Wednesday, December 9, 2009

250. The Baseline Scenarios -- 26: Hunter-Gatherers

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I haven't posted in a while, partly because I've been busy with three different projects, but mostly because the hunter-gatherer pic...
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Thursday, December 3, 2009

249. The Baseline Scenarios -- 25: Hunter-Gatherers

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The National Geographic article on the Hadza, by Michael Finkel, is accessible in full via the internet at the following address: http://ngm...
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Wednesday, December 2, 2009

248. The Baseline Scenarios -- 24: Hunter-Gatherers

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The old debate centered around whether certain "tribal" groups dubbed "hunter-gatherers" or "foragers" were or...
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Monday, November 30, 2009

247. The Baseline Scenarios -- Part 23: The Sucking Cure

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One of the most common techniques in the repertoire of shamans, healers, "medicine men," etc. is the method of curing the sick by ...
Sunday, November 29, 2009

246. The Baseline Scenarios -- Part 22: Scarification, Body Painting, Tatooing

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The inscription of symbols on the body, in the form of scarification, painting or tatooing, is a practice found among indigenous peoples in ...
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Monday, November 23, 2009

245. The Baseline Scenarios -- Part 21: Tooth Filing/Dental Mutilation

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Did HBP file their teeth? There is abundant evidence of tooth filing among both of our pygmy groups, EP and WP: Ngalla, a [Pygmy] farmer/hun...
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

244. The Baseline Scenarios -- Part 20: Still More Huts

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There are many types of "beehive" hut in various parts of the world -- and the question is: are they related or is their shape sim...
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Wednesday, November 18, 2009

243. The Baseline Scenarios -- Part 19: More Huts

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The remarkable similarities between the framework of the Wigglesworth Observatory and that of the Australian aborigine hut (see previous pos...
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Monday, November 16, 2009

242. The Baseline Scenarios -- Part 18: More Huts

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I outlined a pretty ambitious set of research projects in my previous post, but for now I'd like to concentrate on a very specific probl...
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Saturday, November 14, 2009

241. The Baseline Scenarios -- Part 17: On a Clear Day

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Many of the attributes I've associated with HBC are regarded as typical for hunter-gatherer groups in various parts of the world. The qu...
Thursday, November 12, 2009

240. The Baseline Scenarios -- part 16: The Baseline

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Let's put together a little table representing what we've come up with so far. HBP: Height: possibly short, but more evidence needed...
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Wednesday, November 11, 2009

239. The Baseline Scenarios -- part 15: The Baseline

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We've arrived at a point where the various pieces of evidence can be assembled to establish some sort of meaningful baseline, however pr...
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