Comments on: Our patchwork origins – my new feature in New Scientist http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2011/07/29/our-patchwork-origins-my-new-feature-in-new-scientist/ Mon, 26 Nov 2012 12:00:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Bob Dole http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2011/07/29/our-patchwork-origins-my-new-feature-in-new-scientist/#comment-12662 Bob Dole Tue, 13 Sep 2011 15:38:56 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/?p=5033#comment-12662 Cough: http://www.scribd.com/doc/64818478/Patchwork-people-Our-hybrid-origins Cough: http://www.scribd.com/doc/64818478/Patchwork-people-Our-hybrid-origins

]]> By: Peter Clemerson http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2011/07/29/our-patchwork-origins-my-new-feature-in-new-scientist/#comment-12661 Peter Clemerson Thu, 04 Aug 2011 03:41:37 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/?p=5033#comment-12661 The graphic "All mixed up" in the printed edition is a first class teaching resource. Accessing the NS site as a subscriber, I found it there only as a thumbnail. It is unreadable when expanded to a decent size. Could you possibly email me a full version and/or place it on your blog and/or provide a web address at which a full version could be found, together with credits for whoever compiled it? Regards, Peter Clemerson The graphic “All mixed up” in the printed edition is a first class teaching resource. Accessing the NS site as a subscriber, I found it there only as a thumbnail. It is unreadable when expanded to a decent size. Could you possibly email me a full version and/or place it on your blog and/or provide a web address at which a full version could be found, together with credits for whoever compiled it?

Regards,

Peter Clemerson

]]> By: Margaret K. Westfall http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2011/07/29/our-patchwork-origins-my-new-feature-in-new-scientist/#comment-12660 Margaret K. Westfall Sat, 30 Jul 2011 08:26:30 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/?p=5033#comment-12660 I was using species to differentiate between the groups of hominids, but perhaps it wasn't the best term. Wikipedia says the human taxonomy remains debatable. At any rate, I quite like your friendly twigs analogy. Thanks! I was using species to differentiate between the groups of hominids, but perhaps it wasn’t the best term. Wikipedia says the human taxonomy remains debatable.
At any rate, I quite like your friendly twigs analogy.
Thanks!

]]> By: Ed Yong http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2011/07/29/our-patchwork-origins-my-new-feature-in-new-scientist/#comment-12659 Ed Yong Fri, 29 Jul 2011 21:50:21 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/?p=5033#comment-12659 Thanks Margaret. Although, humans are a "single-origin species". We share a common ancestor with all those other hominin groups whose DNA have ended up in our genome. Think of a tree trunk diverging into several branches, some of which sent twigs over to meet ours. Thanks Margaret. Although, humans are a “single-origin species”. We share a common ancestor with all those other hominin groups whose DNA have ended up in our genome. Think of a tree trunk diverging into several branches, some of which sent twigs over to meet ours.

]]> By: Margaret K. Westfall http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2011/07/29/our-patchwork-origins-my-new-feature-in-new-scientist/#comment-12658 Margaret K. Westfall Fri, 29 Jul 2011 20:45:02 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/?p=5033#comment-12658 The question of what being human actually means is an intriguing one. So much work done trying to distinguish us from other animals, and yet we are not, ourselves, a single-origin species. I have begun speculating that perhaps the truly human trait is that of denialism, and by extension, of pretending what we want is what is real. And yet, watching videos of animals at play -- are they imagining they are hunting, or just acting out innate behaviors? It often looks like the former. I love your site -- you offer an amazing variety of observations and ideas. The question of what being human actually means is an intriguing one. So much work done trying to distinguish us from other animals, and yet we are not, ourselves, a single-origin species.
I have begun speculating that perhaps the truly human trait is that of denialism, and by extension, of pretending what we want is what is real. And yet, watching videos of animals at play — are they imagining they are hunting, or just acting out innate behaviors? It often looks like the former.
I love your site — you offer an amazing variety of observations and ideas.

]]> By: Moreno http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2011/07/29/our-patchwork-origins-my-new-feature-in-new-scientist/#comment-12657 Moreno Fri, 29 Jul 2011 11:48:30 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/?p=5033#comment-12657 For the readers: you can also buy the digital edition which is cheaper. Or you can even buy the latest issue for few dollars/euros. For the readers: you can also buy the digital edition which is cheaper. Or you can even buy the latest issue for few dollars/euros.

]]> By: Matthew Cobb http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2011/07/29/our-patchwork-origins-my-new-feature-in-new-scientist/#comment-12656 Matthew Cobb Fri, 29 Jul 2011 10:47:23 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/?p=5033#comment-12656 I'm afraid I don't normally buy NS, but for this I will most definitely make an exception! Really looking forward to reading it, and shamelessly pillaging it for my First Year lectures in the autumn. I’m afraid I don’t normally buy NS, but for this I will most definitely make an exception! Really looking forward to reading it, and shamelessly pillaging it for my First Year lectures in the autumn.

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