I hope people think this is a concert flyer and their heart stops. Click to Enlarge

The skull is of Sahelanthropus tchadensis, an extinct hominid species dating back about 7 million years.  Whether it is really part of the hominina tree is unclear; there are conflicting views that it is either part of the human tree or the chimp tree.  It very well could be the earliest human ancestor.  The next time somebody tells you that humans did not evolve from apes, tell them they are absolutely right and that they should read up on early hominid species on wikipedia because it is really interesting.  Derp derp, we didn't evolve from no monkeys!  Of course we didn't, but we did have a common ancestor though that we diverged from.  That's my opinion anyways.

The bottom one is a fossil Canis lupus, or a wolf, which is where puppies came from. :]

I made that during a break from studying for my endocrine/neuro exam.  See you all soon, we have big news brewing.

(Classic) Since I Left You by The Avalanches (2000)

Kind of Like: LCD Soundsystem, Panda Bear, Air France
Genres: Electronica, Hip-Hop
Preview: Myspace

When writing any sort of article/paper, you always start off with a hook right?  A sentence or two that catches the attention; this is something that has been pounded in our heads since elementary school.  Well, I have the perfect hook for these guys, that will especially boggle the vinyl collectors out there.  I kinda ruined it though by going on like this, but here goes: this album was assembled from approximately 3500 vinyl samples.  I'm sure they used certain records for several samples, but that still is a buttload of records to go through.  Basically they did cool mash-ups before that dude named Girl Talk came along.  This was the Avalanches debut album as a electronica/dance/hip-hop outfit (they were a noise punk band prior to this), and it was such a huge success for them.  I'm sure you've seen the video for "Frontier Psychiatrist" right?

So, I decided to throw this classic up here because I am always on the lookout for their next album.  Like Dre's Detox, there are a lot rumors about it and it keeps getting pushed back.  At least Detox has had some tracks from it that have been released/leaked.  The Avalanches' untitled next album was supposed to come out this year, but now it appears that it will get a 2012 release, but the lead track/single will be released this year.  Until then, listen to this and read up on their wiki because their origins are kinda interesting.

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