LOL Some branches of science are becoming more and more a branch of the Entertainment industry.
That the simultaneous effect of two chemical signals (where sequence, for example, plays no role) can be compared with the semantic of the human language tell a lot about how an idiotic humanity degrades himself in the attempt to try to emphasize their own crap discoveries . What is next? 2014-04-24 12:26 GMT+02:00, Richard Ruquist <[email protected]>: > Microbes provide insights into evolution of human language > April 23rd, 2014 in Biology / Cell & Microbiology > > Gram-stained Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria (pink-red rods). Credit: GFDL, > CC-by-sa > > Big brains do not explain why only humans use sophisticated language, > according to researchers who have discovered that even a species of pond > life communicates by similar methods. > > Dr Thom Scott-Phillips of Durham University led research into Pseudomonas > aeruginosa, a type of bacteria common in water and soil, which showed that > they communicated in a way that was previously thought to be unique to > humans and perhaps some other primates. > > The bacteria used combinatorial communication, in which two signals are > used together to achieve an effect that is different to the sum of the > effects of the component parts. This is common in human language. For > example, when we hear 'boathouse', we do not think of boats and houses > independently, but of something different - a boathouse. > > This type of communication had never been observed in species other than > humans and some other primates, until colonies of Pseudomonas aeruginosa > were shown to be using the same technique - not, of course, with spoken > words but with chemical messengers sent to each other that signalled when > to produce certain proteins necessary for the bacteria's survival. > > By blocking one signal, then the other, the researchers showed if both > signals were sent separately, the effect on protein production was > different from both signals being sent together. > > Dr Scott-Phillips, a research fellow in evolutionary anthropology at Durham > University, conducted the research in collaboration with a team of experts > in bacteriology from the universities of Nottingham and Edinburgh. > > He commented: "We conducted an experiment on bacterial communication, and > found that they communicate in a way that was previously thought to be > unique to humans and perhaps some other primates. > > "This has serious implications for our understanding of the origins of > human communication and language. In particular, it shows that we can > assume that combining signals together is unique to the primate lineage." > > More information: 'Combinatorial communication in bacteria: Implications > for the origins of linguistic generativity', Scott-Phillips et al, > published in PLOS One, 23 April 2014. > www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0095929 > > Provided by Durham University > > "Microbes provide insights into evolution of human language." April 23rd, > 2014. > http://phys.org/news/2014-04-microbes-insights-evolution-human-language.html > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Alberto. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
