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There was no link when I

we are stardust — Sat, 25 Dec 2010 03:43:01 +0000

In reply to The link in your comment is

There was no link when I looked at your title; that was why I provided one. I had read it at nakedcapitalism yesterday.

The link in your comment is

wabby — Sat, 25 Dec 2010 02:53:28 +0000

In reply to Here's a link to the

The link in your comment is the same link I provided for the article.

I must mis-remember then.

we are stardust — Sat, 25 Dec 2010 00:24:16 +0000

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I must mis-remember then.

Well I do recall that Playboy

Richard Day — Sat, 25 Dec 2010 00:22:40 +0000

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Well I do recall that Playboy stripper who married the octogenarian. ha

Not really. All the books

EmmaZahn — Sat, 25 Dec 2010 00:07:29 +0000

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Not really. All the books had 'blue' sections. I think publishers require them in historical romances. :-/

Did you think Auel's series

we are stardust — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 21:46:51 +0000

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Did you think Auel's series sorta turned more blue than historical fiction in the later books? ;o)

Ayla and Jondalar's progeny?

EmmaZahn — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 21:09:15 +0000

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Ayla and Jondalar's progeny? No? What about Ayla's lost tribe?

*It will be interesting to see if anyone understand the allusion. *

Maybe that's how Heimdall

Donal — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 19:39:20 +0000

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Maybe that's how Heimdall ended up black.

From the NY Times article on

Elusive Trope — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 18:32:12 +0000

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From the NY Times article on the subject, what I found interesting within the already fascinating story was the quote by the lead scientist Dr. Paabo.

And yet, despite having the entire genome of a Denisovan, Dr. Paabo cannot say much yet about what they were like. “By sequencing my complete genome, there’s very little you could predict about what I look like or how I behave,” he said.

This is kind of like while scientists can break down the brain into all of its component parts and explain the basics of the interactions, they still can't explain consciousness.

Here's a link to the

we are stardust — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 18:19:36 +0000

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Here's a link to the 'Denisovans' story and a video, and links to articles about the Hobits and more below it. Too cool; thanks, Flower.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12059564