Rex of Savage Minds shares with us sobering news that famous cultural anthropologist Clifford Geertz has passed away. There was some skepticism that it maybe a bad joke, but unfortunately Dr. Geertz’s death has been officially anounced by Institute for Advanced Study. Here’s an excerpt from the post,
“Clifford Geertz, an eminent scholar in the [...]
October 31, 2006
Rest in Peace Clifford Geertz
October 31, 2006
PLoS Medicine just published a whole lot on Medical Anthropology
Thanks to Paul Wren’s post which he submitted to our first blog carnival, I’ve kept my eye out for PLoS Medicine publications on medical anthropology. It hasn’t been even a week, and my patience has paid off.
I haven’t had much time to read each abstract, let alone each paper but they seem very strong and [...]
October 31, 2006
Human bones from Pestera Muierii have been redated by Trinkaus
Six human bones found in 1952 from the Pestera Muierii cave in Romania have been reassessed to be 30,000 years old. This comes by way of BBC News, reporting about a PNAS publication that I can’t find! Here’s what has been published in the news article,
“Only a handful of modern human remains older than 28,000 [...]
