Evolutionary marvels: Biodiversity in animals

The Guardian has a dozen #amazing pictures of remarkable animals that inhabit land and the deep seas. “A very worthwhile diversion,” says the New York Times’ Jennifer Kingson.

GFP stained Drosophila larva

Please also view Dosophila embryogenesis video

Bonobo toolmaking hints glimpses of “cutting edge” stone age technology

This is really cool as human ancestors, many millions of years ago, my have started making tools in very similar fashion. Here is the Roffman et al. PNAS paper that describes the findings in detail.