by Anthony | Jan 20, 2017 | Biobullets
Homo sapiens photo © Kelly B. Homo culinarius or Homo fermentarius? Fermentation of plums photo © brankmaster The modern human species is the only vertebrate on Earth which ferments food outside the body before eating it. Although all...
by Anthony | Jan 19, 2017 | Biobullets
Matorral, central Chile photo © Inao Vásquez An evolutionary decision to spurn combustive consumption The prime example, worldwide, of fire behaving as a biological property rather than an environmental imposition is in the matorral of...
by Anthony | Jan 19, 2017 | Biobullets
Mount Revelstoke National Park, photo, via Wikimedia Commons Meadows more powerful than adjacent forests Implicit in every textbook account of vegetation succession is the assumption that there is a progression from herbaceous plants...
by Anthony | Jan 10, 2017 | Biobullets
Vombatus ursinus photo © JJ Harrison Marsupials avoid ever-growing teeth Marsupials in Australia have radiated into various forms corresponding ecologically to American sloths, armadillos and anteaters. A surprising difference between...
by Anthony | Jan 10, 2017 | Biobullets
Euphractus sexcinctus photo © Charles J Sharp Dental divergence between armadillos and bandicoots Isoodon macrourus photo © John O’Neill Medium-size armadillos are the approximate American counterparts for the marsupial...
by Anthony | Jan 10, 2017 | Biobullets
Phascolarctos cinereus photo © Dilliff Koala is eucalypt-hyrax rather than Antipodean sloth Phascolarctos cinereus mounted skeleton photo © Sklmsta The koala is often compared with the tree sloths of the Americas, which are also...
