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Burial rituals in Neolithic Italy were a loving tribute to the dead

 

Cleaning the deadCleaning the bones of the dead at Scaloria Cave in Neolithic Italy was a difficult and time-consuming process of preparing your loved one for the afterlife.  https://www.academia.edu/12081435/Cleaning_the_dead_Neolithic_ritual_processing_of_human_bone_at_Scaloria_Cave_Italy

 

Does Racism explain America’s class divide? Cultural cruelty? http://www.timwise.org/2015/04/how-racism-explains-americas-class-divide-and-culture-of-economic-cruelty-an-excerpt-from-under-the-affluence/

Do you agree with Kane?  It’s an interesting hypothesis, especially the part about cultural cruelty… http://www.timwise.org/2015/04/how-racism-explains-americas-class-divide-and-culture-of-economic-cruelty-an-excerpt-from-under-the-affluence/

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First book signing for PEOPLE OF THE SONGTRAIL!

Hi Everyone,

For those in range, we will doing the first book signing for PEOPLE OF THE SONGTRAIL at Hastings Books in Laramie, Wyoming, next Saturday, May 30th.  It should be a fun time!  The Hastings folks always do a great job.

                                                        PEOPLE OF THE SONGTRAIL cover

 

64% of men with European ancestry descend from just 3 Bronze Age men

Okay, so all you males out there with European ancestry come from just three many times great-great grandfathers.  New DNA technology is allowing scientists to sequence–to decode–genomes much faster than ever before, and coming up with some stunning discoveries, like this one! 

 

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/science-news/11621351/Prostate-cancer-breakthrough-as-scientists-crack-genetic-code-behind-nine-in-10-tumours.html

The Murder of History is a war crime…

As part of ISIS campaign to destroy “idolatrous” art and architecture, we should expect the magnificent archaeological sites in Palmyra to be turned to dust.  What a sad time for the history of the world.

Palmyra

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/05/21/inside-palmyra-the-ancient-city-isis-just-sacked.html?via=newsletter&source=CSAMedition

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