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Afarensis is a 3.5-2.8 million year old hominin from the Kada Hadar member of the Hadar formation in the Middle Awash, Ethiopia. He is approximately 41 inches tall, weighs approximately 60 pounds and has a cranial capacity of a whopping 410 cc (approximately). Afarensis is currently considered to be transitional between apes and humans and displays some traits of both. Since he spends a lot of time on the couch watching monster movies, some observers question whether he is an obligate biped (although no one has observed him climbing a tree). He also has a blog called Transitions:The Evolution of Life His previous blog can be found here.
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Category: Aegean Archaeology
National Geographic has an interesting story on a ~2,000 year old shipwreck off the coast of Kızılburun, Turkey. Among the cargo was a Doric column - well pieces thereof because columns were built in pieces - and part of the...
Posted by afarensis, FCD at 10:15 AM • 2 Comments •
Category: Aegean Archaeology
I have written about this story previously and was wondering if anything new had been discovered. Turns out it has. According to Science Daily evidence of Zeus worship has been found dating back to the Late Helladic:...
Posted by afarensis, FCD at 8:36 PM • 4 Comments •
Category: Aegean Archaeology
AsI mentioned yesterday, there is an interesting paper out on Homo floresiensis (actually there are several new papers on the subject). There is also a new paper out on the skeletons found by Berger on Palau. I'll get to both...
Posted by afarensis, FCD at 9:53 PM • •
Category: Aegean Archaeology
As I mentioned in my previous post, there are a couple of interesting stories concerning ancient Greece in the news....
Posted by afarensis, FCD at 9:00 PM • 6 Comments •
Category: Aegean Archaeology
There are a couple of interesting pieces of news about ancient Greece, but before I get to that a thought occurred to me. In my blogroll you will find links to a wide variety of resources and freely available pdfs....
Posted by afarensis, FCD at 8:40 PM • 8 Comments •
Category: Aegean Archaeology
MSNBC has an interesting article on Colin Renfrew's excavations on Keros. The article concerns the finding of a large number of figurines that the Cycladic civilization is known for....
Posted by afarensis, FCD at 11:45 AM • 2 Comments •
