ecoli Posted December 28, 2007 Share Posted December 28, 2007 http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2007/12/YE_10_breakthroughs My personal favorites are 1 and 4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonelli Posted December 28, 2007 Share Posted December 28, 2007 In light of breakthrough number 2, more study may be needed to be done soon on number 8 before the Chimpanzees start hunting humans. lol Number 1 and 4 are very interesting, and number 7 sounds like it could have many applications in the years to come. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Skeptic Posted December 29, 2007 Share Posted December 29, 2007 #1 seems the best. I think #4 may eventually be obsoleted (by growing our own blood), but for now it will be very useful. Two of these are about dinosaurs, so I think the guy has been watching too much Jurassic Park. Overall, it's a decent list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnB Posted December 29, 2007 Share Posted December 29, 2007 I think 1, 4 and 7. Mr. Skeptic, don't write off #3, this find is truly amazing. The Washington Post has a good article on the find. (Make sure you check out the gallery.) "Dakota" is still in the scanner but the preservation is astounding. There are many things we don't know about the great reptiles including arrangement and type of internal organs. How did they mate? How does something 20 ft high lay eggs? At the moment we're operating on a "best guess" scenario. Dakota may give us a glimpse towards answering these questions. I wonder if Tyler Lyson has picked his thesis topic yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDarwin Posted December 30, 2007 Share Posted December 30, 2007 #1 seems the best. I think #4 may eventually be obsoleted (by growing our own blood), but for now it will be very useful. Two of these are about dinosaurs, so I think the guy has been watching too much Jurassic Park. Overall, it's a decent list. You seem to have a problem appreciating the Glorious Science of Paleontology. That said, I think the big discovery by Fred Spoor of the tiny Homo erectus alongside late Homo habilis might outrank 6. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedarkshade Posted December 30, 2007 Share Posted December 30, 2007 4 and 7 are awesome!:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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