagger all the better.

]]> By: Monado http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2007/03/07/question-of-the-day-how-do-you-get-crabs-from-a-gorilla/#comment-4962 Monado Sun, 11 Mar 2007 03:41:18 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2007/03/07/question-of-the-day-how-do-you-get-crabs-from-a-gorilla/#comment-4962 Fascinating.... The little symbol for extinction is supposed to be a dagger. Fascinating….

The little symbol for extinction is supposed to be a dagger.

]]> By: Tentakles http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2007/03/07/question-of-the-day-how-do-you-get-crabs-from-a-gorilla/#comment-4961 Tentakles Sat, 10 Mar 2007 22:48:19 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2007/03/07/question-of-the-day-how-do-you-get-crabs-from-a-gorilla/#comment-4961 Thanks for the deeper explanation, CZ. It is fascinating. I noticed that in addition to the two louse extinction event that Dr. Reed identify's in his paper, he posits several more in orangutans and gibbons. I am (perhaps naively) surprised by this frequency of parasite extinction when the hosts persist. Obviously parasites can suffer from their own diseases, but I am still somewhat surprised. Perhaps that is because the parasite population should be several orders of magnitude larger than the host population. Upon further inspection, it appears that in the case of the two extinctions in the article, it was a case of competing populations, where Pediculus and Pthirus each won out in a different lineage. But that doesn't explain why orangutans and gibbons would be louse-less. Thanks for the deeper explanation, CZ. It is fascinating.

I noticed that in addition to the two louse extinction event that Dr. Reed identify’s in his paper, he posits several more in orangutans and gibbons. I am (perhaps naively) surprised by this frequency of parasite extinction when the hosts persist. Obviously parasites can suffer from their own diseases, but I am still somewhat surprised. Perhaps that is because the parasite population should be several orders of magnitude larger than the host population.

Upon further inspection, it appears that in the case of the two extinctions in the article, it was a case of competing populations, where Pediculus and Pthirus each won out in a different lineage. But that doesn’t explain why orangutans and gibbons would be louse-less.

]]> By: whitneymm http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2007/03/07/question-of-the-day-how-do-you-get-crabs-from-a-gorilla/#comment-4960 whitneymm Sat, 10 Mar 2007 19:55:31 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2007/03/07/question-of-the-day-how-do-you-get-crabs-from-a-gorilla/#comment-4960 There is also diversity among human pubic lice, which I known from personal experience. Because pubic lice survive better if they are hard to see, they have adapted to the color of the human they inhabit. In other words there are both black and white pubic lice. They may be the same species, but white people have have white lice and black people have black lice. Since it's much easier to get rid of lice that stand out on your skin, I post this as a plea for more interracial liasons! There is also diversity among human pubic lice, which I known from personal experience. Because pubic lice survive better if they are hard to see, they have adapted to the color of the human they inhabit. In other words there are both black and white pubic lice. They may be the same species, but white people have have white lice and black people have black lice. Since it’s much easier to get rid of lice that stand out on your skin, I post this as a plea for more interracial liasons!

]]> By: attotheobscure http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2007/03/07/question-of-the-day-how-do-you-get-crabs-from-a-gorilla/#comment-4959 attotheobscure Sat, 10 Mar 2007 17:10:41 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2007/03/07/question-of-the-day-how-do-you-get-crabs-from-a-gorilla/#comment-4959 <b>Why does the chart use a cross as a symbol for extinction? Why not a star of David? Or a crescent moon? Think of how ape shit people would go if the chart used the star of David as symbol for extinction. </b> Why does the chart use a cross as a symbol for extinction?

Why not a star of David? Or a crescent moon? Think of how ape shit people would go if the chart used the star of David as symbol for extinction.

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