Another day, another update, and this time we’re off to Woranso-Mille in the Afar region of Ethiopia, one of the best known hominid fossil-bearing sites in the world, from where we recently had news of a find dating from a period, 3.5 million to 3.8 million years, which has thus far produced little in the [...]
July 11, 2007
Rotherwas Ribbon/Dinedor Serpent – The Time Is Now
Just a quick update regarding the latest developments from Hereford, which has been visited by English Heritage, or are currently assessing whether the site should be conserved and protected, as is apparent from this response from Chief Executive Moira Thomson, to an email I sent as part of a petition to English Heritage…
Thank you for [...]
July 11, 2007
‘Galaxy Zoo’ Needs Human Eyes To Classify Sloan Telescope Images
Not strictly an anthropological post, but one that highlights how in some cases, humans are still better at deciphering visual data than the powerful computers and pattern recognition applications that have been built and designed over recent years. Following in the steps of previous projects like stardust@home, Galaxy Zoo needs volunteers to log on to [...]
