... It's happened before and I have no problem with that. As far as I am concerned the idea is the purpose of intellectual pursuit. I have probably never had...
The eastern grey squirrel of the US is quite used to competition. It is very successful at barring the larger red fox squirrel from the heaviest woods in all...
I've always been struck by the fact that, no matter how alien a language might seem to me, or how different their music might be from any tradition I know (and...
Dale Hoogeveen <no1son@...> wrote: "I DO NOT think that for most of human history that Homo ever had a small fraction of the density per square mile that...
I was unimpressed by the content on the first two pages of Bednarik's article: His summary of competing phenotype and cognitive models is overly simplistic at...
Hi Paul, There is a stage in between that shows an example of primate relationship to what I am suggesting for an ancient human pattern and it comes from the...
Paul Finlow-Bates With them extracting tooth dna from Neanderthal and parallel humans, this gives a place to look in the Neanderthal genome for a specific kind...
All: I've been having a little trouble with my regular e-mail these last few days. I *think* it's been fixed, but I'm not entirely sure. So between my ISP...
It would depend on what you call erectus/ergaster, but assuming you mean everything of an appropriate age from East Africa through Dmanisi to China and...
We need more samples, but it sounds like a likely source of more data about what an individual was eating shortly before death. Presumably, there are lots of...
Dave We always need new samples.  And yeah, there seem to be plenty of teeth around.  Probably nobody has thought of it because very few people were...
Dave: Not being an expert on these things, I can only say that what I saw was my impression.  Personally, I don't think there's enough difference between...
It's also had an unfortunate effect here in North America, where the UK's pro-red-squirrel stance has leaked across the Atlantic and made us think that Grays...
Mikey: I'm not claiming anything in particular for Bednarik's paper. Like you, I thought some aspects of it were good; his ideas about the "archaeology of...
Dave: Yeah. There are a lot of squirrel haters around, especially in some cities, where some people refer to them as rats with furry tails, or something like...
All: John Hawks has a very long essay on his blog about testing hypotheses of ancient African population sizes. It's rather detailed, but if you're patient...
We do have few squirrels, and very few pigeons for that matter, which is unlike most cities I've been in. I think the reason is we have a lot of gulls and...
... Bednarik's ... is ... If you're going to criticize in such a general and overbearing manner, it behoves you to come up with some examples, especially as ...
Richard: I stumbled on the Hayden's Cultural Capacities of Neandertals quite accidentally,, some years ago, while doing background research for my Great...
anthrosciguy: Hmmmm. . . .I wonder if there is something about the urban ecology of Victoria that discourages pigeons. Not enough tall buildings to nest in,...
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I especially appreciate the cogent explanation of the meaning of effective population size. It's nice to find someone who can not only understand these...
... His grandmother lived a few streets away from me in Cape Town. Chris owns the farm on which Blombos Cave is situated. Judy Sealy was one of my two...
Anne – There is at least some controversy about whether Neanderthals were actually a different species than us Hss, although the general opinion seems to be...
... Blimy! I didn't know that. Talk about having a good relationship with the landowner of your site... I am so jealous I almost feel sick. [Me, I don't even...
We've got a regular nesting pair of peregrines in the Cathedral tower in Derby, right opposite where I work. We're still smothered in pigeons though. I guess...
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