WEIRD HISTORY
Against all odds, 28 percent of Scottish people still use it. How the English Failed to Stamp Out the Scots Language – by Dan Nosowitz 2018 Sep 28 – Over the past few decades, as efforts to save endangered languages have become governmental …
An illustration from the November 20, 1880, issue of Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper depicts an anti-Chinese riot in Denver, Colorado. Violence against Chinese immigrants was widespread in the American West. Courtesy of the Chinese American Museum/Dylan and Phoenix Wong – SOURCE: National Geographic …
The billion-year-old multicellular microfossil was found at Loch Torridon in the Scottish Highlands. grafxart/Depositphotos – By Michael Irving 2021 May 02 – Scientists have discovered the fossil of what may be the earliest multicellular animal ever found. Dating back a billion years, the microscopic …
The Puritans saw May Day celebrations as a test from God. Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images – By Peter C. Mancall, Andrew W. Mellon Professor of the Humanities, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences 2021 Apr 29 – …
Financial bubbles are frequently depicted as manias. Photo12/Universal Images Group via Getty Images – By Gayle Rogers, Professor and chair of English, University of Pittsburgh 2021 Apr 30 – In the late 1990s, America experienced a dot-com mania. In the 2000s, the housing …
The newly rehabilitated Kozlowski’s Trading Post at Pecos NHP. Photo is NPS IMG_2930.JPG – Pecos, NM: Pecos National Historical Park recently completed rehabilitation of the historic Kozlowski’s Trading Post along Highway 63 in Pecos, NM. The $4 million dollar project, which began in …
Archeologists excavate Bacho Kiro Cave in Bulgaria, where three modern human specimens were found to have recent Neanderthal DNA. MPI-EVA/ Nikolay Zaheriev – By Michael Irving 2021 Apr 11 – Two new genetic studies have shed light on just how often our ancestors got …
Genome sequencing shows some individuals share family ties with surprising populations, and all boast plenty of Neanderthal relatives. Scientists excavate bones in the Bacho Kiro Cave in Bulgaria. Four modern human bones were recovered from this layer along with a rich stone tool …
Postwar Beetle built for the British army. Volkswagen – By David Szondy 2021 Apr 02 – The last Volkswagen Beetle rolled off the line in 2003 after more than six decades in production. One of the great game-changing automobiles, the quirky little sedan emerged …
New findings about the 12,500-year-old Shigir Idol have major implications for the study of prehistory. Hunter-gatherers in what is now Russia likely viewed the wooden sculpture as an artwork imbued with ritual significance. (Sverdlovsk Regional Museum) – By Nora McGreevy SmithsonianMag.Com 2021 Mar …
