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- n. A spindle-shaped cell characteristic of certain tumors.
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chained_bear P.S. two nights ago, I had a dream in which I started giving myself a tonsure with electric clippers, got tired of it partway through and stopped, fluffing the rest of my hair up around it and hoping no one would notice. Thanks, Wordie. Jul 24, 2009
chained_bear As far as you know, they were never missing. That's why I wear this tiara. Jul 21, 2009
bilby Maybe we could give her tonsures back for good behaviour. Jul 21, 2009
chained_bear :) *still eating* Jul 20, 2009
pterodactyl I think bears evolved from untonsured monks. Jul 18, 2009
reesetee I think we could all see that one coming. Jul 17, 2009
chained_bear But not the expert on bears evolving from whales? Harrumph. See marathon of phony umbrage taking. It's a valid question—the tappen, or the pants issues? Jul 17, 2009
yarb I don't know. You're the expert on tappens. Jul 17, 2009
chained_bear Bears definitely don't have flukes, yarb, plus how would you explain the existence of tappens, given the occasional bear pants issues? Did tappens evolve because of pants issues, or the other way around? Perhaps it was parallel... *cue spooky music* Jul 17, 2009
yarb Right, sean. I think we all agree on that. But the point is that bears are descended from whales. Jul 17, 2009
seanahan I think some people are descended from bears. Jul 17, 2009
chained_bear Well, given my pants issues of late, I have to admit it might be more fun to have a fluke. Jul 15, 2009
reesetee I sometimes think we'd be smarter as a whole if we were. :-) Jul 15, 2009
yarb Do you think humans might be descended from whales, c_b? Jul 15, 2009
chained_bear As opposed to non-evolution, perhaps, rather than non-parallel. F&$%ed if I know. Neat article though. Jul 14, 2009
yarb Parallel evolution? Or humans are descended from whales and dolphins?? Jul 14, 2009
chained_bear "To date, no neurological studies of the gray-whale brain have been done. In 2006, however, researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine analyzed the brains of two other baleen species — humpback and finback whales — as well as those of a number of toothed whales like dolphins and killer and sperm whales. The study revealed brain structures surprisingly similar to our own. Some, in fact, contained large concentrations of spindle cells — often referred to as the cells that make us human because of their link to higher cognitive functions like self-awareness, a sense of compassion and linguistic expression — with the added kick that whales evolved these same highly specialized neurons as many as 15 million years before we humans did, a stunning instance of a phenomenon biologists refer to as parallel evolution."
"Watching Whales Watch Us," New York Times, here. Jul 14, 2009