15,000 years of urban life and death.
Book review: ‘Built on Bones’ by Brenna Hassett
archaeology
Ruskin's aesthetic taxonomy
On the intriguing and rather barmy plant taxonomy suggested by the Nineteenth Century art critic and social thinker John Ruskin.
Reverse engineering parasites (redux)
In which a whimsical thought from an earlier post turned out not to be so whimsical after all.
Skeleton sexing
Not just a matter of counting ribs.