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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: Archaeology
The other day I wrote about a fascinating piece of salvage archaeology. Via Southwest Archaeology today I learned that there is an update/correction to the story:...
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Category: Archaeology
That is the name of an absolutely fascinating story in the San Diego CityBeat. The story is about what happens when the Dept. of Homeland Security and the border fence collide with archaeology and a people's desire to protect their...
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Category: Cultural Resource Management
Carl Feagans has an interesting post about an article by Byron Loosle on looting. Carl says: Interestingly enough, I empathize -as I'm sure most archaeologists and cultural resource managers do- with the commenter's motivation to pick up and keep an...
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Category: Cultural Resource Management
Some interesting news from around the internet. Jenifer Neils reviews a couple of books on looting - including one I reviewed - and provides an interesting take on both....
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Category: Archaeology
Finding Treasure and Losing History is a review of a new show on the Discovery Channel. The review is in Archaeology and has some interesting things to say about the Discovery Channel and the ethics of making a TV show....
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Category: Cultural Resource Management
Awhile back I wrote about Nine Mile Canyon which is back in the news. Only this time the picture is far bleaker:...
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Category: Anthropology
The University of Pennsylvania's Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology is engaging in a wonderful project to digitize its entire collection. Reuters has the story:...
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Category: Archaeology
The Voice of the Taino People Online has an interesting post up concerning the discovery of a five acre site near Jácana, Puerto Rico:...
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Category: Archaeology
Duane over at has an interesting follow up on my post on 3D imaging cuneiform tablets. Check it out!...
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Category: Cultural Anthropology
An interesting mix of anthropology and drama:...
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