Re: Mind's Eye coffee

55 million-year-old Archicebus is the oldest primate skeleton found,
the closest we've come to discovering our origins, and suggests we
evolved in Asia
Our distant ancestors evolved not in Africa but Asia, in a hothouse
world newly free of dinosaurs. Over 55 million years ago, in the lush
rainforests of what is now east Asia, a new voice was heard in the
animal chorus: the cry of the first primate.   It is the earliest
primate skeleton ever found. It also strongly suggests that our
lineage evolved in Asia, several million years earlier than we
thought, and links the evolution of primates to the most extreme
episode of climate change of the last 65 million years.
Archicebus achilles as found in eastern China, just south of the
Yangtze river (Nature, DOI: 10.1038/nature12200). It is 55 million
years old, has the relatively small eyes of an animal active during
the day and the sharp molar teeth of an insect-eater. Significantly,
it also has the hindlimbs and flexible foot of a primate that had
already taken to leaping between branches and gripping onto them with
its feet – characteristics that we only lost when our ancestors left
the trees just a few million years ago. In fact, a recent study
revealed that at least 1 in 13 of us still has a flexible foot (New
Scientist, 1 June, p 11): the trait, it seems, may trace all the way
back to an animal very like Archicebus.




At the moment, analysis of Archicebus places it not on our direct
line, but with our next-door neighbours, the tarsiers of south-east
Asia.  Archicebus is a basal anthropoid [the group comprising monkeys,
apes and humans - maybe.  Parts of its body are eerily similar to what
we would expect to find in our oldest ancestor. Its ankle bone, in
particular, looks just like a monkey's – a feature that led to naming
the remarkable fossil after the Greek hero Achilles.




Perhaps most significantly, the new fossil supports the idea that
primates originally evolved in south-east Asia, and suggests the
ancestors of all monkeys and apes had already split off from other
primates 55 million years ago – millions of years earlier than
textbooks suggest. Archicebus solidifies that this important branching
event goes right back to the beginning of the Eocene.  This links the
birth of our primate line to a major spike in global temperatures
known as the Palaeocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM). It also puts
our point of origin squarely in the heart of the PETM furnace:
equatorial Asia.








How, then, did Africa end up being the cradle of humanity? If the out-
of-Asia hypothesis is correct, early monkey-like primates must have
moved from Asia over to Africa, sometime around 40 million years ago,
Beard says. The hypothesis must still explain how they made the move,
crossing the vast Tethys Sea which separated Asia and Africa.  this
and other recent finds suggest there was an into Africa' before 'out
of Africa'.





On 10 June, 13:05, rigs <rigs...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Early advice from my mother suggested eating a slice or two of
> buttered bread before an evening of revelry- it really is not wise to
> drink on an empty stomach. Have been lucky re headaches/hangovers. The
> aftermath/shock seemed to be over some wild/honest remark or behavior
> leading to temporary guilt.
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> On Jun 9, 10:08 pm, James <ashkas...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > A few have told me the trick to headaches is learning to drink water
> > alongside alcohol. Back when I was young/dumb enough to drink most under
> > the table I finished off a case of Budweiser on a long trip and a hot
> > day, the three to five day headache is still fresh in memory. I better
> > quit before we start passing around tequila, and beer before liquor
> > stories, because it's all good until you stand up and put your head
> > through a wall on the way to the bathroom. Not too classy, but we were
> > rolling over it later.
>
> > Glad to see you Don! I read a forestry undergrowth paper a while back
> > that said the common earthworm isn't native either. Apparently the
> > topsoil was much richer and thicker especially in forested areas and has
> > been reducing in depth ever since, though man's influence is undoubtedly
> > more severe. Humans seem naturally nomadic, the contented bonobo chimp
> > we are not. The bonobo apparently evolved a little differently because
> > they developed on the other side of a waterway that had less competition
> > for resources. Fascinating! I haven't followed up on it but caught part
> > of a documentary about our near extinction in Africa and early migration
> > into the bamboo forests of Asia. Another tried to examine why we push
> > ourselves to exhaustion and endure for long periods of time, apparently
> > we can exhaust many other land animals. They say that there was a recent
> > period where a few species of hominid may have lived at the same time
> > and I wonder what happened to the others, or perhaps they were too much
> > like the bonobo. :(
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> > Back in the day a slime mold could just relax without all this riffraff!
> > When the Earth is our mother we are quite related.
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> > On 6/9/2013 9:11 PM, Don Johnson wrote:
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> > > I like half honey/half whisky nuked until boiling for soothing a sore
> > > throat. Works better the more you drink but causes headaches the next
> > > day. Saw on tv the other day that it's the poor quality Saki that
> > > needs warming and the good stuff can be drunk room temp. without the
> > > funky aftertaste. I prefer it warm as well though because that's the
> > > way I've always drunk it. Because I'm a cheap Bastard.
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> > > I rarely drink coffee but I really enjoy the smell of a freshly brewed
> > > pot. When I do drink it I like it strong and black. No additives please.
>
> > > FYI there are no indigenous peoples to North America. The virgin
> > > forests of my adoptive homeland were rudely invaded and plundered by
> > > Asians crossing the Bearing Strait land strip exposed by the last Ice
> > > Age probably following game. Cheeky bastards.
>
> > > As for where we hail from I thought it's been traced to Africa. More
> > > or less. I think we all, including Apes, share a common ancestor if we
> > > just go back far enough. Which makes us all family!
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> > > On Sun, Jun 9, 2013 at 3:37 PM, archytas <nwte...@gmail.com
> > > <mailto:nwte...@gmail.com>> wrote:
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> > >     Gabby on hot whiskey - I may sign up for that one-way trip to Mars
> > >     after all!  There's only so much danger I can live with ... I actually
> > >     prefer warm Saki.
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> > >     On 7 June, 04:34, Allan H <allanh1...@gmail.com
> > >     <mailto:allanh1...@gmail.com>> wrote:
> > >     > National Geographic showed that the (common genetics) came from
> > >     a major
> > >     > migration long before the beginning of the CE  not form one or a
> > >     tiny group
> > >     > of people..  this was based of the female side of the genetics
> > >     not the
> > >     > male.  Is a fascinating study.
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> > >     > On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 12:36 AM, archytas <nwte...@gmail.com
> > >     <mailto:nwte...@gmail.com>> wrote:
> > >     > > Genetically Europeans seem to have a common ancestor 1000
> > >     years ago -
> > >     > > not sure what this means as I've not read the PLoS article yet.
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> > >     > > On 6 June, 16:29, James <ashkas...@gmail.com
> > >     <mailto:ashkas...@gmail.com>> wrote:
> > >     > > > I've spent little to no time looking into ancestry other
> > >     than the common
> > >     > > > in anthropology and discoveries on ancient lineage
> > >     (broadly). I find the
> > >     > > > impact of succession on for instance Isaac and Ishmael
> > >     fascinating in a
> > >     > > > cultural sphere, and in that way some members have very
> > >     intriguing ideas
> > >     > > > on the biblical account here. My father and grandmother told
> > >     me we
> > >     > > > descend from Drake way back in the old country, Mac-Murray
> > >     and Cherokee
> > >     > > > here in the states (Blackfoot and tarheel territory). Not
> > >     sure if that's
> > >     > > > a good thing, but I am concerned one ancestor may have been an
> > >     > > > assasin/explorer for royalty, some may have hung a plaque at the
> > >     > > > entrance of a wall in Ireland pleading for mercy from God
> > >     from the
> > >     > > > ferocious natives but we never owned slaves here. Never been
> > >     interested
> > >     > > > in the pride and glory aspects of things, perhaps it is the
> > >     native blood?
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> > >     > > > On 6/4/2013 3:05 AM, Allan H wrote:
>
> > >     > > > > Irish history is fascinating,,  penetrating all parts of
> > >     the world
> > >     > > > >  including mine seems and indentured irish maid battered
> > >     her lovely
> > >     > > > > eyelashes at one of Hahn family and wisked him off into
> > >     marriage..
> > >     > > > >  and another pure german family lost their pureness of
> > >     line..lol
> > >     > > > >  would say virginity but that did not sound right.
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> > >     > > > > I think part of the real problem lies in what is best
> > >     described as a
> > >     > > > > golden calf society..  and the hero worship of the high
> > >     priests and
> > >     > > > > their wealth..
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> > >     > > > > On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 4:09 AM, archytas
> > >     <nwte...@gmail.com <mailto:nwte...@gmail.com>
> > >     > > > > <mailto:nwte...@gmail.com <mailto:nwte...@gmail.com>>> wrote:
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> > >     > > > >     I share your view Allan - Cromwell, rather than a
> > >     king, was the
> > >     > > worst
> > >     > > > >     English colonizer of Ireland.  The Scots too - before
> > >     the Union.
> > >     > > > >     Robert the Bruce's brother (William) was so unpopular
> > >     he died with
> > >     > > a
> > >     > > > >     red hot poker up where the sun don't shine outside
> > >     Dublin.  And the
> > >     > > > >     main tormentor (another William) came from the country
> > >     currently
> > >     > > > >     giving you asylum.  The Scots themselves were once
> > >     known as the
> > >     > > 'wild
> > >     > > > >     Irish'.  The film on Michael Connelly is romantic myth.
> > >     > > > >     The Scots did not come from Scotland - they were Irish
> > >     who took
> > >     > > Argyle
> > >     > > > >     from pictish tribes.  Shall we reclaim the west of
> > >     Pictland from
> > >     > > > >     them?  If we can find any as the Stewarts were French.
> > >      I hear
> > >     > > there
> > >     > > > >     were some decent indigenous people in the USA before
> > >     Allan and rigs
> > >     > > > >     shot them up and sold the place to international
> > >     bankers ...
>
> > >     > > > >     'We' sent a lot of 'criminals' (50,000 to 120,000 -
> > >     including a
> > >     > > lot of
> > >     > > > >     Irish people) to the USA rigs and lots of people left
> > >     for other
> > >     > > > >     British colonies rather than suffer republicanism
> > >     after the
> > >     > > revolution
> > >     > > > >     - about 100,000 mostly to Canada.  The slave trade was
> > >     bigger, as
> > >     > > was
> > >     > > > >     the 'cattle boat' exodus.
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> > >     > > > >     Anyway, I'd vote for Allan to head up redistribution
> > >     of wealth on a
> > >     > > > >     fair basis.
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> > >     > > > >     On 1 June, 14:36, Allan H <allanh1...@gmail.com
> > >     <mailto:allanh1...@gmail.com>
> > >     > > > >     <mailto:allanh1...@gmail.com
> > >     <mailto:allanh1...@gmail.com>>> wrote:
> > >     > > > >     > theft is still theft  and generation on have no more
> > >     right to
> > >     > > > >     what is
> > >     > > > >     > stolen  than the people who stole it originally..
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> > >     > > > >     > On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 1:59 PM, rigs
> > >     <rigs...@gmail.com <mailto:rigs...@gmail.com>
> > >     > > > >     <mailto:rigs...@gmail.com <mailto:rigs...@gmail.com>>>
> > >     wrote:
> > >     > > > >     > > The habit is catching, therefore it is an
> > >     addiction or disease.
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> > >     > > > >     > > On Jun 1, 4:16 am, Allan H <allanh1...@gmail.com
> > >     <mailto:allanh1...@gmail.com>
> > >     > > > >     <mailto:allanh1...@gmail.com
> > >     <mailto:allanh1...@gmail.com>>> wrote:
> > >     > > > >     > > > Ireland is Ireland and the kings of england have
> > >     no right to
> > >     > > > >     give away
> > >     > > > >     > > want
> > >     > > > >     > > > is not theirs..  It seems they have a bad habit
> > >     of that..
> > >     > > > >      the british
> > >     > > > >     > > > monarchy is deeply in debt for what they have
> > >     stolen and
> > >     > > > >     failed to
> > >     > > > >     > > return..
>
> > >     > > > >     > > > On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 12:44
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> ...
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