http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2008/04/27/my-theory-of-human-evolution-micropygmies/ Self-Experimentation, Scientific Method, the Shangri-La Diet, etc. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 07:56:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2008/04/27/my-theory-of-human-evolution-micropygmies/#comment-161692 Mon, 05 May 2008 13:13:00 +0000 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2008/04/27/my-theory-of-human-evolution-micropygmies/#comment-161692 [...] I Recommend material-science research) the cellphone effect (the first words facilitated trade) micropygmies (hunter-gatherers w/ trade different from those w/o trade) autism (autistic “obsessions” reveal a universal tendency toward expertise) [...] […] I Recommend material-science research) the cellphone effect (the first words facilitated trade) micropygmies (hunter-gatherers w/ trade different from those w/o trade) autism (autistic “obsessions” reveal a universal tendency toward expertise) […]

]]> http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2008/04/27/my-theory-of-human-evolution-micropygmies/#comment-157917 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:16:06 +0000 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2008/04/27/my-theory-of-human-evolution-micropygmies/#comment-157917 Thanks, Kevin. It was helpful to be corrected. Thanks, Kevin. It was helpful to be corrected.

]]> http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2008/04/27/my-theory-of-human-evolution-micropygmies/#comment-157912 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 13:53:43 +0000 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2008/04/27/my-theory-of-human-evolution-micropygmies/#comment-157912 I can sound like such a nitpicker. I think that is part of my evolutionary niche: to find tiny problems with things I otherwise like or agree with. I can sound like such a nitpicker. I think that is part of my evolutionary niche: to find tiny problems with things I otherwise like or agree with.

]]> http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2008/04/27/my-theory-of-human-evolution-micropygmies/#comment-157803 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 05:22:51 +0000 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2008/04/27/my-theory-of-human-evolution-micropygmies/#comment-157803 Yeah, I was simple and somewhat wrong rather than complicated and correct. I wondered how to describe them and followed Diamond, who called them "a primitive human micropygmy population". Yeah, I was simple and somewhat wrong rather than complicated and correct. I wondered how to describe them and followed Diamond, who called them “a primitive human micropygmy population”.

]]> http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2008/04/27/my-theory-of-human-evolution-micropygmies/#comment-157797 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 04:26:33 +0000 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2008/04/27/my-theory-of-human-evolution-micropygmies/#comment-157797 A small point, but the micropygmies would not be human ancestors. They would have belonged to another branch of hominids as you point out. They would be our evolutionary cousins, but not our ancestors. A small point, but the micropygmies would not be human ancestors. They would have belonged to another branch of hominids as you point out. They would be our evolutionary cousins, but not our ancestors.

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