January 2012
Anthropologists clarify link between Asians and... →
oldowan:
A tiny mountainous region in southern Siberia may have been the genetic source of the earliest Native Americans, according to new research by a University of Pennsylvania-led team of anthropologists.
Lying at the intersection of what is today Russia, Mongolia, China and Kazakhstan, the region known as the Altai “is a key area because it’s a place that people have been coming and going...
15 Museums You Must See Before You Die →
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The best museums in the world.
“We don’t begrudge financial success in this country. We admire it. When...”
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Tame Theory: Did Bonobos Domesticate Themselves? →
oldowan:
Time and again humans have domesticated wild animals, producing tame individuals with softer appearances and more docile temperaments, such as dogs and guinea pigs. But a new study suggests that one of our primate cousins—the African ape known as the bonobo—did something similar without human involvement. It domesticated itself.
Anthropologist Brian Hare of Duke University’s Institute...
Being different is a gift you are born with. Don't...
“My father used to say, ‘Don’t raise your voice. Improve your argument.’”
– Archbishop Desmond Tutu (via lovelydeen)
