Doc Anthro

I've tried explaining that it's no longer Sleepy Sunday, but Digby is having trouble catching up.

Really enjoying Blue Sky!

Donald Trump bombed Iran tonight, not because they are about to have nuclear weapons (they are not), but because he needed a distraction from his tanking poll numbers and his deeply unpopular "Big Beautiful Bill."

He doesn't care who gets killed, Iranians or Americans, to help HIM.

The “news” is so weird. I have seen “Men lose more weight with exercise than women.” And “School should start later”. Why are things we have known for decades news?

May your research be funded and your results significant! Happy 2025

My son and I were *just* talking about this idea. We posited that if they were able to pass knowledge from generation to generation, it would have already happened.

I think he gets lumped in because outsiders don’t have the bandwidth or the expertise to separate out pop evolutionary bio from anth and I admit to using an article or two about balanced polymorphisms or bottlenecks

I’m very sad to hear that Colin Renfrew, a giant in the field of Prehistoric Archaeology, has joined the realm of the ancients. An academic archaeologist with one foot firmly in the trench, he combined theory & fieldwork with flair - and had a knack for asking the right questions. His work lives on

Congratulations!

That could be a blast

#resistanceisfarfromfutile

Picture of a bookmark from Protagonist Black

I also add to this thread a local, black owned bookstore where you can buy said romances. Protagonistblack.com

I am sure my colleagues here are familiar with the arguments about ethical use of human remains in the classroom but where do you stand on casts? Are they like a photograph? I am excluding NAGPRA issues from this question, as that is settled, but I genuinely want your input.

Oh please add me

I have renewed hope. Last week was truly awful and while so much more is coming, watching folks mobilize faster and prepare their resistance is so heartening. #resistanceisfarfromfutile

Likewise!

You aren’t saying that anthropology is niche, right?

Oh that is NOT stupid. It is, in fact, a very Aching idea. may be an Esme Weatherwax but I can see the value in an Aching idea.

In Japan right now. I am struck by how nice everyone is despite our fraught history with one another. I still feel like a blundering murder baby, teetering towards Tokyo but I am Kaiju with good intentions.