On not being thick-headed about Paranthropus. Carl Zimmer's excellent "The Loom" has moved to a new location. Lots of chewy posts, as usual - you might be interested in checking out his essay and his new book on the history and foundations of modern neurology. And I enjoyed starting out the new year with a re-evaluation of conventional wisdom, via Paranthropus, on a question that has fascinated me since I first pored over that battered Time-Life Evolution volume as a kid: what's up with all our hominid cousins bugging off the planet and leaving us Homo alone?

Posted by Moira Breen at January 03, 2004 07:37 AM