(Also appearing in The Black Sheep Journal)
The Organizational Platform of the General Union of Anarchists published by the Group of Russian Anarchists Abroad has spurred tension and disturbed gentle anarchist sensibilities since it was written in 1926. This is in part because the Platform still bears relevance and could provide a great service to the anarchist movement today. Its call for the creation of a “General Union of Anarchists,” or, alternatively, the creation of an international...

Double-spout and bridge water vessels are common in many South American cultures. Although used as far back as the Machallila culture (1430-830 BP) of Ecuador, [1] it is most often associated with the Paracas and Nazca cultures of southern Peru. The Paracas culture (700 BCE-1 CE) can be split into two subcultures, the Cavernas and the Necropolis. The Cavernas subculture was named thusly because...

Apart from language, the manufacture and use of tools is often used to differentiate humans from animals. For instance, in his book The Cultured Chimpanzee (2004), the primatologist William McGrew explains that one common argument laid against the concept of ape culture is that they have never built and launched a space craft. However, he counters that most humans haven’t done this either. It...

Human evolution is obviously one of the most important aspects of human history, so I've decided to post information on how to tell whether or not a fossil hominid was bipedal. It's not as difficult as it sounds. The following list is by no means meant to be comprehensive. Just look upon it as a primer.

The first place to look is the head. All vertebrates have a hole in the skull through...

I'm interested in writing a book that collects folklore about monkeys, apes, and prosimians (lemurs, lorises, and tarsiers) from all over the world. They are present in Africa, Europe (e.g. Spain), South Asia, East Asia, Southeast Asia, Central and South America, and the Caribbean. The book (or books if I gather enough material) will be split up according to countries with similar cultures like, for example,...