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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atavism wrote:
Early embryos of various species display some ancestral feature, like the tail on this human fetus.


The term atavism (derived from the Latin atavus, a great-grandfather's grandfather; more generally, an ancestor) denotes the tendency to revert to ancestral type. An atavism is an evolutionary throwback, such as traits reappearing which had disappeared generations ago. Atavisms occur because genes for previously existing phenotypical features are often preserved in DNA, even though the genes are not expressed in some or most of the organisms possessing them.

Examples observed include:

* hind legs on whales
* hind fins on dolphins
* hind legs on snakes
* extra toes on horses, as in archaic horses
* Teeth in chickens

Atavisms have been observed in humans as well. Babies have been born with a vestigial tail, called "coccygeal process", "coccygeal projection", and "caudal appendage". It can also be evidenced in humans who possess large teeth, like those of other primates.

* Humans with extra nipples (Multiple breast syndrome)
* Humans with large canine teeth

During the interval between the acceptance of evolution and the rise of modern understanding of genetics, atavism was used to account for the reappearance in an individual of a trait after several generations of absence. Such an individual was sometimes called a "throwback". The term is often used in connection with the unexpected reappearance of primitive traits in organisms.>>

Astronut wrote:Hey guys, does anyone know where they hid the edit button

Astronut wrote:Hey guys, does anyone know where they hid the edit button

Hofi wrote:

Astronut wrote:Hey guys, does anyone know where they hid the edit button

According to my Information, you can only edit your posts during a certain time after posting.

http://asterisk.apod.com/faq.php#f2r1 wrote:
How do I edit or delete a post?

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Astronut wrote:For those of you who HAVE edited a post -- just where is the edit post button located??

beyond wrote:Seeing as how you are an expert cloud angler, might i enquire if you use a damp or a dripping wet sponge for bait :?: and what is the largest cloud you've ever angled :?:

Chris (Expert Cloud Angler) Peterson wrote:

beyond wrote:Seeing as how you are an expert cloud angler, might i Inquire if you use a damp
or a dripping wet sponge for bait and what is the largest cloud you've ever angled

I use only the best bait for clouds: expensive astronomical equipment.
The more expensive, the more clouds.

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  ___ Much Ado About Nothing Act 3, Scene 1
  
  URSULA: The pleasant'st angling is to see the fish
  ___ Cut with her golden oars the silver stream,
  ___ And greedily devour the treacherous bait:
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  ___ The Two Gentlemen of Verona Act 1, Scene 3
  
  PROTEUS: And by and by a cloud takes all away!
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neufer wrote:Art (Master Cloud Baiter) Neuendorffer

jonbocz wrote:
Quick, simple question

beyond wrote:5 is not a quick simple answer! It is an odd number. Odd numbers are not simple. Even numbers are simple.
However, two odds make a simple right answer if they are equal to 2x50% of the even number equivalent. Simple - is'nt it??

• Simple - isn't it??

beyond wrote:I think we really need a tounge-in-cheek smiley so the Quotationist does not get us!!

• Mark Chapter 7:35 (1526 Tyndale): And streyght waye his eares were openned
  and the stringe of his tounge was loosed and he spake playne.