http://scienceblogs.com/gnxp/2006/02/ear_wax_table.php We discussed this, this blog has map and table & reply comments about recent discovery. Khoisan, Andaman...
... No it's quite common in the Sudan as noted by Seligman. Also in various other parts of Africa. Seligman used the term "pseudo-Mongoloid" to describe the...
ANCIENT FIND By LIZ McKINNON February 1, 2006 Damein Bell stands in the remains of an ancient stone house uncovered by a bushfire at Tyrendarra. Picture:...
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/02/0208_060208_chiefdoms.html Early Chiefdoms Offer Clues to Modern Wealth, Power, Study Says Kate Ravilious for...
That's interesting. I'm wondering how a coastal society fits with that concept, relative to shaman-religious significance, and inter-island or other trade....
[Where is Hexian, Chinese coast? Beijing area? DD ] Xiujie Wu,1* Lynne A. Schepartz,2 Dean Falk,3 and Wu Liu1 ABSTRACT In this paper, we present data on the...
Paul, I was directed to a more northern site, perhaps Hexian name is used for both locales (Anyone know the meaning of Hexian?) IIRC, the fossils (3 young male...
... Yes, you're right. http://www-personal.une.edu.au/~pbrown3/hexian.html There is also a Hexian in the south in Guangxi. Regards, Paul Kekai Manansala ...
Earlier this month on Borocay Island, Phillipines, I was surprised to find wild persimmon trees growing along the coast. The fruit are perfect orange...
... to find wild persimmon trees growing along the coast. The fruit are perfect orange minatures of the temperate cultivar fruit trees native to Korea-China...
Thanks Paul. The big Museum in Rizal Park, Manilla, was well worth the visit. I saw the ship with the sewn planks, the native writing system on bamboo tobacco...
... saw the ship with the sewn planks, the native writing system on bamboo tobacco cases, the elegant Ifogau house rebuilt in the courtyard and the burial...
No, did not get to the Ayala Museum (next time). Travelled south through Mindoro Island and was told about all the caves there in the hills once used by the...
No, did not get to the Ayala Museum (next time). Travelled south through Mindoro Island and was told about all the caves there in the hills once used by the...
More thoughts about Buffalo/Carabao domestication: I stated earlier that wild buffalo were probably captured young (weaned calves) and kept near the village...
... (weaned calves) and kept near the village for later sacrifice during feasts. Buffalo in the vicinity of villages are not really compatable with rice...
Paul That is interesting about allowing the buffalo to herd after they are used for ploughing (Luzon?) and is what I read in the novel Kim by Kipling...
Hi Robin, you sure travel a lot! Now in China? I don't know anything about the buffalo habits. My curiosity arose when you mentioned the ring or stick through...
... are used for ploughing (Luzon?) and is what I read in the novel Kim by Kipling (regarding NW India). ... In Central Luzon, Pampanga province to be precise....
Humans piercing their nose septum for decoration was/is common in the New Guinea area too, also in Mexico, Peru, Africa etc. The Urban Tribals in London and...
While in Japan, I went fishing in a little boat in the bay , then after we cooked the fish, and also cooked sea snails in the shell (after cleaning), so ...
The white root vegetable in the Phillipines I tried was called sincamas or cincamas. It is Pachyrrhiza erosa a tall vine in the pea family, as the taste...
Am J Phys Anthropol. 2006 Feb 16; [Epub ahead of print] Related Articles, Links Phylogeography of mitochondrial DNA and Y-Chromosome haplogroups reveal...
Coastal migration theory & kelp forest, littoral food chain of life http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/02/060221085837.htm Source: University of Oregon...
Where is Bose basin? Meteorite struck area 803,000yrs ago in Indonesia? That's the date of the flores pebble tools? Odd. DD 800,000-year-old bifaces...
Hi Lemak, the article below has a map (page 2) in which you may hint. http://app.pan.pl/acta48/app48-293.pdf#search='bose%20basin' And then I recommend google...
... The Philippines is one of the world's great tektite sources, known locally as "star dung." I don't believe the source crater for the Australasian Strewn...