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Kewl stalactites at Mammoth Cave National Park

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30 May 2013
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deconversionmovement:

Want to Hear a Neanderthal Say the Letter “E”?
Other neanderthals would probably also like to hear that — but one researcher thinks that the average neanderthal would have a problem with that vowel. A reconstructed vocal tract indicates that there are some vowel sounds that neanderthals just couldn’t say.
Robert McCarthy, an anthropology professor at Florida Atlantic University, wanted to hear a neanderthal’s voice, so he made, as best as he could estimate, a neanderthal vocal tract. What he found was a surprising limitation of the neanderthal’s voice. It seems that they weren’t able to pronounce quantal vowels. Quantal vowels take a base sound and tune it, using the configuration of the mouth and vocal tract, to different vowel sounds. So, for example, humans can pronounce the vowel in “beat,” and the vowel in “bit,” differently. The neanderthal, McCarthy thinks, could not.
This would have cut them off from quite a few words that humans can pronounce, and may have limited their speech. Alternatively, it may have caused them to rely more heavily on tone, making their language more sing-song than most human languages.
McCarthy used a vocal synthesizer to simulate a neanderthal voice. If you want to hear an neanderthal pronouncing the letter “e,” click here.
Top Image: James GordonVia FAU, New Scientist, Last Ape Standing

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29 May 2013
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28 May 2013
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Altamura Man is the 400,000 year old calcified remains of hominid species believed to be Homo heidelbergensis. Altamura Man was discovered in a limestone cave, called grotta di Lamalunga, near the city of Altamura, Italy. The remains are located at the end of a cave’s narrow tunnel and are coated with a calcareous layer of variable thickness which often resembles a coral formation.

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28 May 2013

Star Course in da Summah!!!!!

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Summer Playlist, a playlist by starcourse on Spotify.

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27 May 2013
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All my childhood in one the pictures…My father was an archaeologist and every summer I went to the excavations. ‘Boy’ with suspenders - it’s me )))I miss that time.

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The mineral component of bone is comprised mostly of the calcium phosphate mineral hydroxyapatite which is embedded in the organic component type I collagen. When bone is exposed to a mildly acid environment the mineral component leaches out leaving only the pliable organic component. Vinegar is safe to use and does not destroy the protein scaffolding that gives bone it’s characteristic shape. This is a human fibula tied in a knot.

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21 May 2013
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rorschachx:

Moor frogs (Rana arvalis) temporarily turning blue at the Ljubljana Marshes, Slovenia.
It is thought that males turn blue during the mating season so they can quickly distinguish males from females among the dense frog populations
image by Luka Esenko

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19 May 2013

WHEN I CATCH UP WITH MY BEST FRIENDS

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