I was showing my sister-in-law pictures of the new pups last night and ran across this picture of daughter Lauren and Osa, the first Aussie we had the pleasure to be associated with. It was taken in 1983, back when they were both pups. Lauren and I were just discussing the other day how much …
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Neanderthal Use of Eagle Talons
Steve’s friend Laura Niven sent this interesting journal article that apparently documents the modification of raptor talons by Neanderthals for use as jewelry or some other symbolic use. This is in line with the discovery in recent years of Neanderthal manufactured shell beads and pendants, Neanderthal use of ochre pigments, and possible Neanderthal cave art. …
Pleistocene Park
People have been talking about this for years, and now it appears someone is actually going to do it: Russian and Korean Researchers Will Inject Mammoth DNA into Elephant Eggs, Resurrecting 10,000 Year-old Beast.
Puppy Pictures
The Boyds have posted some new pictures of the boys. Puppy pick-up is a week from Sunday.
Hot Links
This beautiful gold plaque is illustrated in a NY Times review of an exhibition of ancient art from Kazakhstan. How to tell if you are an old fart. I liked this one: If the phrase “turn of the century” makes you think of the year 1900, you are an old fart.The Encyclopedia Britannica will no …
Product Safety Label
h/t American Digest
SAA Symposium on Dogs
Back in January I posted on a symposium at the upcoming Society for American Archaeology meetings on the archaeology of the human/dog relationship. I promised to put a link up to the paper abstracts when they were released and you can find them here at the SAA website. Browse to your heart’s delight. Here is …
One more irresitible quote
“There are times when the most amused and phlegmatic traveler in the Phillipines (and elsewhere) yearns for a country of deep reserve and formality where everyone calls each other “Sir” or “Madam” and wishes to know no personal fact of any kind. This country, it is true, sounds like a cross between Claridge’s and Ladakh.” …
Tavi & Riss
Tavi being photogenic as usual; upwardly mobile Larissa hobnobbing with Shiri’s screenwriter friend Rex.
An Accidental Cowboy, Barking Backward
I have always found people with multiple passions more interesting than single- subject obsessives. I first became aware of Jameson Parker… well, a LONG time ago, when he starred in our generation’s finest California TV mystery series Simon and Simon, playing the preppier younger brother and partner in a PI business to Gerald McRaney’s Marine …