The adoption of agriculture kicked off a very active period in human evolution, geneticists argue in a new @nature.com study. “Everything has changed about the way we live," says @harvard.edu geneticist Ali Akbari, "and that’s reflected in our genome and how it’s trying to catch up.” @science.org
The adoption of agriculture kicked off a very active period in human evolution, geneticists argue in a new @nature.com study. “Everything has changed about the way we live," says @harvard.edu geneticist Ali Akbari, "and that’s reflected in our genome and how it’s trying to catch up.” @science.org
I recently pointed out to a writing workshop participant that AI loves the em dash so much because it was trained on 25 years of me (among others) using em dashes.
Huge poll explodes the growing contention that #netzero should be dropped as unpopular. Most Europeans want #renewables expanded even if they cost more (which they don’t). Few would go for fossil fuels even if they were cheaper which they aren’t).
www.politico.eu/article/poll...
Lowa, maybe? They are a possibility, and they will re-craft soles. Danner also makes what look like beautiful boots and also offers repair and re-soling but are very expensive.
But really I just want my old boots to last forever. Is that so much to ask?
Well-worn leather Vasque hiking boots.
I can measure my last 32 hiking and backpacking years (plus many visits to archaeological excavations) in two pairs of boots, both Vasques. And now the company is out of business and the best cobbler in Berlin told me they definitively can't be resoled. 🥲
Move slow and fix things
I was at REI recently hoping to replace boots (Vasques, 17 years old) and the guy said companies can't make money selling things that last anymore, so the trend is towards lightweight things that break or wear out after a few years and can't be repaired. Which sucks.
MSR Whisperlite backpacking stove with fuel canister attached.
This little guy (MSR Whisperlite International) has been reliably boiling water in the backcountry for more than 30 years. I replaced a seal recently and it's as good as new. I love simple, high-quality things that work.
In 3909 B.C., residents of an Alpine village were tending their peculiar homes—built on stilts, hovering above a lake. Then a blaze struck, plunging everything into the water. Now archaeologists are piecing it together.
archaeology.org/issues/may-june-2026/features/pioneers-of-lakefront-living/
"Security by SKYNET"
“A dish is placed upon the ground, into which they put a number of red-hot stones, and then add some hemp-seed,” Herodotus wrote. “Immediately it smokes, and gives out such a vapor as no Grecian vapor-bath can exceed; the Scyths, delighted, shout for joy.” @archaeologymag.bsky.social
Recent work on one of the most complete prehistoric #shaman burials ever discovered has added fascinating details on the woman and her times, featured in a big new @landesmuseumhalle.bsky.social exhibit opening today. Check out my @archaeologymag.bsky.social story about the find! #badduerrenberg
Archaeological Dig Uncovers Ancient Race Of Skeleton People
Archaeological Dig Uncovers Ancient Race Of Skeleton People theonion.com/archaeological-dig-uncov...
I leave the style choices to the copy desk -- I also was surprised that it's "french fry," seems a little unfair to the French
It's the same dude? Whoa.
A little related: I talked with a few of the researchers re. phenotype – if Neanderthals were genetically distinct (more than the least-related modern humans today) did they also have distinct facial features / bone structure? We have no Altai Neanderthal crania, maybe they looked very different...
Now that you mention it the one on the left does look like he's wearing a bad wig. I will mention it to the photo dept. but can make no promises.
🧪 🏺 🦣 Nice coverage of 2 new #Neanderthal aDNA papers.
V. interesting:
- extremely low global population estimates
- intense impact of MIS4, but not earlier glacials?
- how we intersect this with archaeological evidence of technological diversity & cultural change is crucial, and v. challenging
Uh oh, why not?
Two new studies of Neanderthal DNA from @massilanilab.bsky.social, @hrougier.bsky.social, @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social and others show our ancient cousins survived for millennia in small, geographically isolated groups. www.science.org/content/arti... @science.org 🧬🏺
"Archaeogenetic insights into the demographic history of Late Neanderthals" www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
"A high-coverage Neandertal genome from the Altai Mountains reveals population structure among Neandertals," Massilani et al. www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
Two new studies of Neanderthal DNA from @massilanilab.bsky.social, @hrougier.bsky.social, @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social and others show our ancient cousins survived for millennia in small, geographically isolated groups. www.science.org/content/arti... @science.org 🧬🏺
Even further back, CBS Radio employed William Shirer, who broadcast from Nazi-era Berlin to US listeners. His time as a radio correspondent informed his "Rise and Fall of the Third Reich." His diaries from the era are a dishy chronicle of Hitler's rise in real time.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William...
it’s a guy running circles on an aircraft carrier that’s in motion
dying laughing at the strava data for the guy running laps on the french carrier
One really effective way to convince me to never engage with you is to reply to important news articles with "that's behind a paywall so I am not reading it."
You could just not read it.
But announcing to me that you choose not to pay for journalism adds nothing of value to any conversation.
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“The weaving loom is one of the first machines ever invented... For the first time people aren’t just working with their bare hands but with a machine that makes them more efficient in a mechanized way.” In @antiquity.ac.uk, archaeologists report one of the oldest looms ever found. @science.org
