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(via BBC NEWS - An all-natural animal orchestra)
Wowsa.
data from our primate cousins support the idea that the origins of speech might be found in an evolutionary combination of “traditional” phonation (sounds produced by the vocal cords, in the larynx) with rapid, learned movements of the vocal tract, which have stronger similarities to primate facial signals than to their innate calls. But the origin of the “singing” component of speech, which requires voluntary control over the larynx, remains mysterious. (via Monkey lip smacks provide new insights into the evolution of human speech)
Shuar Mate Preferences. - Avilag.com -
Working paper at link above.
Abstract of the published work is here for $31.50. Thank goodness for the working draft!
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“But it’s a strange existence, spending most of your life alone in a room putting words on pieces of paper.” — A voice in the darkness - Paul Auster interview - Arts - Scotsman.com
“kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species” — ~ Humans, trying to make sense of things
JULIAN DIBBELL's story "A RAPE IN CYBER SPACE" -
This is the original publication from The Village Voice.
A later version of it is available on his website, here:
http://www.juliandibbell.com/articles/a-rape-in-cyberspace/
(via This View of Life: Richard Dawkins, Edward O. Wilson, and the Consensus of the Many)
“Structured procrastination is the art of making this bad trait work for you. The key idea is that procrastinating does not mean doing absolutely nothing. Procrastinators seldom do absolutely nothing; they do marginally useful things, such as gardening or sharpening pencils or making a diagram of how they will reorganize their files when they find the time. Why does the procrastinator do these things? Because accomplishing these tasks is a way of not doing something more important. If all the procrastinator had left to do was to sharpen some pencils, no force on earth could get him to do it. However, the procrastinator can be motivated to do difficult, timely, and important tasks, as long as these tasks are a way of not doing something more important. To make structured procrastination work for you, begin by establishing a hierarchy of the tasks you have to do, in order of importance from the most urgent to the least important. Even though the most-important tasks are on top, you have worthwhile tasks to perform lower on the list. Doing those tasks becomes a way of not doing the things higher on the list. With this sort of appropriate task structure, you can become a useful citizen. Indeed, the procrastinator can even acquire, as I have, a reputation for getting a lot done.” — How to Procrastinate and Still Get Things Done - Archives - The Chronicle of Higher Education