anthropology

Early Hominids = Sailors?

Wed, 02/03/2010 - 00:41

Ahoy mateys! Some early hominids were seafarers, according to recent research. The evidence? Sizable caches of double-sided human hand axes dating back 130,000 years, found in nine separate sites in southwestern Crete.

Crete is an island (of course)--and has been for 5 million years. To get there, hominids must have sailed!

Daily Mail Readers in Revolt over Black Ancestors

Tue, 05/05/2009 - 13:45

[bpsdb] The news that the human beings who first arrived in Europe 40,000 years ago were most likely Black (with some Asian and African features) has been met with alarm and panic among Daily Mail readers, who believe that archeology and anthropology have been caught up in some sort of dark, EU-funded "Ministry of Truth" project to force people to accept liberal values, and ban wholesome pursuits like gay-hunts and suchlike.