Dear MARMAM subscribers, In 2006 neuroanatomist Paul Manger put forth what has come to be known as the 'thermogenesis hypothesis' of cetacean brain evolution. In 2007 we published a response to Manger's general argument in PLos Biology. Today, I wish to announce the online publication of a more extensive and detailed rebuttal to Manger's points in our new paper in Biological Reviews. It is attached and you may also find it on the journal's Early View at the following link: http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/119878059/issue The citation is: A claim in search of evidence: reply to Manger's thermogenesis hypothesis of cetacean brain structure Lori Marino, Camilla Butti, Richard C. Connor, R. Ewan Fordyce, Louis M. Herman, Patrick R. Hof, Louis Lefebvre, David Lusseau, Brenda McCowan, Esther A. Nimchinsky, Adam A. Pack, Joy S. Reidenberg, Diana Reiss, Luke Rendell, Mark D. Uhen, Estelle Van der Gucht, Hal Whitehead Published Online: Sep 9 2008 2:28PM DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-185X.2008.00049.x Thank you. My contact information is below. Sincerely, Lori Marino Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology Program 1462 Clifton Road, Suite 304 Emory University Atlanta, GA 30322 Phone: (404) 727-7582 Fax: (404) 727-7471