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July 24, 2011
Towards A Natural Explanation Of Divination
Walter Burkert writes, It is striking how widespread the practice of bird-watching is in divination: observation of the flight of birds, especially birds of prey, is evident in the dominant practice of ancient ornithomanteia, as well as ancient poetry. To...Read all of "Towards A Natural Explanation Of Divination"
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January 22, 2011
Four Stone Hearth Number Next Is Up
I’m a couple of days late on this but the anthropology carnival Four Stone Hearth #111 is up at The Prancing Papio. Give it a look, there’s a lot of monkey business this time....Read all of "Four Stone Hearth Number Next Is Up"
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January 5, 2011
The Latest Four Stone Hearth Is Up
Afarensis has Four Stone Hearth #110 up at Afarensis: Anthropology, Evolution and Science. Check it out. Abnormal readers will particularly enjoy the linked posts concerning the Qesem Cave fossil reports and the overblown interpretations they inspired....Read all of "The Latest Four Stone Hearth Is Up"
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December 11, 2010
Four Stone Hearth 107 Is Up
Ooops! I’m a couple of days late but not too late to mention that the anthropology web carnival Four Stone Hearth is up at Archive Fire. It’s also not too late you to give it a look....Read all of "Four Stone Hearth 107 Is Up"
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November 26, 2010
Four Stone Hearth Up At afarensis
Head over to afarensis’ place for the 106th edition of the anthropology web carnival Four Stone Hearth. You’ll find lots of good stuff....Read all of "Four Stone Hearth Up At afarensis"
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October 29, 2010
Four Stone Hearth Is Up
I’m running a couple of days late but Four Stone Hearth #104 is up at Sorting Out Science. Give it a look. For abnormal reasons, I will be hosting Four Stone Hearth #105 here in a couple of weeks. It’s...Read all of "Four Stone Hearth Is Up"
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September 30, 2010
Four Stone Hearth Is Up
Four Stone Hearth 102: At the Hatter's Tea Party is up. Head over to Anthropology in Practice and see the fun presentation that Krystal D'Costa put together for this anthropology blog carnival. If you’re like me, you find a number...Read all of "Four Stone Hearth Is Up"
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September 16, 2010
Four Stone Hearth #101
While heading off to party, I noticed that Nick Horton posted the 101st edition of the anthropology carnival Four Stone Hearth. Head over to Sapien Games and check it out. There's a lot of monkey business there plus other abnormally...Read all of "Four Stone Hearth #101"
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September 2, 2010
Four Stone Hearth #100 Is Up
Yesterday, Martin Rundkvist posted the 100th edition of Four Stone Hearth at Aardvarchaeology. He also announced that he is relinquishing his task as coordinator. Martin has been an excellent carnival coordinator and those of us who post on the edges...Read all of "Four Stone Hearth #100 Is Up"
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July 26, 2010
Would You Prefer To Be Seated On The Patio?
For 200,000 thousand years or so, the elite of our species sought to dine indoors. For the last several decades, the elite of our species have sought to dine outdoors. In it in this context that I note the recent,...Read all of "Would You Prefer To Be Seated On The Patio?"
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July 21, 2010
Four Stone Hearth Is Up
Judith Weingarten has just posted the 97th edition of Four Stone Hearth, the anthropology web carnival. Check it out at Zenobia: Empress of the East. Judith has a very nice discussion of the Jerusalem 1 tablet and the controversy that...Read all of "Four Stone Hearth Is Up"
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July 8, 2010
Four Stone Hearth, Next In Order, Is Up
Go check out Four Stone Hearth # 96 at Testimony of the Spade. Magnus Reuterdahl has done a great job bringing this anthropology web carnival together. There are links to blogs I did not know of and there are wonderful...Read all of "Four Stone Hearth, Next In Order, Is Up"
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June 23, 2010
The 95th Four Stone Hearth Is Up
The 95th Four Stone Hearth is up at afarensis. His australopithecusness has done an outstanding job with this edition of the anthropology carnival. I’d think this even if he hadn’t said kind words about one of my posts, “Duane at...Read all of "The 95th Four Stone Hearth Is Up"
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June 1, 2010
The Latest Edition Of Four Stone Hearth Us Up
This is about a week late but Four Stone Hearth #93 is up at The Prancing Papio. Take a look at the interesting anthropology posts Raymond Ho brought together....Read all of "The Latest Edition Of Four Stone Hearth Us Up"
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May 13, 2010
The 92nd Edition Of Four Stone Hearth Is Up
The 92nd edition of Four Stone Hearth is up at Sorting Out Science. Timing makes this anthropology carnival heavy on Neandertals and their and our genome. Sam Wise has done a great job pointing us to posts featuring this abnormally...Read all of "The 92nd Edition Of Four Stone Hearth Is Up"
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May 8, 2010
Our New Old Relatives
A whole bunch of previously unsuspected relatives have appeared at our doorstep and we haven’t even won the lottery. As John Hawks said, “I, for one, welcome my Neandertal ancestry.” Truthfully, the discovery of genetic associations between Eurasians and Neandetals...Read all of "Our New Old Relatives"
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April 30, 2010
The Anthropology Carnival Is Up
Give it a read and take a link or two. There’s some abnormally interesting stuff. Submissions were low for this 91st edition of Four Stone Hearth, but that didn’t keep Kurt Thomas Hunt at Sexy Archaeology from doing a very...Read all of "The Anthropology Carnival Is Up"
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February 24, 2010
Latest Anthropology Carnival Now Up
Four Stone Hearth 87, the Cabin Fever Edition, is up at Anthropology in Practice. Krystal D'Costa brings together an abnormally interesting collection of recent anthropology posts. Take a look....Read all of "Latest Anthropology Carnival Now Up"
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January 31, 2010
Four Stone Hearth #85: Cold Wind Edition Is Up!
And I almost missed it. Check out the latest edition of the periodic anthropology blog carnival. Working from a cold shelter in Denver, Julien Riel-Salvatore at A Very Remote Period Indeed has produced a rather hot carnival for those of...Read all of "Four Stone Hearth #85: Cold Wind Edition Is Up!"
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January 15, 2010
Four Stone Hearth #84 Is Up
Four Stone Hearth #84, the gratuitous Gelada edition, is up at A Primate of Modern Aspect. Take a look at this collection of comments on and links to recent anthropology posts. Also, enjoy gratuitous pictures of Gelada....Read all of "Four Stone Hearth #84 Is Up"
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November 4, 2009
Four Stone Hearth 79 Is Up
The folks at Anthropology.com are hosting Four Stone Hearth 79. I think Tom Jones is the compiler. Give it a look. You're sure to find something of abnormal interest....Read all of "Four Stone Hearth 79 Is Up"
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September 23, 2009
The Latest Four Stone Hearth Is Up
The 76th edition of Four Stone Hearth is up at afarensis. Considering the excellent posts to which he links, that old Australopithecus seems to have his act together. Take a look. You're sure to find something of abnormal interest. I...Read all of "The Latest Four Stone Hearth Is Up"
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September 10, 2009
Four Stone Hearth #75 Is Up At Ad Hominin
If anthropology is one of your abnormal interests the head over to Ad Hominin and see the interesting posts Ciarán Brewster has assembled for our enlightenment....Read all of "Four Stone Hearth #75 Is Up At Ad Hominin"
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August 13, 2009
Yet Another Four Stone Hearth
The latest edition of the Anthropology Blog Carnival is up at Greg Laden's Blog. As usual, there's lots of good stuff. But not so much that it can't be digested in a hour of so. Give it a look....Read all of "Yet Another Four Stone Hearth"
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July 29, 2009
The 72nd Anthropology Carnival
Four Stone Hearth #72 is up at A Hot Cup of Joe and it's a birthday party too. Go see the anthropological treats that Carl Feagans celebrates. And wish him a happy birthday while you're there....Read all of "The 72nd Anthropology Carnival"
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July 2, 2009
Four Stone Hearth 70 Is Up
It's that carnival time of month and now the seventieth edition of Four Stone Hearth is up at afarensis. That Australopithecus guy has done a wonderful job bringing together a host of things anthropological. It's amazing that someone over 2.9...Read all of "Four Stone Hearth 70 Is Up"
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June 18, 2009
Five Four Stone Hearth Is Up
The 69th edition of the anthropology carnival Four Stone Hearth is up at Wanna be an Anthropologist. Paul Wren, whose blog is new to me, offers the usual four categories plus a bonus category. Check it out. There's lots of...
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May 20, 2009
Four Stone Hearth 67 Is Up
The 67th edition of Four Stone Hearth is now up at Sorting Out Science and an abnormally interesting anthropology carnival it is. Drop by and enjoy. I must admit that this was my first visit to Sorting Out Science so...Read all of "Four Stone Hearth 67 Is Up"
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May 6, 2009
Four Stone Hearth Is Up
Four Stone Hearth is up on Martin Rundkvist's Aardvarchaeology. Despite a dearth of submissions, Martin has done a great job at bringing the last couple of weeks of anthropology posts together. He even links to one of my posts. But...Read all of "Four Stone Hearth Is Up"
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January 3, 2009
Four Stone Hearth Is Up
I'm a little late on this but the New Year edition of Four Stone Hearth is up at Testimony of the Spade. Go find something abnormally interesting....Read all of "Four Stone Hearth Is Up"
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Titles Only From Here On
September 25, 2008
Four Stone Hearth #50 Is Up
September 13, 2008
Oops, Four Stone Hearth #49 Has Been Up A Couple of Days
August 14, 2008
The Latest Four Stone Hearth Is Up
July 4, 2008
Four Stone Hearth 44 Is Up
June 11, 2008
Tool Making, Brains and Speech
June 7, 2008
Four Stone Hearth #42
May 8, 2008
Four Stone Hearth at 40
March 27, 2008
Four Stone Hearth #37 Is Up
March 12, 2008
afarensis Presents Four Stone Hearth 36
January 16, 2008
Four Stone Hearth 32 Is Up
December 5, 2007
Four Stone Hearth is Up at Remote Central
August 10, 2007
The Ileret Skulls
February 21, 2007
Climate Change and the Demise of the Neanderthals
January 30, 2007
A Little News on Those Little People
October 31, 2006
Neandertals Again
October 28, 2006
Our DNA, Their DNA and our Common DNA
October 10, 2006
Homo floresiensis Update
October 1, 2006
An Abundance of Evidence
September 30, 2006
A Neanderthal Slept Here
September 21, 2006
3.3-Million-year-old Child Found!
August 25, 2006
The Final Word on the Hobbit?
August 20, 2006
My Ancestor Was an Ape. But In What Ape Line?
August 12, 2006
Quick Hide the Evidence
July 18, 2006
The Evolution of Brain Volume
June 21, 2006
Homo floresiensis(?): Another Take
June 12, 2006
Not Just a Cranium: Homo floresiensis
May 19, 2006
The Hobbit is Back in the News
May 18, 2006
Our Life Together - With Our Primate Ancestors
March 25, 2006
Another Homo Cranium Found
March 23, 2006
Still More from Wong on the Hobbit
March 16, 2006
Hobbit Update
February 22, 2006
The Demise of the Neanderthal
February 11, 2006
Even You and I Can Now Read PaleoAnthropology for Free
January 21, 2006
Modern Humans May Have Introduced a New Social Order
January 14, 2006
Walk Like a Hominid
January 9, 2006
Neanderthals: Thoughtful, Well Trained and Perhaps Unable to Speak
December 17, 2005
Homo erectus in Britain?
December 14, 2005
Britain Occupied by 680,000 BP
November 30, 2005
Be Even More Cautious About 1.3 Million Year Old "Footprints" from Mexico
October 27, 2005
More on the Recent Study of Genetic Diversity in Human Populations
October 11, 2005
Hobbit (Homo floresiensis) Update
September 29, 2005
Wild Gorillas Seen Using Tools
September 20, 2005
Tooth Perikymata and The Length of a Neanderthal's Childhood
September 19, 2005
Fossil DNA and Crystal Aggregates
September 6, 2005
New Clues in Search for Original Peking Man Fossils?
September 2, 2005
Neanderthals and Early Moderns in the Grotte des Fées de Châtelperron
August 25, 2005
Feet Hurt? What Shoes May Have Done to Our Feet Over 26,000 Years Ago
August 4, 2005
What Did Our Hominin Relatives Eat?
July 25, 2005
Life-sized and 28,000 Years Old
July 5, 2005
Be Cautious about the 40,000-Year-Old "Footprints" for Mexico
June 15, 2005
The Homo floresiensis Story with a Bad Opening
June 9, 2005
400,000 Year Old Tools from Iran?
May 30, 2005
Where One Finds Island Dwarfism One Should Not Be Surprised to Find Island Dwarfism
March 27, 2005
The Economics of Neanderthal Extinction
March 25, 2005
Did Free Trade Help Drive Neanderthal Extinction?
March 16, 2005
Neanderthals May Have Sung Like Sopranos; But Could They Dance?
March 9, 2005
70,000 Year Old Neanderthal Protein Sequenced
March 5, 2005
More on the Hobbit's Femur
March 3, 2005
The Hobbit's Brain Revealed but Don't Forget the Hobbit's Femur
February 20, 2005
Scientists Discover Frauds by Professor Reiner Protsch von Zieten
February 16, 2005
Just How Old Are We?
February 15, 2005
No Neanderthal in Our Blood, But Did Our Ancestors Try?
February 11, 2005
Be Careful Not to Say Too Much
February 6, 2005
Thoughts on Homo floresiensis