February 2012
9 posts
Sumerian Beer Recipes →
“If we are to achieve a richer culture, rich in contrasting values, we must...”
– Margaret Mead (1901-1978)
Imperial Rome's Great Ancient Seaport City -... →
AMNH Presents Digitized Manuscripts of Charles... →
In celebration of Darwin Day, the American Museum of Natural History is officially unveiling the first phase of the Darwin Manuscripts Project—the most comprehensive catalog of Charles Darwin’s scientific manuscripts ever compiled. The project is an ambitious online tool that traces the intellectual development of the famed naturalist and his groundbreaking theory of evolution by natural...
January 2012
6 posts
Erika Harrison: What the Mayan Elders are Saying... →
erikaharrison:
Carlos Barrios: “Anthropologists visit the temple sites and read the inscriptions and make up stories about the Maya, but they do not read the signs correctly. It’s just their imagination. Other people write about prophecy in the name of the Maya. They say that the world will end…
Perspectives: Introduction →
A new column about gender and sexuality from a sociocultural anthropological perspective, at the new LGBTQ science and skepticism blog Queereka. Looks like it’ll be a good one!
December 2011
5 posts
A Travel Guide to Prehistoric Places in North... →
oldowan:
Want to vacation like a scientific explorer would? We’ve put together the ultimate travel guide for people who want to journey back to the earliest ages of the Earth. This guide to North American prehistory will take you to valleys full of fossils, mountains carved by ice ages, and petrified forests that are millions of years old.
May 2011
11 posts
The Bone Girl: Odds on Etruscan Evens →
This week’s early view of Archaeometry brought me yet another interesting article: “Gambling with Etruscan dice: a tale of numbers and letters” (Artioli et al., in press). In this short paper, the authors present an elegant solution to the longstanding question of Etruscan numerals, namely whether the Etruscan words huth and sa represent 4 and 6 or 6 and 4, respectively. The...
April 2011
26 posts
DNA extracted from 2,000-year-old plants recovered... →
gardant:
Carrots, parsley and wild onions were among the samples preserved in clay pills on board the merchant trading vessel that sank around 120 BC. It’s believed the plants were used by doctors to treat intestinal disorders among the ship’s crew.
Such remedies are described in ancient Greek texts, but this is the first time the medicines themselves have been discovered.
Archaeological News: Treasures Pose Ethics Issues... →
archaeologicalnews:
Amid mounting calls by scientists for the Smithsonian Institution to cancel a planned exhibition of Chinese artifacts salvaged from a shipwreck, the institution will hold a meeting on Monday afternoon to hear from critics.
The contents of the exhibition, “Shipwrecked: Tang Treasures and…
“As buds give rise by growth to fresh buds, and these, if vigorous, branch out...”
– Charles Darwin, The Origin of Species (1859) (via fuckyeahdarwin)
“Love for all living creatures is the most noble attribute of man.”
– Charles Darwin (1809 - 1882)
eSkeletons - Comparative Anatomy →
zomganthro:
alphacaeli:
Most of you have probably come across this at one time or another, but this site is awesome. It’s an interactive anatomy tool that allows students to examine the skeletal antomy of a variety of primate species, including humans, from the University of Texas, Austin. The start page has information on each species. Clicking on a species that interests you take you to a...
In which I shamelessly promote one of my favorite...
Anthro- and evolution-themed ceramic pendants from Etsy seller surlyramics! Click the item name for a link to its Etsy page.
Lucy:
Darwin’s Tree of Life:
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fuckyeahanthropologymajorfox:
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commonunity: anthropology on tumblr →
commonunity:
the following tumblrs frequently blog about anthro and related subjects, or at least they did the last time i checked.
ZOH MY GAWD Anthropology
admirer of clouds ☮
The Solutrean Toolkit
Fuck Yeah Anthropology Theory!
Anthropological Curiosities
Scurvy and Rickets and…
Follow the link to commonunity’s original post for a list of some excellent, informative, funny...
What can I do with an Anth degree? →
zomganthro:
Ever wonder how you can apply your anthropology degree? This is a really cool company that combines anthropology with design to solve global problems.
Darwin Tattoos →
Archaeological News: In Turkey, surveyors map a... →
archaeologicalnews:
ISTANBUL (AP) — The World War I battlefield of the Gallipoli campaign, where throngs gather each April to remember the fallen, is a place of lore, an echo of ancient warfare that took place on the same soil. Now researchers are mapping dugouts, trenches and tunnels in the most extensive…