Recent content by BillTre

I think there are some common assumptions that often arise in origin of life discussions. Tectonics (a change of sorts) is needed to supply new raw materials for life to arise or sustain itself long term. Changes may be required to force (or permit) existing life forms to evolve new more...

Don't forget about large moons orbiting jumbo planets and being kept warm by tidal forces. if you are interestd in possible sites for life.

Since it seems that the hybridisicity of the lemon was determined by genome studies not historical breeding records, it may have been a natural hybrid (they do occur). Both the natural hybrid and one from a human breeding scheme would have similar genomes. Maybe the citron is different.

Bad things often happen due a combination of more than one things going wrong all at once. In this way redundancy is bypassed. Those responsible for timing of leaving port, three types come to my mind: the captain, the chief engineer or electricians (people with specialist knowledge. (The...

A detailed comparison of the baby and other people can reveal relationships other than just who the mother is. The mother (whoever that is) should share 1/2 of her nuclear genome with the baby and all of the mitochondrial genome. The nuclear genome is much larger than the mitochondria genome...

Here are some pix of Egyptian big rock river transport. not ancient pictures through. I have definitely read somewhere about the stella (like a mini-Washington monument) transports. Not pyramids specifically though. The bottom one is like a catamaran. Many of their boats are reed boats. My...