Tuesday, December 09, 2008

In a follow up to his guest post, The Mysterious Ainu, Brent Swancer continues his essay by linking the mysterious 9,000-year-old Kennewick Man remains to the Ainu. With photos, illustrations and an interesting footnote from Loren Coleman. Meanwhile, there's cryptid news from the United Kingdom in Phantom or Flesh: Bears in London.

With photos, text and video, a dozen animals and insects are shown to have stopped any evolution in their form and function millions of years ago, despite evolution of other related organisms. Key quote: "To navigate the currents of ecological fate, most creatures adapt - but a few have stuck to their evolutionary guns." What allowed these organisms to maintain their form and function while all around them change was taking place?

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