News that tickled my daughter.
By eileenleyva
@eileenleyva (27555)
Philippines
April 13, 2019 7:37am CST
My doctor of a daughter has no time to watch the news. She has no time even for a decent sleep. So, whenever I fetch her in the hospital and she is munching some fast food I brought for her first meal in 36 hours, I say something about what's going on in the world. I receive no coherent answer actually, because the things I talk about are not in her radar.
The other day, I told her that UP Associate Professor Armand Mijares was on tv for his discovery of new specie of man. Right away, she asked for the details and was very happy. She knew how passionate these professors are about their work. She herself went on field works for butterflies and insects. But the most exciting thing is, this puts the University of the Philippines right there on the spotlight, Many universities could claim high standard as far as ranking in the world is concerned, but no university quite does it like UP.
When it comes to academic excellence and research, wow, UP delivers.
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@topffer (42155)
• France
13 Apr 19
Are you speaking of the "H. Luzonensis" ? The team who discovered him is a French team from our National History museum, directed by Florent Détroit, a paleoanthropologist. This fossil man is very interesting, confirming that the lineage of humanity is not so linear than we were thinking in the 1980's, there were a lot of branches, and our H. Sapiens ancestors were only one among others. And I cannot write this "H (omo)" word, myLot tells me that it is a bad word
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@eileenleyva (27555)
• Philippines
13 Apr 19
Exactly.
I was writing about the H (omo) Luzonensis that you mentioned but the links were not admitted by mylot, so I changed my discussion to my daughter's reaction, Ha ha Hu Hu
Luzon is our biggest island. This 67000 year old bones were found in Cagayan. Associate Professor Mijares says the research continues. Hey, thanks to the French team. Just happy we know more about new discoveries.
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@eileenleyva (27555)
• Philippines
13 Apr 19
Yup. It's one good news for my badly beaten with horrid news country. My daughter was a biologist before she entered med school. Most of her fellow biologists are out on the fields, inside caves, and far-flung areas where nary a convenience is available for comfort. Thus, we celebrate when someone finds success in even the teeny-weeny bits. This one is grand,
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@eileenleyva (27555)
• Philippines
15 Apr 19
@simone10 Yes, I am very proud of her, and my elder daughter, too. Young as they are, they have done much for our people.
Thank you.
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@simone10 (54180)
• Louisville, Kentucky
14 Apr 19
@eileenleyva you must be so proud of your daughter too. She has accomplished a lot.
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@Letranknight2015 (52665)
• Philippines
17 Apr 19
I'm sure there's more to those buried bones but destroyed by development or treasure hunters. Glad this one was caught by Archaeologist.
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@eileenleyva (27555)
• Philippines
17 Apr 19
Natural calamities also have transformed the caves and mountains, thus digging is the only recourse. That's 67000 years of researching.
@eileenleyva (27555)
• Philippines
13 Apr 19
Pure admiration to people in the academe who walk the talk. These researchers go raw, all for the sake of science. Many times, their well-beings are compromised because of the weather condition and the danger of caves, geo-hazard areas, etcetera. Yet, they go for it, months on end,
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@LindaOHio (222319)
• United States
13 Apr 19
I read about this. Quite an accomplishment for your country.
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@eileenleyva (27555)
• Philippines
13 Apr 19
Yes. Finally, a piece of good news from my country.
I couldn't share the link. Mylot wouldn't allow the word H omo Luzonensis,
Thank you.
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