Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Hominid Evolution
5 million to 7 million years ago: Divergence of chimps and hominids.
1.7 million to 3.2 million years ago: Hominid males and females evolve to current size differential. Genus Homo emerges.
250,000 years ago: Homo neanderthalensis established in Europe.
100,000 years ago: Homo sapiens evolves in Africa.
50,000 years ago: Homo sapiens spreads to Europe and compete with Neanderthals.
40,000 to 50,000 years ago: An explosion of intellect and creativity gives humans a competitive edge.
30,000 years ago: Neanderthals, unable to adapt, die out.
15,000 to 20,000 years ago: Humans travel to the Americas.
1.7 million to 3.2 million years ago: Hominid males and females evolve to current size differential. Genus Homo emerges.
250,000 years ago: Homo neanderthalensis established in Europe.
100,000 years ago: Homo sapiens evolves in Africa.
50,000 years ago: Homo sapiens spreads to Europe and compete with Neanderthals.
40,000 to 50,000 years ago: An explosion of intellect and creativity gives humans a competitive edge.
30,000 years ago: Neanderthals, unable to adapt, die out.
15,000 to 20,000 years ago: Humans travel to the Americas.
Sunday, April 8, 2007
Blood and Horror
More Caitlin Flanagan here, and a lot to like. Including, perhaps, just a bit of tasty smugness at an ungainly sentence: "They reveal something about the eternal and dangerous nature of being female, and because of this, they merit a great deal of our attention." Blech. Also a quibble: Flanagan writes that "the reality of women’s and girls’ lives is that they include as strong an impulse for sex as men’s." Women are subject to desires as strong as men's, yes, and just as motivating, but sex is generally the instrument, not the ends, of that desire.
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