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The Spotted Cat: A Study of Nazca Pottery with Feline Motif

Posted May 10th, 2013 at 08:10 PM by ghostexorcist
Updated May 11th, 2013 at 09:15 PM by ghostexorcist
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The Spotted Cat: A Study of Nazca Pottery with Feline Motif

By Jim R. McClanahan

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...
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Was Paranthropus robustus a tool maker and user?

Posted May 9th, 2013 at 03:57 PM by ghostexorcist
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Was Paranthropus robustus a tool maker and user?

By Jim R. McClanahan

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...
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Book Review #1: The Cultured Chimpanzee

Posted May 6th, 2013 at 07:07 PM by ghostexorcist
Updated May 7th, 2013 at 12:36 PM by ghostexorcist

Book Review #1 - The Cultured Chimpanzee (2004) by William McGrew

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What is culture? If you were to ask a lecture hall full of scholars, each one would probably give you a different definition. Yet, it is generally held that culture is a human universal. Language is often presented as being a unique cultural trait that separates us from the animals because it gave voice to...
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How To Tell If A Fossil Hominid Was Bipedal

Posted April 3rd, 2013 at 07:21 PM by ghostexorcist
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How To Tell If A Fossil Hominid Was Bipedal

By Jim R. McClanahan

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...
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Bigfoot Hair Braiding

Posted March 13th, 2013 at 08:36 PM by ghostexorcist
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Bigfoot Horse Hair Braiding

By Jim R. McClanahan

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Melba Ketchum, the Texas veterinarian who claims to have sequenced the Bigfoot genome, has posted a picture of a horse that supposedly had part of its mane braided by a Bigfoot. The photo caption on her genome project website states: “Sasquatch appear to take an interest in our animal companions and have been reported to braid horse manes.”

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