http://machinemachine.net/stream/feed en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Sweetcron therourke@gmail.com http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/evolution/7550033/Missing-link-between-man-and-apes-found.html The new species of hominid, the evolutionary branch of primates that includes humans, is to be revealed when the two-million-year-old skeleton of a child is unveiled this week. Scientists believe the almost-complete fossilised skeleton belonged to a previously-unknown type of early human ancestor that may have been a intermediate stage as ape-men evolved into the first species of advanced humans, Homo habilis.   Related Articles Let children collect flowers and fossils says Sir David Attenborough T-Rex's long lost Australian cousin found for first time Jurassic Coast bans fossil hunters Attenborough's missing link Fossil could rewrite human evolution Ida the 'missing… ]]> Sun, 04 Apr 2010 03:45:00 -0700 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/evolution/7550033/Missing-link-between-man-and-apes-found.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklo Oklo is a region near the town of Franceville, in the Haut-Ogooué province of the Central African state of Gabon. The discovery in September 1972 of several natural nuclear fission reactors in the uranium mines situated there has fired the imagination and aroused the curiosity of scientists. Gabon was a French colony when prospectors from the French nuclear energy commissariat (the industrial parts, which later became the COGEMA) discovered uranium in the remote region in 1956. France immediately opened mines operated by Comuf (Compagnie des Mines d'Uranium de Franceville) near Mounana village in order to exploit the vast mineral resources… ]]> Mon, 28 Sep 2009 09:07:00 -0700 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklo