Beyond bones & stones
I don't know who this is worse for, the editors & reviewers over at Nature or the authors of the article who can't tell the difference between crocodile teeth markings and stone tool modification, nor raise the possibility. The paper, "Evidence for stone-tool-assisted consumption of animal tissues before 3.39 million years ago at Dikika, Ethiopia," very... Continue Reading →
Remember when I brought up the news that Stanford's anthropology departments were merging back? It wasn't too long ago, maybe two weeks or so? I bring this up because The Stanford Daily is running a juicy column on the tensions the merger has caused. Most of the complaints are coming from the bio-arch side, such... Continue Reading →
Have you caught Kate Riley's piece in the opinions column of the Seattle Times? It is dramatically titled, Anthropology: the great divide as if there's some big dilemma happening within anthropology. If you haven't yet read it you may want to hold off on clicking to link. Kate discusses the events and anthropologists behind the... Continue Reading →
