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By Olivia Judson, a research fellow in biology at Imperial College London, is the author of Dr. Tatiana’s Sex Advice to All Creation. In June, her column The Wild Side will appear on the TimesSelect Web site (THE NEW YORK TIMES, 28/05/06):
Ever since scientists realized that the fossilized bones of ichthyosaurs and mastodons were relics of organisms past, debates have raged about what fossils mean for our understanding of the history of life on Earth, and especially of evolution. No longer. Fossils have become unnecessary to the argument: since we’ve learned to sequence whole genomes, we’ve had … Seguir leyendo
By Dean Falk, chairwoman of the anthropology department at Florida State University, is writing a book on mother-infant communication (THE NEW YORK TIMES, 14/05/06):
On Mother’s Day, it’s customary to speak about the sacrifices our mothers made to improve our lives. But mothers also deserve credit for the pivotal role they’ve played in the story of human evolution. Prehistoric mothers did nothing less than seed the development of our species’ remarkable intelligence.
The story begins at least two million years ago, when our brains started to grow larger, eventually making humans the most cognitively advanced species on earth. This … Seguir leyendo