Steph

then I'll use the new one. Really, its more logical. I mean, what can go wrong? the only thing that can happen is it not opening. The old one could, not open, rip apart, the cords can tear, it might just be inefficient, etc.

I seriously thought that a bleeding madras was some sort of artifact spewing red liquid. Seriously though, is it so hard to find one?

My thoughts exactly! I'd try to the new 'chute first though as I personnally find that more reliable. (Then I'd sell the old one on ebay )

Everyone? in a hand to hand fight?

Batman beat Superman... 'nuff said

So its not all mammals except humans... but the original question remains... if apes have it, why not humans? I read that it is necessary in situations where animals copulate rapidly. maybe the fact that humans were scarce populations and weren't on as much pressure to mate with as many women as possible was a reason?

mmm... does that mean that when i turn 25 i'll suddenly lose the ability to hear high pitched noise? Interesting. maybe it'll be due to too much hanging out in dance clubs (as someone pointed out earlier).

Pretty good answer... here is a link to immunobiology 5th edition (pubmed) and i think it's free. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?call=bv.View..ShowTOC&rid=imm.TOC&depth=10

I've seen this... I'm not entirely certain it was due to genetics though... The environment (i'm thinking about food) can have an effect too no?

took me about three months to get where i'm at... (level 61)... and level 4 is the first "true" level. Yea... I guess its the onmouseover that's not well coded since it keeps taking input even as you press ok... it happens on level 2 and a level around 10... but... those two should be simple enough that you don't have to linger... oh and one thing i learned the hard way... save your Username/passwords and URLs...

Someone probably posted this already... but I couldn't find it...so http://www.notpron.com riddle website... the point is... getting to the higher level by ANY means necessary. most of my friends gave up before level 10 (there are more than a hundred levels).

c'mon... we are all vegetarians... I just prefer some of my vegetables already assimilated in rather tasty matter.

in other words... Upon generation, white blood cells can actually interact with anything. however, if they get too strong an interaction signal too early (meaning that they are reacting to something that's part of the self... usually) they will get shut down. when later on they get a moderately strong signal (which should be from a non-self particle... again, usually) they get to multiply. This is very simplified but even then you can see that these processes are far from being foolproof, which leads to the WBCs recognizing self particles as threats.

slightly off-topic... but that Thiomargarita namibiensis is scary! its the largest bacterium known... and is visible to the naked eye.

Tiny hands? uhm... short of the larger carnosaurs and tyrannosaurids' date=' I think you are WAY off... point in case "Google" [i']Therizinosaurus[/i], or watch Jurassic Park's velociraptors (which have the right proportions at least). All the dromaesaurids had rather large hands. See... they are smaller than birds, but bigger than most mammals, and arguably bigger than ours (ratio-wise). [note, this picture shows them in the wrong orientation though... they looked more like this] The human hand is more complicated, but it makes no sense that such an appendage would appear and THEN the brain would have to follow. if you had 7 fingers on one hand, and you couldn't use them properly, they would become a liability. the opposite had to happen.

its not humour...

hasn't Austrolopithecus been discounted as a homo sapiens ancestor?

At the point where we are now, there is advantage for predators as well as prey. provided none of this existed, there would be advantages for prey first. the point is not getting very high but simply high enough to be out of reach of predators. I'm saying that gliding is half-way there since, from that point on, the evolutionary steps are clearer. I think the BBC had a documentary talking about this, where they were looking at how evolution might continue after we are gone.