WEIRD ANTHROPOLOGY
Two weeks after Floyd died at the hands of Minneapolis police officers, he was laid to rest in Houston, in a grave next to his mother’s. Two rows of police officers saluted as Floyd’s coffin went past. (The Times recently profiled Floyd’s life.) …
Native American tribe language map. ( flickr) By April Holloway – By the age of 10, most children in the United States have been taught all 50 states that make up the country. But centuries ago, the land that is now the United …
Landscape at the Baikal lake in Siberia, origins of the first Americans? Source: serge-b / Adobe Stock – 2020 May 21 Ancient-Origins – Using human population genetics, ancient pathogen genomics, and isotope analysis, a team of researchers assessed the population history of the …
Scientists are claiming current theories “over-simplify” how the Americas were populated. – By Ashley Cowie – Most of us were taught that the Americas were void of humans until around 13,000 years ago. However, authors like Graham Hancock in his new book America …
Representation of Universe in Jain cosmology in form of a lokapurusa or cosmic man. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search – According to Jain doctrine, the universe and its constituents—soul, matter, space, time, and principles of motion—have always …
Unraveling the jazzy life of a snazzy style. Cab Calloway called the zoot suit “the ultimate in clothes.” (AGIP – Rue des Archives / Granger, NYC)– By Alice Gregory, Smithsonian Magazine | Subscribe – It was June 1943 when the riots broke out. …
Pioneers and early archaeologists credited distant civilizations, not Native Americans, with building these sophisticated complexes. View of Monks Mound from Woodhenge Circle (Photo courtesy of Sarah E. Baires) – By Sarah E. Baires, Zócalo Public Square SmithsonianMag.Com – Around 1100 or 1200 A.D., …
By Rich Haridy 2020 May 26 – A new study suggests one third of modern European women may carry an ancient gene variant linked to increased fertility. lurii/Depositphotos – A genetic variant inherited from our ancient Neanderthal relatives and thought to confer heightened fertility …
by Daniel Burnstein 2020 May 24 – An 1856 cartoon depicts Republican John C. Fremont as a representative not only of abolition but of a host of threatening social movements. Many people who see little rational basis for supporting Donald Trump ask themselves: …
Beware the restless spirits and evil forces that occupy these eerie places. Their stories alone are the stuff nightmares are made of. Experience the spookiness of each for yourself through the books and movies that they inspired. Life is an adventure worth caring …
