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Four Stones Worth

Posted by dlende on May 21, 2008

remote central has put up the latest Four Stone Hearth. Even on short notice (Tim took over for a blog that deleted itself), it’s a great version. Here are just a few highlights.

Puss ’N Boots slices his way through the evolution of mind and language.

If Inca neurosurgery is your thing, check out this nice square skull incision.

Mitochondrial Eve and Y-chromosome Adam get it on!

How about battle forks? Eat and fight at the same time! (Though I am personally more interested in the combo toothpick/earwax spoon.)

Neanderthals often get a bad wrap, but here’s the real deal about our bigger-brained cousins

The Swedes are swooning for their locked away booze

And finally, bite into some enamel chemistry—watch out, you were what you ate.


One Response to “Four Stones Worth”

  1. [...] Posted by dlende on May 29, 2008 This coming Wednesday June 4th, Neuroanthropology will be hosting the next Four Stone Hearth, the anthropology blog carnival that rounds up the best and the brightest of the anthro blogoshpere over the last two weeks. remote central hosted the last version, which was a most worthy edition. [...]

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