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POPSThe Mysterious Downfall of the Neandertals An interesting point: <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0pt; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:595.3pt 841.9pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:35.4pt; mso-footer-margin:35.4pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> Second, they had more time over which to acquire specialized knowledge and pass it on to the next generation"where to find drinking water in times of drought, for instance. “Long-term survivorship gives the potential for bigger social networks and greater knowledge stores,” Stringer comments. Among the shorter-lived Neandertals, in contrast, knowledge was more likely to disappear, he surmises.
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POPSWarming World May Mean Smaller Animals This relationship was known to exist in nature, with warmer environments tending to be dominated by smaller-sized species, said study leader Martin Daufresne of Cemagref Aix-en-Provence (a French governmental research institute). But what Daufresne and his colleagues aimed to do with their study was "was to test if this known relationship in ecology was working for climate change," he said. They found that it's working.
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POPSWho "discovered" America? - The Vinland Map's version The map of the world, discovered in the mid-1950s bound into an authentic medieval history of the Mongol invasions, shows Europe, western Asia and north Africa — and, in the upper left corner, a craggy-looking island labeled "Vinland Island" in Latin.
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