Family Labels Framed Similarly Across Cultures – Science News. Limits exist on how different languages define family relationships, a new study finds. English describes a mother’s mother and a father’s mother as “grandmother,” and a mother’s father and a father’s father as “grandfather.” New Guinea’s Abelom tongue uses one label for both of a mother’s [...]
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Family Labels Framed Similarly Across Cultures – Science News
Posted: May 24, 2012 in anthropology, archeology, history, science and technology0
Was Columbus secretly a Jew? – CNN.com
Posted: May 23, 2012 in anthropology, archeology, history, philosophy, religion, spiritualityWas Columbus secretly a Jew? – CNN.com.
BBC News – The Dictator: Why do autocrats do strange things?
Posted: May 21, 2012 in anthropology, archeology, historyBBC News – The Dictator: Why do autocrats do strange things?. Turkmenistan’s president-for-life Saparmurat Niyazov established a cult of personality that could easily have rivalled that of Cohen’s “dictator”. He had a 15m (50ft) gold-plated statue of himself built and it revolved so it always faced the sun……..
500-year-old Indian village unearthed in Morganton | CharlotteObserver.com & The Charlotte Observer Newspaper
Posted: May 21, 2012 in anthropology, archeology, history500-year-old Indian village unearthed in Morganton | CharlotteObserver.com & The Charlotte Observer Newspaper.
Ancient history of circumarctic peoples illuminated
Posted: May 21, 2012 in anthropology, archeology, history, science and technologyAncient history of circumarctic peoples illuminated.
Flinders finds clues to early Dutch postal system
Posted: May 21, 2012 in anthropology, archeology, historyFlinders finds clues to early Dutch postal system.
Humanity’s Best Friend: How Dogs May Have Helped Humans Beat the Neanderthals – Megan Garber – Technology – The Atlantic
Posted: May 21, 2012 in anthropology, archeology, historyHumanity’s Best Friend: How Dogs May Have Helped Humans Beat the Neanderthals – Megan Garber – Technology – The Atlantic.
The oldest farming village in the Mediterranean islands is discovered in Cyprus
Posted: May 20, 2012 in anthropology, archeology, historyThe oldest farming village in the Mediterranean islands is discovered in Cyprus.
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A Young Honduran reveals his Jewish roots and changes his life The story of Libny Ventura LaraNameYourRoots
Posted: May 20, 2012 in anthropology, archeology, history, philosophy, religion, spiritualityNameYourRoots.
Ladino, the Sephardic Language – Judeo-Spanish Judeo-Espagnol
Posted: May 20, 2012 in anthropology, archeology, historyLadino, the Sephardic Language – Judeo-Spanish Judeo-Espagnol.
Car-Sized Turtle Found in Colombian Coal Mine : Discovery News
Posted: May 18, 2012 in anthropology, archeology, history, the earth, the starsCar-Sized Turtle Found in Colombian Coal Mine : Discovery News.
Medieval Arab Lesbians and Lesbian-Like Women Sahar Amer
Posted: May 18, 2012 in anthropology, archeology, historyJournal of the History of Sexuality, Volume 18, Number 2, May 2009, pp. 215-236 (Article) Published by University of Texas Press DOI: 10.1353/sex.0.0052 http://facultypages.morris.umn.edu/~deanej/3704/Assignments/Article%20Choices/Same%20Sex/Medieval%20Arab%20Lesbians.pdf
Civil partnership, medieval style: In the days when same-sex marriage was a Christian rite | Mail Online
Posted: May 18, 2012 in anthropology, archeology, history, philosophy, religion, spiritualityCivil partnership, medieval style: In the days when same-sex marriage was a Christian rite | Mail Online.
Voodoo Dialogue (Jews who practice the Haitian Voodoo Religion!!!)
Posted: May 15, 2012 in anthropology, archeology, history, philosophy, religion, spiritualityVoodoo Dialogue (Jews who practice the Haitian Voodoo Religion!!!).
The Gruesome History of Eating Corpses as Medicine | History & Archaeology | Smithsonian Magazine
Posted: May 15, 2012 in anthropology, archeology, history, science and technologyThe Gruesome History of Eating Corpses as Medicine | History & Archaeology | Smithsonian Magazine.
