Research Project?
Filed in Human Evolution, Rambling, April 25, 2008, 4:29 pmYet again, I’m contemplating embarking forth on a research project. Who knows how far this one will go, as my last… several… have died after I got overwhelmed by the preliminary reading. I do think this project has some distinct advantages, however: A) I now have access to the UT database at home on my [...]
Blog Guilt
Filed in Rambling, , 3:54 pmOh, my poor blog… I have neglected thee so. And I’ve stopped reading them too. I don’t know why exactly. I still want to blog. The desire has not left me. I just seem to be in a rut. I still haven’t started the Meet a Contemporary I should be doing, not because I’ve been [...]
ExpelledExposed.com is Operational
Filed in Science Issues, April 15, 2008, 5:54 pmhttp://www.expelledexposed.com/
This is a site created by the National Center for Science Education to debunk and disembowel the various fantasies at the heart of Ben Stein’s new docuganda piece Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed. And it does it quite nicely I must say. I rather recommend.
So There, We’re Not All Inbreds
Filed in Local, Sociocultural Anthropology, April 10, 2008, 9:41 pmI got my UT account to work! Thus I now have access to all the wonderful journals and databases. I came across an interesting article searching Central Issues in Anthropology today, by a Robert B. Tincher and thought I would share.
Night Comes to the Chromosomes: Inbreeding and Population Genetics in Southern Appalachia
Good ol’ uncle brother [...]
Reaction Range
Filed in Human Evolution, Sociocultural Anthropology, April 4, 2008, 10:01 pmThis is a concept that reading Dennison’s Nash A Little Anthropology, 3rd ed has acquainted me with, and its extremely interesting. I don’t believe I’ve ever specifically considered it before.
Such a stoic.