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Tour de France 2009 | Le Tour de France Route - Yahoo! Eurosport UK

2009-07-04T04:43:00.006+02:00

Tour de France 2009 | Le Tour de France Route - Yahoo! Eurosport UKThis year's Tour de France gets under way later today, with the first stage, known as the prologue, comprising a 15.5 km time trial departing from Monaco, and one that will be a lot more technical than the normal flat road to which riders are more accustomed, as we see from this clip:Of course the big news ahead of this year's

Four Stone Hearth Volume 70 : Afarensis: Anthropology, Evolution, and Science

2009-07-01T19:25:00.000+02:00

Four Stone Hearth Volume 70 @ Afarensis: Anthropology, Evolution, and ScienceThe latest edition of the anthropology blog carnival, Four Stone Hearth has been published by Afarensis, who has compiled a number of outstanding and very informative posts, covering everything from anti-depressants to orangutans, and ancient spear-points in the garden to archaeology tweeting, plus a great deal more

Domain Name Registration With Marcaria.com

2009-07-01T17:30:00.001+02:00

Marcaria.com is a domain and trademark hosting site, with whom you can register international domain names, regardless of the country you're in at the time - this is important to bear in mind as not all such sites are able to offer this service. However, you will need to avail yourself of the related facilities that Marcaria have on offer in order for you to expedite registering your company

Human Evolution on Trial by Terry Toohill - The Blog

2009-06-22T14:15:00.003+02:00

Human Evolution on TrialAs regular readers of this blog will be aware, guest blogger Terry Toohill has over the past year or so contributed no less than 30 posts, originally conceived as a book, which comprise his take on the story of human evolution.It was written in part to counter the arguments of intelligent design proponents who contend we are all here thanks to the benign interventions of a

Four Stone Hearth #69 @ Wanna be an Anthropologist

2009-06-18T02:31:00.001+02:00

Wanna be an Anthropologist 4SH #69Paul Wren has posted the latest edition of Four Stone Hearth, which on this occasion is split into five sections, namely Sociocultural Anthropology, Archaeology, Biological Anthropology/Human Evolution, Linguistics and a bonus feature, Anthropology on the Internet.Many of the articles are penned by the usual suspects, but as is often the case with 4SH, a few

Evidence For Palaeoindian Hunters Beneath Lake Huron

2009-06-16T06:00:00.007+02:00

Evidence For Early Hunters Beneath The Great Lakes — PNAS10,000 years ago, in what is now the Great Lakes region of continental North America, Palaeoindian communities eked out the chilly lives of sub-arctic foragers, which amongst numerous other activities, involved hunting large and small game, including caribou, a regional variety of reindeer.In the course of their hunting expeditions, it

Banksy Opens Secret Exhibition In Bristol

2009-06-13T01:11:00.002+02:00

BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Arts & Culture | Banksy in secret exhibition stuntHaving made previous mention of Banksy with regard to last year's BBC Radio 4 presentation, The Drawings On The Wall, I thought I'd post this link to a free exhibition that has just opened in his hometown of Bristol.The entire event was prepared beneath a thick cloak of deep secrecy, and apart from 2 people collaborating

The Archaeology Channel - Pledge Drive Alert

2009-06-12T01:58:00.000+02:00

The Archaeology Channel - Welcome(cross-posted from Anthropology.net)As many readers of this blog will be aware, The Archaeology Channel is a fantastic resource, which since 2000 has provided a superb and fascinating collection of online archaeology videos from around the world, all of which are free to access, which in this day and age, makes it a rare resource indeed.However, as we are all

Significant Neolithic Tomb Discoveries At Orkney and Damerham

2009-06-10T16:53:00.011+02:00

Orkneyjar Archaeology News - Plough Uncovers Suspected Chambered TombNeolithic Age: Prehistoric Complex Including Two 6,000-year-old Tombs Discovered In BritainScience DailyFrom Britain comes news of two sets of discoveries, one of a chambered cairn in Orkney, north of the Scottish mainland, the other in Hampshire, a county in southern England, where Neolithic tombs dating back 5,000-6,000 years

Culture and Compulsion: Student Posts 2009 @ Neuroanthropology

2009-06-07T23:43:00.001+02:00

Culture and Compulsion: Student Posts 2009 @ NeuroanthropologyHere's the link to the page at Neuroanthropology, where Daniel Lende has assembled nine essays of his students, working in groups, into a single post with links to each article. Broadly speaking, the focus of these posts is the exploration of the ways in which we humans can find ourselves bound by compulsive behaviours, and suffer

Vero Beach Ice Age Engraving - Mammoth Hoax Or The Real Deal?

2009-06-06T18:27:00.010+02:00

Vero Beach...In what is being hailed as one of the most sensational archaeological finds in recent years, comes news of the discovery of an engraved piece of fossil bone depicting a mammoth, the first known such artefact ever to have been described in the Americas.Here are some details from the only online source I could find anywhere, (*see end of post for update) and whilst I'm sure any

Moving House Made Easier | moveme.com

2009-06-04T00:23:00.001+02:00

Moving house made easier | moveme.comHistory doesn't record the experiences of the first people to move house, and research conducted in the modern day has suggested that moving home can be one of the most stressful events people undergo during the course of their entire lives.Indeed the prospects can be daunting, and keeping a clear head whilst trying to remember absolutely everything in the

Four Stone Hearth 68 :: 'Smokers Delight' edition @ remote central

2009-06-03T07:30:00.000+02:00

Welcome once again to Four Stone Hearth, and specifically the 68th edition thereof - it's been a while since this anthropology blog carnival has been hosted here at remote central, so without further delay, here is the latest selection of anthropologically inclined posts from pretty much here, there and everywhere.It will be immediately apparent that I haven't categorised these posts into any

Remote Podcast News :: #1

2009-06-03T07:00:00.013+02:00

As anyone with access to iTunes will agree, there are increasingly vast numbers of podcasts available for download on a seemingly constant basis, and keeping up to date with them all can be something of a challenge.So for the time being I'm planning to publish a more or less regular bulletin, listing both audio and visual content that I consider to be worth catching, looking out for, or in some

Four Stone Hearth - Call for Submissions

2009-05-29T23:53:00.007+02:00

The 68th edition of Four Stone Hearth will appear here at remote central, this coming Wednesday, June 3rd, and although the initial stages of assembly are under way, there's still plenty of time for those interested in contributing to the next edition to submit posts - these can be from your own blog or site, or indeed from anywhere within what might loosely be termed the anthro-blogosphere, as

Stimulus Respond :: 'Numbers' : Call For Submissions

2009-05-18T04:32:00.001+02:00

Following on from recent news that Stimulus Respond now has a Spanish language edition of 'Skin' online, in this case going by the name of 'Piel', comes this advice that potential contributors to the next English edition, 'Numbers', have until May 29th to submit ideas for fully completed submissions that will need to meet a June 26th deadline. This from the editors...We are currently

They're Big, They're Boobs, They're Featured In The News - Hohle Fels Aurignacian Figurine Dated to 35 kya

2009-05-15T18:27:00.005+02:00

Dienekes' Anthropology Blog: 35,000-year old female figurine from Hohle Fels CaveSuch has been the enthusiastic coverage of the 35,000 year-old mammoth ivory figurine found recently in south-western Germany, notably along the lines that this apparently represents the earliest known pornography, I was slightly surprised to see the phwooarr count in the tabloid press strangely low, although The

200,000 Year-Old Human Hair Reported Found in Fossil Hyena Dung

2009-05-12T14:50:00.002+02:00

200,000 year old human hair found in dung - TelegraphThe Telegraph is reporting on a find made near Sterkfontein in South Africa, where Dr Lucinda Backwell and colleagues from the University of Witwatersrand have found what they believe to be the oldest intact human hair, dating back to a time immediately prior to the emergence of anatomically modern humans, around 195,000 years ago.The find is

Qype :: London Restaurants, Bars, Gigs, Hotels, Events & more

2009-05-10T23:51:00.003+02:00

London Restaurants, Bars, Gigs, Hotels, Events & moreHere's a quick heads-up to an online guide for London, namely Qype, (pronounced 'kwaip'), ideal for those wishing to visit the capital city for a vacation or weekend break, or indeed for people already living or working there, who might amongst other options, wish to plan and prepare the best evening out by checking online for available

Four Stone Hearth 66@ Aardvarchaeology

2009-05-08T11:21:00.002+02:00

Four Stone Hearth 66 : AardvarchaeologyThe latest edition of this anthropology blog carnival is now online, which as ever, has an excellent selection of posts which give added depth and insight into some of the stories and events that have appeared online in recent weeks.Here's a message from host Martin...The Four Stone Hearth blog carnival is currently going over a rough patch. For this

The Missing Years of Jesus - by Dennis Price - Book Review

2009-05-08T10:30:00.007+02:00

The Missing Years of Jesus - The Greatest Story Never ToldThe premise of this book by Dennis Price is that the character referred to in the New Testament of the Bible, as Jesus Christ, effectively goes missing between the ages of 12 and 30, as there are no accounts of his life during those years, and that this disappearance can be explained by the idea that during those missing years, he

Job Cuts At Gault School of Archaeological Research As Funding Is Slashed

2009-04-24T02:50:00.001+02:00

Whilst various of our political leaders exhort us to ride out this giga-recession by spending money we don't have on stuff we don't need, in an effort to stimulate the failing global economy, the negligence of a swathe of financiers and ex-Chancellors of the Exchequer such as UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown, (who surely qualified at the Stony Broke School Of Unaccountability) means that

Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao :: Novecentismo y Vanguardia (1910-1936) : Exhibition : March 9th - May 24th, 2009

2009-04-24T01:07:00.006+02:00

Novecentismo y Vanguardia (1910-1936) Exhibition - Museo de Bellas Artes de BilbaoVideo preview (in Spanish)El Mundo multimedia presentationKomikineskaIf by some unimaginable misfortune you can't make it to the TAC Film Festival in May, but by a fortuitous turn of events, find that you can get to Bilbao over the next month, there's an exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts that should be essential

Correspondence between mtDNA and Y-haplogroups - by Terry Toohill

2009-04-23T22:01:00.002+02:00

Correspondence between mtDNA and Y-haplogroups I’ve just today noticed that it’s entirely possible to superimpose a coherent mtDNA chart over a Y-chromosome chart. In other words individual mtDNA haplogroups are, in fact, often associated with individual Y-chromosome haplogroups, especially when both are expanding into

TAC International Film and Video Festival - May 19-23, 2009

2009-04-23T02:33:00.000+02:00

TAC International Film and Video FestivalSoreng Theater, Hult Center for the Performing Arts, Eugene, Oregon, USA30-minute Promotion VideoFestival Mission: To exhibit for our audience the wonderful diversity of human cultures past and present in the exploration of our place in history and in our world. To promote the genre and the makers of film and video productions about archaeology and