This article from The Sydney Morning Herald (in its Aussie way) echoes the theme I expressed in my previous post. Archaeologist Mark Horton believes men enjoy cooking outdoors over open fires as an evolutionary holdover from our hunter-gatherer past.
Our Minds are in the Pleistocene
This article by Max Borders is a good reminder of a maxim I always use in evaluating human behavior – the bodies and minds of our species evolved under the conditions of the Pleistocene, conditions very different from today. A quote Borders captures says it: “The environment that humans — and, therefore, human minds — …
Evidence..
.. that humans have not stopped evolving since “Out of Africa”, in this story by Nicholas Wade in the NYT. He is the best science reporter in the mainstream. But Sailer was on the paper weeks ago, which I missed.
Extreme Kite Flying…
… in Pakistan. Actually many Asian countries from Pakistan to Indonesia practice hard- core kite competition, with such substances as ground glass on the strings to cut your rival’s kite off. Libby was once warned away from picking up a fallen kite in Nepal for that reason. But two things to note here. First, the …
And now for something completely different…
A hairy lobster.
Tory Food?
Or just real food? (Certainly not “Health Nazi” food). On the Crunchy Con Blog, Iain Murray gives us a rant by wild cook Anthony Bourdain. Libby and BourdainBourdain is hardly a Tory — see “Ho Chi Minh” below–but he does know what food is, as does Murray. An excerpt: (Murray)“The real enemy of good food …
Doggerel
Before we get off dogs (if we ever do), two dog poems for your entertainment. (The first was sent to me by Peculiar). SMALL POEM ABOUT THE HOUNDS AND THE HARES After the kill, there is the feast.And toward the end, when the dancing subsidesand the young have sneaked off somewhere,the hounds, drunk on the …
Our New Friend
You may recall I posted in January about the search the Connie and I made for an Australian Shepherd puppy. With Matt’s discussion about the whippet puppy that his family is getting, I thought I would bring you up to date. On February 4, we brought the female puppy home that I pictured in the …
Camels (and Other Beasts of Burden)
I am a big fan of camels– have ridden them in Central Asia, drunk their milk and fermented milk (shubat) and heated with wood they brought to the apartment. With that in mind may I recommend this site, a celebration of all things camel. I certainly prefer them to a mechanical mule. As James Howard …
When The Dog Bites
Steve warned of more to come. And here is more: A story like this one has “pending legislation” written all over it: Postpone Family Dog Until Kids Are School-Age: Experts: [Kathleen Doheny, HealthDay Reporter] Kids and dogs may seem like a perfect match, but a new study finds the family pooch is best introduced after …