Anthropology

Jesus A Propaganda Campaign? Myth Of The Oppressed Underdog In The Humanities

In the early parts of Dan Brown's "The DaVinci Code" he spends a great deal of time outlining how both art history (no, really) and his particular brand of religious revisionism are legitimate... but repressed by Big Religion. In science, we ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Oct 15 2013 - 4:44pm

Herpes Can Tell The Tale Of Ancient Human Migration

Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) is a common human virus, you get a cold sore near the mouth, but a study of the full genetic code of HSV-1 shows a dramatic confirmation of the "out-of-Africa" pattern of human migration., according to their p ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 21 2013 - 10:15pm

Short Pregnancy Interval Leads To Higher Child Mortality Rates

Having children early and in rapid succession lead to high infant mortality rates in the South Asian countries of Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan, according to a paper in the International Journal of Gynecology&Obstetrics. 1 in 14 births to youn ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 28 2013 - 1:34pm

Hadza Hunter-Gatherer Society Lacks Western Endowment Effect

Centuries of economic hypotheses have been based on the premise of rational actors: when given a choice between two items, people select the one they value more. But as with many simple premises, this one has a flaw in that it is demonstrably untrue. Yet ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 29 2013 - 5:30am

Left-Handed People More Likely To Be Psychotic

It's not correlation-causation but a new study has found that, among those with mental illnesses, left-handers are far more likely to suffer from psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia. Scientists and psychologists have long been interested in ha ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 30 2013 - 8:27am

How Huh? Became Part Of Universal Language

'Huh?'- what you tell your children not to say when they did not understand what you just told them- has nonetheless taken over the word. ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 10 2013 - 9:30am

Cinderella Debunked: Step-Parents Are Not Always Evil

It's a common enough tale, told throughout the history of literature. A parent prefers their 'real' children and the life of the step-child is miserable as a result, compared to the biological child. That "Cinderella effect" claim ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 13 2013 - 11:11am

Hey There, Little Red Riding Hood, I'd Figure Out Your Origin If I Could...

There's no mystery like the mystery of folk lore. Scientists will find the missing link and dark matter before historians will definitely figure out the phylogeny of ancient tales- but for only $1,200 you can write a paper and get it published in a jo ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 13 2013 - 6:45pm

The First Thanksgivings- Cannibalism, War, Ethnic Cleansing and Love.

Twenty years before the Pilgrims, t he first events which could be called thanksgiving days in the history of English speaking America occurred in Virginia in the early 1600's. ...

Blog Post - Hontas Farmer - Jan 1 2014 - 2:27pm

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