To be entirely fair to Rochdale, and qt the risk of closing down an enjoyable bit of pedantry, North of the Wall strikes me as a perfectly acceptable poetic equivalent of 'Scotland'. (View Post)

I think (and I am not an expert nor have I read the book) that it is true, not obvious, and while not interestingly controversial, certainly interesting. Natural selection is absolutely engrossing. I… (View Post)

And that too is natural selection. A gene mutation which enabled the ancestors of people in those areas to out compete those who did not have that gene. (View Post)

Homo Sapiens was in most respects an inferior model to the Neanderthal, who was stronger and more intelligent. But Homo Sapiens had two advantages: the social ability to operate in large groups, and … (View Post)

Well I'm not sure, but what Bart says passesthe sniff test. British rivers were absolutely foul when I was growing up. Dead. And now you get fish in the Mersey and people swim in Salford Quays. (View Post)