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Stand and Deliver
The Fleet menThis past week was a time of milestones for my boys. Meyer hit 33 weeks gestation (even though he’s gestating in an incubator now) and according to BabyCenter, became a pineapple we… more →
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Taming the Wild: Domestication of Big Cats Should be Outlawed - ForceChange
wrote 14 hours ago: Taming the Wild: Domestication of Big Cats Should be Outlawed – ForceChange. … more →
Letting Go of the Image of the Big Bad Wolf: What if Wild Creatures Domesticated Humans?
wrote 14 hours ago: In the nineteenth century pioneers in the Willamette Valley held the “Wolf Meetings”, whose purpose … more →
Lessons from a Feral Dog: Charlie, three months on
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wrote 1 day ago: Three months ago today our feral dog, Charlie, was brought to us from Romania by Blind Dog Rescue UK … more →
Random Anecdote Thursday: A Man Walking His Pet Giraffe
wrote 2 days ago: Rock engraving of a man and his pet giraffe, perhaps dating to 6,000 years ago. Karkur Talh, Jebel U … more →
Walking Winnifred
wrote 3 days ago: So, in honor of full disclosure, I technically did not plan on posting today. Not fifteen minutes ag … more →
The Mutual Evolution of Dogs and Humans
wrote 3 days ago: Chung-I Wu, PhDMost of us know that dogs descended from their more fearsome relatives, wolves. It … more →
Re: "Malcolm X"
wrote 6 days ago: “Womanhood” as depicted in the worlds of Spike Lee, is shown as though it were a destination that a … more →
5,000 years ago, before the domestication of rice, ancient Chinese got starch from palms...
wrote 1 week ago: Reblogged from anthropogen: From Science World Report: China wasn't known for its agriculture until … more →
Of dogs and men
wrote 1 week ago: When we cozy up to a dog, or cuddle a cat, or watch a docile cow grazing in a field, it’s easy … more →
Book: Guns, Germs and Steel
wrote 1 week ago: Fascinating. 460 pages, ★★★★★ Guns, Germs and Steel does three things: It counteracts the misconcept … more →
Inside the Neolithic Mind (2005)
wrote 2 weeks ago: Inside the Neolithic Mind, David Lewis-Williams and David Pearce , 2005 That, much earlier, change … more →
Day 2
wrote 2 weeks ago: The first agreement in the book, “The Four Agreements” is Be Impeccable with your Word. … more →
The 99%
wrote 2 weeks ago: Look around you right now and you will see plant based products: the coffee in your mug, the cotton … more →
Worku Mhiret: Biodiversity and its exploitation in Ethiopian Linseed
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wrote 2 weeks ago: Worku Mhiret in Linseed trial plots Worku Mhiret from the University of Gondar, Ethiopia and Pat Hes … more →
Nauf Alsayaid: PhD student University of Leicester and faculty member Umm Al-Qura University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
wrote 2 weeks ago: Nauf Alsayaid My research focuses on understanding the origin and diversity of the genus Crocus (Iri … more →
Agriculture: The Big Elephant-in-the-room.
wrote 2 weeks ago: The start of the Neolithic Revolution (10-12,000 years ago) brought about a then-new sedentary lifes … more →
The origin of saffron: Crocus sativus
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wrote 2 weeks ago: The saffron crocus, C. sativus Our research projects are studying the origins and diversity in sever … more →
Chaperone Your Responsibility
wrote 3 weeks ago: A married man, Gary Karn, sexually assaults two girls aged 7 and 8 in an allotment, and he receives … more →
Stonewall Pursues Gay Marriage
wrote 3 weeks ago: I discovered how Stonewall, the organisation representing the LGB community in Britain, was involved … more →
