Season’s Greetings from Anthropology.net
Saturnalia is over, and the Feast of St. Stephen is almost upon us, so before the latter rolls round, this …
Monthly Archives: December 2009
Public Access to Publicly Funded Research – Be Heard at the White House
I’m cross-posting this from everyone, the community blog of PLoS ONE, who are asking all those with an interest to …
Lithic Assemblage Dated to 1.57 Million Years Found at Lézignan-la-Cébe, Southern France
Physorg are reporting an exciting find of what are described as 30 ‘pebble culture’ lithic tools, dating back over 1.5 …
Four Stone Hearth #82 @ Anthropology in Practice
My apologies once again to yet another host of Four Stone Hearth for failing to submit something – in this …
More Clovis Comet Debate and a Response from Dr.Richard Firestone
Having already posted two articles which call into question the findings of Richard Firestone et al, in their 2007 paper …
Mayas Saving Maya Culture – The Archaeology Channel
The latest offering from the Archaeology Channel is now online, and in this 22 minute video produced by Timothy Knowlton, …
Synchronous Extinction of North America’s Pleistocene Mammals Placed Within 2,000-Year Time Frame
Synchronous extinction of North America’s Pleistocene mammals — PNAS Following on from my recent post regarding the apparent lack of …
Evolution: Like any other Science it is Predictable – Simon Conway Morris
Apologies for the sparsity of posts here in recent days, but while I’m finishing another post on Pleistocene extinctions, I …
The Clovis Comet That Wasn’t? Mystery Deepens
In recent years a theory has emerged that seeks to explain three mysterious events that took place at around 13,000 …
A New Homo erectus (Zhoukoudian V) Brain Endocast From China – Free to Access
As mentioned previously, the Royal Society are celebrating 350 years of publication, and in recognition of this they are offering …
