S.F. State Prof: Comparision of Republicans to Neanderthals Is Insulting -- To Neanderthals - San Francisco News - The Snitch

Anyhow, Caldararo finds the comparison of Neanderthals and Republicans to be particularly ill-suited because of the realities of global warming. Is it not ironic that the party unable to acknowledge the existence of climate change has been compared to a species that was noteworthy for its ability to adapt to the climate change brought about by worldwide glaciation?

Actually, is it? We're asking -- Caldararo is a professor of anthropology, not English.

[Bogus climate models: Global warming to kill desert birds in the 2080s]

Climate change models, with increasing regularity, are projecting increases in the duration, frequency and intensity of heat waves over the next 70 years. How this information is going to affect plant and animal species across the globe has scientists like Blair Wolf from the University of New Mexico and Andrew McKechnie from the University of Pretoria in South Africa searching for answers. Together, they are utilizing physiological models to understand what might happen to bird communities during the extreme heat-related events that are projected to occur. The duo, in a paper released by Biology Letters this week, say that by the 2080s, desert birds will experience reduced survival rates more frequently during mid-summer heat waves leading to an increase in the number of catastrophic mortality events.

Reality: Lack of global warming is killing birds right now

The chilly, snowy spring has killed scores of songbirds in the northern two-thirds of Minnesota.

Reality: Alleged solutions for global warming are also killing birds right now

As of right now there is no denying the fact that wind turbines are linked to bat and bird morality. The wildlife ecologist and ornithologist, Albert Manville, has claimed that wind turbines cause 440,000 bird deaths every year in the United States. The number of bird deaths is thought to be so high due to the fact that the wind currents, that are needed to make wind turbines turn, are the same wind currents that billions of birds use to migrate across the United States. This adds just another problem for species of birds that are already at risk from habitat degradation.