Via Darren, two wonderful sites of scientific, paleontological, and animal illustration. Olduvai George features everything from prehistoric creatures to Cooper’s hawks; Rigor Vitae features snapping turtles (most recently), the raptor- rich badlands of Wyoming, and more. Both sites seem fond of raptors– but then isn’t everybody? Update: congratulations to Darren, who has just achieved his …
Month: June 2006
They’re Here!
The first Asian tazi pups in North America, Ataika’s. And Lashyn’s should come in a few days… Blogging may be a bit intermittent!
Early Figs
The NY Times reports the discovery of 11,400 year old remains of figs from a prehistoric site near the town of Jericho, in the West Bank. This is apparently the earliest known evidence of domesticated fruit.
Costly Signaling
I really like John Hawks Anthropology Weblog and urge all of you interested in those sorts of things to visit it often. Earlier this week, he commented on a journal article that tested a current anthropological theory on show-off behavior among hunter-gatherer peoples. Traditional models of hunter-gatherer behavior used by cultural anthropologists and archaeologists have …
Boy Pirate
The pirate ship Whydah sank in a storm off the Massachusetts coast in 1717. When it was discovered by underwater archaeologists in 1984, it was the first authenticated wreck of a pirate ship ever found. The wreck has been the focus on an on-going research project since its discovery, with over 100,000 artifacts recovered that …