The female Thylacine (Tasmanian tiger) actually carried her young in a pouch like a kanagroo which is why they are classified as mammals.
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Genome of the Tasmanian tiger provides insights into the evolution and demography of an extinct marsupial carnivore
by jwleaks inabc news (australia) http://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2017-12-12/thylacine-tasmanian-tiger-genetics-evolution/9246832.
tasmanian tigers were in poor genetic health tens of thousands of years before humans came along and hunted them to extinction, a new dna study of the iconic australian marsupial shows.. .
.. nature ecology & evolution .
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Genome of the Tasmanian tiger provides insights into the evolution and demography of an extinct marsupial carnivore
by jwleaks inabc news (australia) http://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2017-12-12/thylacine-tasmanian-tiger-genetics-evolution/9246832.
tasmanian tigers were in poor genetic health tens of thousands of years before humans came along and hunted them to extinction, a new dna study of the iconic australian marsupial shows.. .
.. nature ecology & evolution .
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ABC NEWS (Australia) http://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2017-12-12/thylacine-tasmanian-tiger-genetics-evolution/9246832
Tasmanian tigers were in poor genetic health tens of thousands of years before humans came along and hunted them to extinction, a new DNA study of the iconic Australian marsupial shows.
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Nature Ecology & Evolution
11 December 2017
Genome of the Tasmanian tiger provides insights into the evolution and demography of an extinct marsupial carnivore
Abstract The Tasmanian tiger or thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus) was the largest carnivorous Australian marsupial to survive into the modern era. Despite last sharing a common ancestor with the eutherian canids ~160 million years ago, their phenotypic resemblance is considered the most striking example of convergent evolution in mammals. The last known thylacine died in captivity in 1936 and many aspects of the evolutionary history of this unique marsupial apex predator remain unknown. Here we have sequenced the genome of a preserved thylacine pouch young specimen to clarify the phylogenetic position of the thylacine within the carnivorous marsupials, reconstruct its historical demography and examine the genetic basis of its convergence with canids. Retroposon insertion patterns placed the thylacine as the basal lineage in Dasyuromorphia and suggest incomplete lineage sorting in early dasyuromorphs. Demographic analysis indicated a long-term decline in genetic diversity starting well before the arrival of humans in Australia. In spite of their extraordinary phenotypic convergence, comparative genomic analyses demonstrated that amino acid homoplasies between the thylacine and canids are largely consistent with neutral evolution. Furthermore, the genes and pathways targeted by positive selection differ markedly between these species. Together, these findings support models of adaptive convergence driven primarily by cis-regulatory evolution.
Full article: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-017-0417-y
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New Light
by Lost in the fog inam i the only one who can't reconcile new light with the light gets brighter?
if it matters at all.
i bring a candle into my house and light it.
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Court hearing of official seizure request of JW Russian property
by Listener ini found this on facebook -.
russian automatic translation for english.attempt to seize foreign property by russian authoritiesdecember 4, 2017on december 7, 2017, at 14:00, the sestroretsky district court of st. petersburg will begin consideration of a lawsuit filed by the prosecutor's office aimed at removing a large real estate complex in st. petersburg from the "watchtower society, bibles and treatises of pennsylvania" foreign organization.we are talking about 14 buildings with an area of 33 thousand square meters, located on 10 hectares of landscaped territory in the village of solnechnoye resort area of st.
petersburg.
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I believe this land was given to Watchtower and the JWs at no cost by the township. Capital improvements were carried out by voluntary labor provided by Russian citizens with voluntary monetary donations by Russian citizens. However upon breaking Russian law Watchtower and the JWs forfeit the land.
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What does the WTBTS really need expansion? Money...Fame....Power ?
by RULES & REGULATIONS ini purchase all my lawn and snow equipment from the same hardware store near my house.
thirty- five years ago, they employed only four people...a father and his three sons.
today, this same family owned company employs over 100 workers and operates five warehouses near a 50 mile radius full of lawn and snow equipment.
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The governing body's attempt at expansion and constant references to their own written words as a 'spiritual feast' always reminds me of Mr Creosote ...
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Higher Education
by Brian J injust spent 8 hours in a 1 day elders school last weekend.
clarification given: "moving forward any elder, ms, or pioneer who themselves or someone under their roof enrolls in higher education, may no longer qualify for privileges in the congregation.
their qualifications will have to be reviewed by their boe.".
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for our 2 15 min breaks, there was coffee and bananas sitting in between 2 contribution boxes.
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Does anyone like Steampunk?
by days of future passed ini love people's being creative with this genre.
i stumbled on this video which is a lot of fun.
past the end credits is out takes and how it was made.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=211lnk5vnjm.
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Ratrods.
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Congrats Australia votes yes gay marriage! Awesome!
by Witness 007 inwell done aussie's 60% voted yes.
i really did not think this would happen here there is alot of gay phobia.
i saw men on the streets holding signs "vote no.
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smiddy3 - Where are the brains of these politicians we have in parliament today?
Smiddy, the irony is these sort of political blunders were made by federal MPs and Senators that had no lawful right to be in office. Section 44 of the Constitution and the High Court have proved this.
Check your PM.
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The Governing Body Doing The Math As Corporate CEOs
by Brokeback Watchtower inlett announce to his braindead indoctrinated rank and file masses the wt corporation is short on funds and so they have money problems.
he made light of his role and the rest of management's predicament by saying on a public broadcast: "in doing the math we found that the amount of money flowing out will be much greater than the amount of money coming in at this time".
clearly the guys on the gb have very little business sense to let things get so out of hand with tons of projects in the works and having to close all of them except for warwick, and one in england.. i have to wonder just what type of math these dead heads on the gb even know or consider when making all their plans for the future of the corporation they have leadership over.
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When did "The Last Days" of JW Organization Begin? Will This Generation See It End?
by steve2 ina growing discourse on this forum has been around what "the end" means.
as jws, many here spent varying proportions of our lives waiting for the end when an unsettling realization was that the end that approaches is more likely to be from old age than the world's end.
through the centuries, group after group, has claimed it has "inside" information on the end of the world, drawing in the desperate-for-comfort like moths to flames.
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The Chinese have a saying which means "Wealth never survives three generations." Similar meaning phrase exist in other cultures as well, such s the Italian saying "from the cowshed to the stars and back to the cowshed."
Inheriting wealth, or position, does not mean you created wealth or earned your position.
I believe Watchtower and JW's are currently, more or less, in their third generation of leaders, with a little overlap between each.
1st generation - Russell / Rutherford
2nd generation - Knorr / Franz / Henschel
3rd generation - current governing body
Changes to Watchtower eschatology that started in the mid 90's after the death of Franz, such as the "generation" teaching and "sheep / goats" teaching were simply a band-aid approach to maintain power against the back drop of failing predictions.
The year 2000 saw big changes after the death of Henschel. A great focus on lawyers and wealth creation became more important that eschatology. Watchtower was divided up and the flood gates were open which resulted in the creating of numerous legal entities that no one knew who was what. Everything seemed to be focused on the protection of money.
Ridiculous teachings and ideas were endorsed by the third generation of the governing body, even to the point of trying to reinvent the religion, such as with TV evangelism and trolley cart preaching. Foundation teachings of the JWs, such as the "faithful and discreet slave class" were dropped, and power was consolidated into the hands of the governing body.
The death of Ted Jaracz and former governing body member Ray Franz opened the way for even more bizarre changes and reversals of teachings, such a no 'evil slave' and the abandonment of types and anti-types. Prophetic interpretation fell to the wayside. The King of the North and King of the South were literally shelved as too were the interpretations of the prophecies in Revelation, Ezekiel, Daniel, Isaiah, and so on. To interpret a prophecy simply meant that one day that interpretation would be proven false. There is over a hundred years of Watchtower precedents to support this.
Every generation, and overlapping generation (no pun intended) of governing body / Watchtower leaders have traditionally reinterpreted bible scriptures and prophecy in such a way that it always pointed to themselves as the guardians of doctrine and cleansers of the temple.
The current governing body and Watchtower leaders are, not only incompetent, but are in crisis. It's quite possible the events of 9/11, which they got to witness from their offices across the East River, greatly affect them. So close to home.
Whether or not Watchtower is in financial crisis is not worth speculating beyond the fact they they are selling off their assets around the world, draining congregation funds, and cutting back their overheads on an unprecedented scale. Which ever way the governing body spin this it is never convincing. Their body language speaks more than their words.
In the past the Watchtower mantra was "Advertise, Advertise, Advertise, the King and his Kingdom." Now the mantra in "Donate, Donate, Donate, to the King and his Kingdom."
In 2000 Watchtower started creating a plethora of legal entities all of which appear to have one purpose - protecting money. The bible teaches that "shrewd is the one that sees the calamity and proceeds to protect himself." In 2000 Watchtower saw the calamity, the 'writing on the wall' and started to protect itself. The calamity is now here.
This current generation of governing body members and Watchtower leaders are the third generation of leaders. They inherited the wealth and the teachings (of hope and the last days) that created the wealth. Then they go and dump the very teachings that created the wealth. The net result is they are crying poor, and they probably really are.
I read an article many years ago about the car manufacturer Ferrari. At the time the company admitted that it could not survive as a motor vehicle manufacturer without the sponsors and royalties it derived from merchandise sales that it generated through its Formula 1 racing team. This was its bread and butter that allowed for the cream - the street cars. Ferrari would never kill off its F1 team to save money.
Watchtower have in effect cut off their income stream - hope for the future and genuine christian love. This has created a vacuum which is now filled with no hope, no future, no good news and no financial security.
I would put 2000 as the stat of the "last days" for Watchtower and the governing body.