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Writing tagged: ‘archaeology’

‘Kindred’ by Rebecca Wragg Sykes

Book review: ‘Kindred’ by Rebecca Wragg Sykes

An introduction to our formerly maligned cousins.

Published 26-Oct-2022
Filed under: Reviews Genres: Evolution Tags: archaeology, neanderthals, reviews

Book review: ‘Built on Bones’ by Brenna Hassett

15,000 years of urban life and death.

Published 07-Apr-2017
Filed under: Reviews Genres: History of Science Tags: archaeology, books, reviews

Ruskin's aesthetic taxonomy

On the intriguing and rather barmy plant taxonomy suggested by the Nineteenth Century art critic and social thinker John Ruskin.

Published 09-Apr-2011
Filed under: Blog Tags: archaeology, books, john ruskin, plants, taxonomy

Reverse engineering parasites (redux)

In which a whimsical thought from an earlier post turned out not to be so whimsical after all.

Published 02-Feb-2008
Filed under: Blog Tags: archaeology, archaeozoology, carl zimmer, lice, parasites, rodents, zooarchaeology

Skeleton sexing

Not just a matter of counting ribs.

Published 16-Feb-2007
Filed under: Blog Tags: archaeology, lamarckism, science fiction, skeletons

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