Life will find a way

[EternalOptimist]

Remember that line in Jurassic park, when they find the egg shell that proves the dinosaurs were now breeding ?

There is a remarkable story here that shows how genetic adaption and survival of the fittest can work over decades, as opposed to millenia

[BrilloPad]

I read a great book a couple of years ago - The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science: Amazon.co.uk: Norman Doidge: 9781491513354: Books - the animal experiments are unpleasant but the results are fascinating.

[DimPrawn]

Sahara Desert Greening Due to Climate Change?

"The nomads there told me there was never as much rainfall as in the past few years," Kröpelin said. "They have never seen so much grazing land."

"Before, there was not a single scorpion, not a single blade of grass," he said.

"Now you have people grazing their camels in areas which may not have been used for hundreds or even thousands of years. You see birds, ostriches, gazelles coming back, even sorts of amphibians coming back," he said.

"The trend has continued for more than 20 years. It is indisputable."





Forecasting how global warming will affect the region is complicated by its vast size and the unpredictable influence of high-altitude winds that disperse monsoon rains, Claussen added.

"Half the models follow a wetter trend, and half a drier trend."

[NibblyPig]

I read somewhere that some scientists have a theory that the skill of horseriding is genetically encoded and thus passed to our offspring

[FatLazyContractor]

I read somewhere that some scientists have a theory that the skill of horse-riding is genetically encoded and thus passed to our offspring

Bet it is

[BrilloPad]

I read somewhere that some scientists have a theory that the skill of horseriding is genetically encoded and thus passed to our offspring

Stress is generically inherited. You get it from your children.

[FatLazyContractor]

Stress is generically inherited. You get it from your children.

In your experience, would you ever blame it on your wife?

[BrilloPad]

In your experience, would you ever blame it on your wife?

MrsBP once told her best friend that her son was a real pain. "You can see where he gets it from" she said. Her friend replied "Yes - you are a real pain at times". Mrs BP "Not me - BP".

Not that I would dare agree.

[FatLazyContractor]

MrsBP once told her best friend that her son was a real pain. "You can see where he gets it from" she said. Her friend replied "Yes - you are a real pain at times". Mrs BP "Not me - BP".

Not that I would dare agree.

Which one was this? 1, 2, 3 or 4 ?

[NotAllThere]

I read somewhere that some scientists have a theory that the skill of horseriding is genetically encoded and thus passed to our offspring

Yeah. Those who are crap at it get thrown and die before they breed.