03.12.07
Beyond Stones & Bones
An excerpt from Newsweek that was brought to my attention by Lou Schuler
“New research also shows that “progress” and “human evolution” are only occasional partners. More than once in human prehistory, evolution created a modern trait such as a face without jutting, apelike brows and jaws, only to let it go extinct, before trying again a few million years later. Our species’ travels through time proceeded in fits and starts, with long periods when “nothing much happened,” punctuated by bursts of dizzying change, says paleontologist Ian Tattersall, co-curator of the American Museum’s new hall.” Makes you wonder if we’re in a current “lapse of progress” and repetitive/cumulative motions are not solely responsible for all the chronic aches and pains…
