Tag Archives: evolution

Right-Handedness and Evolving Jaws

Posted on October 28, 2016 by Brian H. Gill

At least one Homo habilis was right-handed, about 1,800,000 years ago. It’s the earliest evidence of handedness in humanity’s history. So far. Our jaws may have started out as armor plate, not gill arches. Paleontologists found a second Silurian placoderm … Continue reading →

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Europa, Mars, and Someday the Stars

Posted on September 30, 2016 by Brian H. Gill

Scientists think they’ve detected more plumes of water, shooting up from near Europa’s south pole. It’s early days, but we may have found a comparatively easy way to collect samples from the Jovian moon’s subsurface ocean. Stephen Hawking says humanity … Continue reading →

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The Minden Monster, What Killed Lucy

Posted on September 23, 2016 by Brian H. Gill

The ‘Minden Monster,’ a whacking great carnivore that lived about a hundred million years before T. Rex, is in the news again. Studying it will help scientists work out details of megalosaur development. I’m fascinated by that sort of thing. … Continue reading →

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Brodgar, Öetzi, and Piltdown Man

Posted on August 26, 2016 by Brian H. Gill

Archeologists found a big stone structure buried under a 43-century-old garbage dump in the Orkney Islands. Öetzi, Europe’s frozen mummy, got his wardrobe from many different critters: why, we don’t know. Piltdown Man’s in the news again, too. Looks like … Continue reading →

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