It is extremely interesting that the Ona took special care to protect their feet and toes, being especially concerned about keeping them dry, which is one of...
The Yamana and Kaweskar could, and did, tolerate the conditions along the channels and the seacoast naked. The Shelknam (or Onas), who spent most of their...
All: More from John Hawks that I thought I'd pass on to you. Anne G http://johnhawks.net/weblog/reviews/brain/language/zimmer_language_foxp2_broca_2005.html ...
All: Here's a link(I found it originally on palanth.com), to an interesting-sounding story. Not too heavy on anything real specific, though. Anne G ...
<http://johnhawks.net/weblog/reviews/brain/language/zimmer_language_foxp2_broca_2005.html> For some reason, I cannot fathom how this relates to implicit origin...
... interesting-sounding story. Not too heavy on anything real specific, though. ... http://johnhawks.net/weblog/reviews/brain/language/zimmer_language_foxp ...
Richerson, P. & Boyd, R. 2005. Not by Genes Alone: How Culture Transformed Human Evolution. Chicago: University of Chicago Press Press release, UCP Nature...
Ed: What are you not convinced of? Anne G: I hope the insight justifies the experiment, I'm not convinced. __________________________________________________ ...
Mikey: This sounds l ike a truly interesting book. Another thing I'm going to have to add to my growing pile of "must reads". Anne G Those interested in the...
Jaime: I think the significance here is that the Broca's area apparently is much older than some people thought. Since it controls communication, even mice...
It's actually not clear from the evidence that Broca's area or its putative homologues in macaques, etc. *controls* communication. It is clear only that the...
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FYI. ~Maria Aborigines and archaeologists have excavated an ancient artefact site in north-western Queensland (Australia), which they believe may be one of the...
... Are you referring to _Not By Genes Alone_? If so, then... yes, it is quite an interesting book about the relationship between culture and genes. There's...
... I agree. I think the point of the report was about how Broca's area (and also the FOXP2 gene in the other report) is not as uniquely human as has been...
... I have got to around page 80 and reached this conclusion about the unstated theme as well. I am in the infant stages of drawing up various scenarios of how...
All: This came from the Evolutionary Psychology list. I tried to get a link for it, but I couldn't. It's only available to subscribers(sniff). So, sorry for...
Hello, The AOM website (url in my signature) has been updated: There is an article (in pdf) on the question of "Is the archaeology of gender necessarily a...
John: It is not necessary to know about Neandertals to be a member of this list. I have accumulated a fair amount of information about them, but I can't...
... If you have a solid understanding of biochemistry and can plough through the book, the same idea (as I interpret it), but from a slightly different...
How ironic Europeans had to reintroduce the horse to the New World! BTW why did they go extinct? Much of this continent is ideal horse pasture. Maria New...
Anybody interested in the topic of the 'reality' of memes and their role in language acquisition and change might keep an eye out for a book on the topic by...
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... Would that be this book: http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0521826713/ ? Thanks for that! John F...
Yes. Had forgotten that it had already come out. RL ... From: "John Flynn" <johnpf@...> To: <palanthsci@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, July 04, 2005...
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... I have read Smith's book Evolution and have a number of other biological evolution texts, so I have a reasonable understanding of the principles behind...
Maria: The conventional wisdom is, that they were overhunted and went extinct that way. Anne G How ironic Europeans had to reintroduce the horse to the New...
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