Links 2/17/11

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Greg Laden puts an interesting twist on the question of how many hominin fossils we have: the question should be, "how did they die?".
A transgendered woman is running for political office? In Oklahoma? Against crazy church lady Sally Kern? This Sally Kern?
Kate and I will be hosting Thanksgiving again this year, but not until Saturday, for reasons having to do with pet-sitting-- the Queen of Niskayuna will not tolerate inferior dogs (i.e., any dog who isn't her) in her house, and for some reason, it's hard to find a pet-sitter for Thanksgiving Day.