linkfest – 01/03/ thecurrentyear
By hbd chickThe human migration out of Africa left its mark in mutations – “The farther from Africa, the more of them there are.” – h/t billare! – see also: Distance from sub-Saharan Africa predicts...
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By hbd chickSomebody was on Sulawesi before 118,000 years ago – from john hawks.Human-Neanderthal relationships may be at root of modern allergies – “Three genes inherited from our Neanderthal cousins...
View Articleemo kylo ren
By hbd chick(~_^)i hate everything pic.twitter.com/KThW6oSwNB— Emo Kylo Ren (@KyloR3n) January 4, 2016Filed under: saturday star wars continue…
View Articlethe dutch, the absence of manorialism in medieval netherlands, and new york...
By hbd chickthe dutch have been exceptional for quite a long time (see here, here, and here), and new york city (new amsterdam) inherited their exceptionalism. here’s colin woodard on “new york values”...
View Articlesome very random thoughts on the reformation
By hbd chickthe following are some very random thoughts/notions/questions/half-baked ideas about the reformation(s). just some things that i’ve noticed which may or may not mean something. thought i’d...
View Articlesuper bowl
By hbd chick(~_^)previously: super bowl and super bowl and super bowlFiled under: saturday star wars continue…
View Articleviscous populations and the selection for altruistic behaviors
By hbd chickpart of william hamilton‘s theory of inclusive fitness/kin selection, which explains how altruism ever could’ve arisen at all (altruism here having a very specific definition), is that it...
View Articlefamily types in eastern europe, 1500-1900
By hbd chickspeaking of viscous populations, large parts of eastern europe, beyond the hajnal line, have been characterized by extended families for a very long time, in contrast to northwestern “core”...
View Articlethe blog’s not dead…
…it’s just restin’. (~_^) sorry for the lack of posting over the last few months. unfortunately, there’s been a lot of major illness in the immediate family lately (mom, continue
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