September 19, 2007

Dmanisi’s Paleoanthropological Importance

Tommorrow, Nature will be publishing a new study of the Dmanisi fossil specimens. In preparation, I’m gonna introduce you to the importance of the Dmanisi site, overview the human fossils that have come out of it, and the related debates.

Firstly, Dmanisi is a rich paleoanthropological and archaeological site in Georgia. Multiple lines of evidence date [...]

September 19, 2007

University of California Press Book Sale

The University of California Press is holding their annual book sale. There are some awesome books offered for really cheap. The range of selection is pretty impressive as well, everything from anthropology to wine and viticulture. Here’s a round up of books I want to buy.

Frans de Waal’s “My Family Album: Thirty Years of Primate [...]

September 19, 2007

5 Hotspots where Languages are Becoming Extinct

According to the the New York Times and National Geographic, there is an alarming report on the rate of extinction of languages,
“Every 14 days a language dies. By 2100, more than half of the more than 7,000 languages spoken on Earth—many of them never yet recorded—will likely disappear, taking with them a wealth of knowledge [...]