Geocacher finds ancient Yavapai jar - The Prescott Daily Courier - Prescott, Arizona

Kurr is a real hero in my book and deserves real bragging rights.
Geocacher finds ancient Yavapai jar - The Prescott Daily Courier - Prescott, Arizona

Mothers Who Breast-Feed Are Viewed as Incompetent | Breastfeeding | Pregnancy | LiveScience

Makes one wonder if this is linked to our pre-dominantly patriarchal society and our cultural entrenched belief scientific thought?
Mothers Who Breast-Feed Are Viewed as Incompetent | Breastfeeding | Pregnancy | LiveScience

The secrets of Paviland Cave | Science | The Guardian

I love this site and the lessons that go with it. The best part are the conclusions that William Buckland the first professor of geology at Oxford University, in 1823 , jumped to when he found this cave and the body it contained. For instance when you find remains of a headless body that was smeared with red ochre (naturally occurring iron oxide) and buried with shells and a few ivory rods. What conclusion would you jump too? Well Buckland initially thought the body was that of a customs officer, killed by smugglers, really... a customs officer?? Then no, he decided it was a Roman prostitute, well we all known what red is associated with. He based this guess on a site above it he wrongly believed a Roman period site, when it was really a lot older, it is an Iron Age fort. This misidentification stuck though and gave the headless skeleton its name, "the Red Lady of Paviland." However there are two things Buckland didn't know, first it not a woman. The remains are those of a young man probably in his late 20s, sadly he is still called the “Red Lady.” Secondly the burial was a hell of a lot older than he thought. The “Red Lady” was buried 34,000 years ago! Here is a great article about the site and the work being done on it today.

The secrets of Paviland Cave | Science | The Guardian

Guest Blog: Walking the Line Between Good and Evil: The Common Thread of Heroes and Villains

Guest Blog: Walking the Line Between Good and Evil: The Common Thread of Heroes and Villains
There is a really fine line between good and evil. This is a great article about binary opposites which are not always on opposite ends of the spectrum of good and evil. One mans, or woman's, hero is another's archenemy. So is it possible to turn a villain into a hero? Here is the science into doing it.

Peanut allergy stirs controversy at Florida school | Reuters

Peanut allergy stirs controversy at Florida school | Reuters
This is interesting, given the medias reputation, I will take this with a 'grain of salt.' However, if it is true, it makes you wonder. Especially what one parent said, "If I had a daughter who had a problem, I would not ask everyone else to change their lives to fit my life," said Chris Burr. Really? If it was your child? I don't have children, but if I did I certainly would want them to have the best education possible and I certainly wouldn't want to limit them in any way. Personally, I would have NO problems asking for accommodations.
Another interesting thing is parents are only concerned with ‘their’ inconvenience, has anyone bothered to asked the students?

Why ancient Mayan communities were 'living on the edge' of what is now a massive wetland

Why ancient Mayan communities were 'living on the edge' of what is now a massive wetland
Damn! This one of reasons I wish I could go to the SAA meetings April 1 in Sacramento, Calif.!

Science of the Soul - Associated Producers Ltd.

Science of the Soul - Associated Producers Ltd.
I just saw “Science of the Soul” on the History Channel; I plan to recommend it to my student in my anthropology class. I also plan to buy it as soon as it becomes available. It combined anthropology, history, psychology, science, and robotics to investigates whether there is a soul and if so, can it be quantified or measured. It started with analysis of current studies into reincarnation, in particular studies made on very young children past life experiences. Of particular interest to me the anthropologist, it covered how various cultures viewed the ‘soul,’ and how medicine and ethnomedicine are studying very nature of consciousness through altered states of consciousness that both anesthesiologist Dr. Hameroff and shaman in the jungles of Peru first-hand experiences. The documentary also examines current studies into infant states of mind and self-identity, near-death experiences, artificial intelligence, and robots all to address the age-old question “is there a soul?”