A neat little study from the University of South Carolina touches on both linguistic anthropology and neuroscience, specifically the importance of pronouns in keeping the brain from becoming overloaded.
From Science Daily,
“The brain responds to proper names by creating a representation of the person in the mind, drawing from various parts of the brain to construct [...]
August 21, 2007
The Influence of Pronouns in Brain Function
August 21, 2007
A Three Million Year Old Hominid Footprint Found in Siwa, Egypt
Zahi Hawass, the secretary general of the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities, is announcing the discovery of a very old hominid footprint found in the Western Desert of Egypt, near Siwa.
BBC News broke this news to me, but Yahoo News is also covering it.
“This could go back about two million years,” antiquities council chief Zahi [...]
