poftheweek-blog

[poftheweek-blog]

Top Image

Middle Image

Bottom Image

Evolution of the Metazoan Brain in the Early Cambrian

In the 7 May 2015 issue of Current Biology, Javier Ortega-Hernández reports more research progress on the paleoneurology and developmental biology of early metazoan brains during the period of the Cambrian Explosion

Specifically, preserved neurological remains associated with the stalked eyes and anterior sclerites in the middle Cambrian Burgess Shale euarthropods Helmetia expansa and Odaraia alata provide evidence that these morphologies are associated with nerve traces originating from the anterior brain region, the protocerebrum.  These fossils show a transition from early soft bodies animals, such as the Maotianshan Shales Lobopodian (a worm with legs) Cardiodictyon catenulum shown in middle picture, to the more advanced arthropods with segmentation, mineralized exoskeleton, and cephalic (i.e., head) appendages, such as the Burgess Shale Odaraia alata arthropod (lower picture). Read more at Current Biology.

[poftheweek-blog]

Arctinurus boltoni - Emperor of North American Trilobites

Trilobites Order Lichida, Family Lichidae Geological Time: Silurian Trilobite is 122 mm long Fossil Site: Rochester Shale Formation, Middleport, New York

[poftheweek-blog]

In there monumental 1953 Nature paper, Watson and Crick did not report the discover of DNA. Rather, they reported the chemical binding among the nucleic acids that render the beautiful double helix. This is the “specific pairings” they refer to in the above quote. When they said “suggests a possible copying mechanism”,  it was a premeditated and masterful understatement, which had the effect of amplifying the importance of the work. 

Visit the Virtual Fossil Museum to learn more about evolutionary mechanisms and the history of life on earth.

[poftheweek-blog]

Top Image

Middle Image

Bottom Image

Evolution of the Metazoan Brain in the Early Cambrian

In the 7 May 2015 issue of Current Biology, Javier Ortega-Hernández reports more research progress on the paleoneurology and developmental biology of early metazoan brains during the period of the Cambrian Explosion

Specifically, preserved neurological remains associated with the stalked eyes and anterior sclerites in the middle Cambrian Burgess Shale euarthropods Helmetia expansa and Odaraia alata provide evidence that these morphologies are associated with nerve traces originating from the anterior brain region, the protocerebrum.  These fossils show a transition from early soft bodies animals, such as the Maotianshan Shales Lobopodian (a worm with legs) Cardiodictyon catenulum shown in middle picture, to the more advanced arthropods with segmentation, mineralized exoskeleton, and cephalic (i.e., head) appendages, such as the Burgess Shale Odaraia alata arthropod (lower picture). Read more at Current Biology.

[poftheweek-blog]

Hail Restore is OKC’s #1 provider of auto hail repair, paintless dent removal and minor collision repair. Hail Restore also repairs windshields, tints windows and offer mobile service and free mobile estimates.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNslzxZpUms

[poftheweek-blog]

Dramatic Paralejurus spatuliformis Trilobite

Trilobites Order Corynexochida, Family Styginidae Geological Time: Middle Devonian Size: Trilobite is 62 mm long Fossil Site: Mrakib, Alnif , Morocco

This is a newly described species, and a potential transitional form. It was just added to the Fossil Mall science and online museum section. The preparation with professional equipment is remarkable, requiring enormous time. Read and see more fossil images here.

[poftheweek-blog]

Fancy Deep Orangy Pink Colored Enhanced Diamond from Dianer Diamonds Ltd.

http://www.dianerdiamonds.com/color_enhanced_diamonds

[poftheweek-blog]

Been thinking about a nose job?

"You know you need a nose job when you’ve got to watch which hair style you can and can’t have!"

Source: Rhinoplasty Bristol

[poftheweek-blog]

Source: http://www.amazon.com/Telephone-Cord-Detangler-Extended-Rotating/dp/B00R2UZIH6

[poftheweek-blog]

“

[poftheweek-blog]

The Last Pogo Jumps Again http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0808447 THE LAST POGO JUMPS AGAIN studies the evolution of Toronto from small town to big city and its pop/counter culture lifestyle during the early and mid-70s. It centers around the first wave of Toronto punk rock and new wave music, from the Ramones playing The New Yorker Theatre in ‘76 through the police shutting down Teenage Head and causing a riot at the Horseshoe Tavern's infamous “The Last Pogo” concert in December 1978.    

#The Last Pogo Jumps Again

[poftheweek-blog]

Kim Waltrip http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0910601 Kim is the producer of such films as "Back in the Day" starring Michael Rosenbaum, Nick Swardson, Morena Baccarin and Harland Williams, "Hit & Run" starring Dax Shepard, Kristen Bell, Bradley Cooper which opened nationwide in 2012. The newest film "The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him and Her - starring Jessica Chastain, James McAvoy and Viola Davis will be in theaters summer of 2014. And her holiday film "Christmas in Balsam Falls" starring Robert Loggia, Naomi Judd and Charleene Closshey is due out Christmas of 2014. She has also produced such films as "Expecting Mary", "A Thousand Cuts", "Adopt a Sailor," the PBS special "Diahann Carroll, The Lady, The Music, The Legend." and the horror hit, "I Didn't Come Here to Die."

#Kim Waltrip