1. Shark virgin birth mystery is solved

Comment #44260 by AlexBogard on May 23, 2007 at 10:41 pm

I do hope the scientists left the deceased shark in the tank for 3 or 4 days...just in case.

2. Irish poll shows parents no longer want to force religion on to children

Comment #32289 by AlexBogard on April 16, 2007 at 5:22 pm

I have an old acquaintance who just visited Ireland to "witness" and perform christian skits and the like. I bet he was the reason Irish parents decided against indoctrinating their children.

=)

3. Hunting chimps may change view of human evolution

Comment #22983 by AlexBogard on February 25, 2007 at 10:25 am

"Now that I think of it, I'm wondering how this news may change our view of human evolution?"

Really the fact that chimps use spears, while interesting, doesn't have an important impact on our views of evolution. What is significant about this specific act by the chimps is that only the Female (and young) Chimps use spears. This could lead some to argue that women first created tools or specific tools because they too were less physical than their male counterparts. With this information one could speculate that woman's intelligence evolved quicker than mans. Perhaps the first societies were matriarchal, this would allow for a lot of follow up research on part of sociologists and anthropologists.

-Alex