Blame it on the gorillas....

New research suggests that humans caught pubic lice or "crabs" from gorillas about 3.3 million years ago. No, not how you're thinking! It was likely from sleeping in gorilla nests or while killing and consuming their meat.
Humans can get two kinds of lice: Pediculus (head lice) or Pthirus (pubic lice). Chimps get Pediculus and gorillas get Pthirus. Though we diverged evolutionary fro our last common ancestors about 7 million years ago, it was not known until this research that early humans and gorillas spent time in the same locations. More info is in the newest issue of BMC Biology.
This info comes at the same time as research that suggests we diverged from chimps only 4 million years ago, not the 6-7 million previously thought.

OneGeology

This fun new website OneGeologyhas been started to create a digital 1:1 geological map with all information for all to access. It involves hundreds of scientists and organizations from over 55 countries across the world which will pull together everyone's geological survey information. Think of it like a Google Earth for below the surface of the planet.
P.S. Contrary to what this moronic reporter writes, we are GEOLOGISTS, NOT "rock scientists" and the majority of scientists do NOT believe that Carbon Capture and Storage is a good idea. Anyone who understand the carbon cycle knows that is not a long term solution for storing green house gases and stopping global climate change.