Dmanisi
- Early Homo Postcranial Fossils from Dmanisi, Kambiz on Anthropology.net
- Dmanisi’s Paleoanthropological Importance, also from Kambiz
- Fossils Reveal Clues on Human Ancestor, John Noble Wilford on the NYT
- Dmanisi paleoecology, John Hawks
Losing Languages
- 5 Hotspots where Languages are Becoming Extinct, Kambiz on Anthropology.net
- Endangered languages and gadgets that record them, Xeni Jardin on BoingBoing
- European languages on the ropes, Bruce Sterling on Wired
Flores
- The Primitive Wrist of Homo floresiensis and Its Implications for Hominin Evolution, noelbynature on SEAARCh
Scientists
- From the mind of G.G. Simpson, Laelaps
- Biography of Margaret Mead, from Jone Johnson Lewis, Women's History on About.com
- Explorer Who Found Lost Peru Cities Dies: Eugene Savoy, Martin Griffith, AP
Media
- Anthropology Field Notes, this week an interview with Karl Heider on TAC, includes some video of the Dani
- Vote for your favorite life science blogs, asked The Scientist, and the top five science blogs are....
- all male writers, as Laelaps points out, in Favorite Female Science Bloggers
- Elizabeth C at the Terracotta Army, a handful of interesting photos from Elizabeth Clear on Flickr
- Late Medieval Shoe, a cool image from prescotdig on Flickr
Science Education
- Take the Science Thinkers Pledge!, Greg Laden
- Beating fossil horses: Creationists take on an “Icon of Evolution”, Laelaps
- Anthropologists of the World, Unite!, on the development of an ethical anthropology, oneman on Savage Minds
- Cultural Dynamics in Interrogation: The FBI At Guantanamo
- The Art Loss Register: the view of a private collector, David Gill on Looting Matters
- Are the Critics of Evolution Just Maintaining Cultural Boundaries?, Chris O'Brien on Northstate Science
Traveling Archaeologists
- Visit to Atapuerca - Part 1 - Travel Notes, Museo y Parque Arqueologico, Sept 13, 2007, Tim on Remote Central
- Thoughts on Greece, Arranged Delirium
- Freedom is..., Alun Salt muses on the occupation of Iraq in ClioAudio
- Field photos du jour: Fayum Depression, from Anthony on ArchaeoBlog
Open Access
- More on the AAA-Wiley Agreement, ckelty on Savage Minds
- More on the AnthroSource move to Wiley-Blackwell, Peter Suber
- Walt Crawford on PRISM, from Peter Suber
Carnivals
- Tangled Bank #88, Behavioral Ecology blog
Archaeology Fieldwork
- Magnetometry in Kaga, Aardvarchaeology
- Children of the Posthole, 12th century banquet hall at Varla in SW Sweden, by Martin on Aardvarchaeology
- Investigations at the Great Circle, Brad Lepper on Ohio Archaeology Blog
- Two more days and a mind boggling find, Norbotten excavation report from Magnus Reuterdahl on Testimony of the Spade
- Daily Photo: More from Deir el Bahri, Andie from TourEgypt
Miscellany
- The Other Perfection, a poem fragment by Jack Gilbert, from Colleen Morgan on Middle Savagery
- Top Reasons Not to Have a Job, courtesy the US Census Bureau and Matt Rosenberg, Geography on About.com
- Vestal Virgins, from NS Gill, Ancient History on About.com
- Exhibition Gallery: Dutch Portraits, Shelley Esaak on About.com's Art History
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