May 31, 2007

Orangutans & the (possible) Origins of Human Bipedalism

I was debating whether or not to post this over at Primatology.net because it involves orangutans and the research of them. But, I decided not to because the topic, bipedalism, is almost uniquely human in the mammalian world. We are exclusively bipedal, except for that brief period of our lives where we crawl. Bipedialism, as [...]

May 31, 2007

Call for Contributions on Iranian War Cinema

My colleague, Dr. Pedram Khosronejad of the Society of Iranian Anthropology, sent me this call for contributions. I thought I’d help him out and spread the word.
The content will eventually be published in an edited book, from what I understand. Here is what Pedram is looking for,
“The aim of this volume is to broaden the [...]