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Maybe they have more Neanderthal DNA, but their physical features underwent more noticeable changes ...It has indeed been hypothesized and supported with evidence that common East Asian characteristics developed more recently and that the Ainu just changed less:
The Ainu of northern Japan have long been a puzzle. With their bushy beards, profuse body hair, large sunken eyes, and robust facial features, they look more European than East Asian. Yet genetic studies have shown no particular link to Europeans, at least no more than for East Asians in general:QuoteOmoto (1972, 1972) computed genetic distances among various populations of the world, and by constructing a phylogenetic tree he concluded that the Ainu population may have originated in East Asia, in spite of their unique morphological characters somewhat resembling West Eurasians. (Jinam et al., 2012)
This conclusion has been confirmed by a new study using close to a million single nucleotide polymorphisms. Genetically, the Ainu are closest to the Ryukyans, the inhabitants of Japan’s southernmost islands, and then to the Japanese themselves (Jinam et al., 2012).
So is the physical similarity to Europeans just a matter of chance? Convergent evolution? No, it may be that the Ainu have just not changed as much physically as other East Asians. They may thus preserve more of the original appearance that ancestral Eurasians once had before the last ice age split them into East and West Eurasians some 20,000 years ago (Rogers, 1986). This may also be why Kennewick Man (an ancient skeleton found in Kennewick, Washington and dated to 8410 BP) looks more like a European than a present-day Amerindian. Kennewick Man might have been closer to that proto-Eurasian population.
http://evoandproud.blogspot.com/2012/11/the-mysterious-ainu.html
And what if there were different types of Neanderthals, like there are different looking types of Homo Sapiens? Perhaps a more East-Asian looking Neanderthal.There were also the Denisovans, though they are considered a separate species or subspecies.
“1-Diversity—In Kibale chimpanzees were found to have consumed no fewer than 102 species (and perhaps many more) of plants either in the form of fruit or leaves. How many species are in your fridge? I did a quick count and found fewer than fifty plant species in my entire local farmer’s market.
2-Figs—Nearly half of all of the food consumed by chimps appears to be one or another kind of figs, fruits of the Ficus trees. Fig trees produce delicious, nutritious fruits in large numbers. Chimps are not the only animals to eat figs. Fruit bats love figs, as do many birds and as do the other apes. When living in the same region, gorillas eat fewer figs than chimps, but gorillas do eat figs, as do orangutans. The majority of the carbon atoms in the average American have been said to come from corn; it is possible more than half of the carbon atoms in chimps come from figs.
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8-More figs—OK, there were only seven things. But figs, I’ll reiterate, are everywhere in the life of chimps, bonobos and other apes. Figs. Figs. Figs. We tend to think of the megafauna as being the group of species that shaped humanity, but it seems as reasonable to postulate we were shaped by figs. Like the fruits themselves, we grew out of their trees.”
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/2012/08/02/how-to-eat-like-a-chimpanzee
Cooked animal fat is THE worst type of cooked food.What about cooked seed oils?
Phew, I checked online and I now see that there is a standard alternate meaning to the term which is used to describe pointless politicians' discussions and the like.lol, yup, in forums and blogs it basically means a forum or blog where dissension, negative reports, skeptical inquiry and such are not allowed or are strongly discouraged and a bunch of yes-men/sheeple engage in back-slapping, high-fiving, sycophancy, ... (such as in the ZIOH and 30BAD forums).
I understand that trolls are not fun, so it's of course a balancing act.I remember the laughable claims made by Von Daeniken about ancient astronauts. However, my father on one of his trips to America, noticed how, when one tour-guide mentioned Von Daeniken, the rest of the Americans on the bus reverently shouted out "Chariots of the Gods". I even encountered fellow pupils at school who thoroughly believed this evidence-free rubbish.So, we do need to debunk Wrangham or the rest of his ilk, as when nonsense is constantly repeated , people start believing in it. Besides, we back our claims with scientific evidence, whereas Aajonus and his ilk just relied on faith/belief to get people to trust in RVAF diets.lol I remember that movie, and another very popular 1970's American movie claimed that Noah's Ark was on Mount Ararat. IIRC, it turned out to be just big rock formations. lol Yes, true science requires evidence and does not rely on faith.
Anyway, absence of evidence is a good starting point IFYes, absence of evidence doesn't prove anything, it just raises questions, and questions are the starting point of scientific inquiry.
It is interesting how a recent study claiming Neanderthals played music was found to be faulty and that hyenas had merely punctured a bone while eating to form the so-called instrument.Yes, and this further supports not jumping to conclusions prematurely, whether pro or con. It's a very new hypothesis which will need to be examined and tested.
then why do Neanderthals not have chins despite having cooked their foods?"Late Neanderthals" developed chins and "a much more modern morphology" (see Condemi, S., Mounier, A., Giunti, P., Lari, M., Caramelli, D., & Longo, L. (2013). Possible Interbreeding in Late Italian Neanderthals? New Data from the Mezzena Jaw (Monti Lessini, Verona, Italy). PLOS ONE, 8(3), e59781. http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0059781) There are multiple possible causes of this. Thanks for the link. Didn't know about this until you shared it.
, but Brand is portrayed as something of a revolutionary, sex symbol, hilarious comic and genius here in the states. Please don't ask me why, I still have little idea. 
Actually, evidence for cannibalism in the palaeolithic era is widespread. Some cannibalism can be attributed to eating the dead of the relevant tribe, but other examples are likely due to intertribal warfare which was frequent but intermittent. We see this also in the case of more modern hunter-gatherers who believed customs such as that eating the heart of an enemy would give one the enemy's courage etc.Wasn't it more commonly the liver?
Genetic distances and molecular datings based on O. canadensis CR and mtDNA protein-coding sequences provide strong evidence for domestications from two mouflon subspecies. ...
Likely candidates for truly wild ancestors of [haplogroup] cluster B are mouflon populations found in Turkey and western Iran. These sheep are currently referred to as O. orientalis anatolica and O. orientalis gmelini, although their subspecies status is debatable. ...
the origin of haplogroup [cluster] A remains unknown. Considering the probable subspecies relationship of the founders of both clusters of domestic sheep matrilines, mouflon (O. orientalis) populations of the eastern mouflon range are probable candidates.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1690972
For him it's about the DHA in seafood.Yes, and he discussed that in the video. That's what he was referring to with "pescetarian" ("pescetarian vegan" would be contradictory, so I think he meant pescetarian).
Am on an oyster experiment at the moment,, will let you know how it goes,, but so far I do notice changes..Yes, oysters are well known to be a healthy food.
I did hear something that seemed a little eccentric to me. He mentioned where he astounded someone sitting next to him at a paleo conference by how much lamb he ate...There you have hit the nail on the head, Van. That is why Dr. Kruse's description of his diet as effectively pescetarian is surprising. Since when are enormous quantities of lamb and the "chronic ketosis" he advocated in the video part of a pescetarian diet? Does he not know what the term means?
Also the last podcast I saw, his face/ neck was miserably overweight??He explained it in the video. He is writing a book that will point out what he sees as the flaws born of ignorance in the books of two Paleo diet authors, and he said he put the weight on while eating the foods in their diet books, plus making himself hypoxic, by doing things like wear an oxygen-restricting mask to bed. Does that not sound risky and don't the makers of those masks normally warn to not wear them while sleeping?
Inger, if you can share more about your experiences following his guidelines, that would be great. Are you still daily cold river dunking? and what do you think the ideal time in the water is for you.I also use cold showers and coldwater bathing/plunging (and also increase the contrast with quite warm water), and do find it beneficial, FWIW. I don't do it for nearly as long as Dr. Kruse reports and don't see the point of frequently doing such lengthy times beyond claiming superior cold tolerance (and it would help his credibility if he would demonstrate it publicly, monitored by objective observers, rather than just claim it).
He doesn't look exceptionally healthy, not young and taunt like raw foodists tend to.Yes, I hope this doesn't come across as mean, but his hair is way more gray/pigment-reduced than mine and he's only a year older. Gray hair is not a purely cosmetic issue. Art De Vany has written some interesting stuff about how a low glutathione level contributes to gray hair (http://tinyurl.com/kjtmd3c). Glutathione protects against the oxidative stress produced by hydrogen peroxidide.
Measles Outbreak In Ohio Leads Amish To Reconsider Vaccines
JUNE 24, 2014 3:31 AM ET
http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2014/06/24/323702892/measles-outbreak-in-ohio-leads-amish-to-reconsider-vaccines
I don't see this as a problem. If the plantation is abandoned then something else can be grown there.In the video and linked article it's explained that the real issue is that abandoned plantations mean that more forest has to be cut down to create new banana plantations.
I'm not a huge fan of bananas myself, too high in sugar. I prefer ripe plantains.Ripe plantains are almost as high in sugar as ripe bananas, and overripe plantains contain even more sugar:
