Recent content by Eddbio

You really need to read around the subject to give it a context and also to help familiarize yourself with these new concepts. Don't just read the chapter your supposed to learn or it will seem meaningless. I know it's especially hard with these chains of chemicals but the same things will start...

You can watch a documentary on this on the internet on Channel 4.com http://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-last-of-the-honeybees/4od I'm not sure how long they keep it up for.

http://www.newint.org/issues/2009/09/01/

I read an article in New Internationalist a while back. The colonies collapse from multiple infections without any single infection being the root cause. It was likened to AIDS. They apparently had weakened immune systems which left them open to attack. The cause was put down to the bees diet...

There is evidence that different human mating strategies around the world are affected by the environment; polyandry, monogamy, polygamy, polygyny and polygynandry (Can you say it without sounding drunk?). Also promiscuity. They can be determined by the harshness of the land. But it is also a...

Could you quote exactly what it said, maybe it's just badly written, It probably means that sugars aren't found in mono or di-saccarhides in large quantities and we have to eat poly's found in plant material.

I suppose the question might be; 'Is human culture currently the driving force of human evolution?'

How much do our genes have an ability to create an extended phenotype ((culture) or should that be memotype) that benefits the carrier to procreate more? Does like stick to like personality wise? I have wondered about how our genes relate to our personality types and how these affect our...

The Fritillary butterfly I believe.

The human population has increased massively in recent times and therefore so has the number of potential mutations. In addition we are living longer and having children at older ages. The older you get before having children the higher the chances of mutations occurring. The reduction in...