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All aspects of studying humankind.
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The genetic degeneration of man
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"The Degeneration of Man"
"The rate of human descent is perhaps thousands of times faster than the
rate of its ascent. Unless checked, the modern human (Homo sapiens), as
a species, will soon collapse. The degeneration is already apparent."
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Theory regarding the mediteranean
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I must begin this post by making it clear that I have next to no knowledge or training in the fields of geology or anthropology. I am merely curious.
I wonder if, over the past 200,000 years, the sea levels in the Med changed significantly. If the sea level was much, much lower than it is now, there might have been vast tracts of what would presumably have been salt marsh. The sea would have been highly saline. The basin would have been fed by glacial melt, mainly through the Bosphorous. If early man had evolved over tens of thousands of years in these salty conditions I wonder if that might have given rise to a fair-haired, fair-skinned version of mankind. If so, the natural trend would have been for them to follow the fresh-water flow through the Black Sea and up into what are now the russian steppes. This seems to tie in with what I have read about the origins of Proto-IndoEuropeans.... more »
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Asian languages have roots in Europe
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The actual paper is here:
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Abstract
The search for ever deeper relationships among the World's languages is bedeviled by the fact that most words evolve too rapidly to preserve evidence of their ancestry beyond 5,000 to 9,000 y. On the other hand, quantitative modeling... more »
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New Book about the Decipherment of Minoan Linear B
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Dear Friends:
On Tuesday, May 14, HarperCollins will publish my new narrative nonfiction book, "The Riddle of the Labyrinth: The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code."
Six years in the making (I am a senior writer at The New York Times, originally trained as a linguist), the book tells the true story of the race to decipher the mysterious Aegean Bronze Age Script known as Linear B.... more »
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Exogamy, endogamy and incest
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On Mon, 22 Apr 2013 08:07:16 +0800, Robert Bannister <rob...@clubtelco.com>
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Yes, there is a huge variety of cultural notions relating to exogamy, endogamy
and incest. Perhaps this discussion belongs in sci.anthropology, since it seems to be
straying pretty far from a passing remark about an Icelandic cellphone app.... more »
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New model gives UK class system a shake-up
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New model gives UK class system a shake-up
By Europe correspondent Barbara Miller
Updated April 04, 2013 11:13:47
The traditional British class system has received a shake-up, with a new model
concluding there are now seven social classes operating in the UK.
Britain is famous for its class system and it used to be so simple; there was... more »
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