In a paper by Laura Buck and Chris Stringer and published in the latest edition of Quaternary Science Reviews, Stringer argues that the tiny pieces of plant found in Neanderthal teeth could have come from a very different source.
Prior to this, the best obituary I had ever read was that of Giorgio Carbone, "a bewhiskered grower of mimosa flowers from a family of mimosa growers," who, the Times explained, upon his death, in November of 2009, had made a second career arguing that the tiny Italian principality of Seborga was, in fact, a sovereign nation and that he was its prince for life.
Many would argue that the tiny health benefits do not justify this expenditure even in the rich EU countries, and nobody seriously suggests that the developing countries should aim this high.But most developing countries are nowhere near the point of diminishing returns from investment in pollution controls.
Here's how Simon Wren-Lewis, a professor of economics at Oxford University put it: arguing that the tiny amount of economic growth Britain has recently achieved after a years-long downturn proved austerity to be the right policy is tantamount to saying that global warming skeptics had "won the climate change argument because of recent heavy snow".
Some may argue that the tiny brick provided by Apple with the purchase of a new iPhone is sufficient enough, but we could go in circles on that one.
It has long been argued that mitochondria, the tiny organelles that handle the energy metabolism of eukaryotic cells, were once free-living bacteria that were enslaved by an early eukaryote.
Critics of the ban, however, have argued that the law affects a tiny minority – 2,000 women at most – and is expected by many to stir tensions and reinforce marginalisation among some of the country's five to six million Muslims.
Best-Lock argued that the shape of Lego's tiny men and women is determined by "the possibility of joining them to other interlocking building blocks for play purposes".
Broadcasters argue that the many tiny antennae are helping the company skirt copyright law.
He argued that the poll tax showed the administration to be "out of its tiny mind".
