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		<title>Best Children&#8217;s Book on Human Evolution</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2019/06/06/best-childrens-book-on-human-evolution/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2019 20:22:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Aside from evolutionary theory itself, the teaching of Human evolution involves physiology and reproductive biology, behavioral biology, genetics, and the fossil record itself with details of a concomitant history. And finally, there is a children&#8217;s book that addresses the latter, in amazing detail! There are very few good (or even bad) children&#8217;s books about evolution, &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2019/06/06/best-childrens-book-on-human-evolution/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Best Children&#8217;s Book on Human Evolution</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Did Early European Neanderthals Make Art?</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2018/02/28/early-european-neanderthals-make-art/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Feb 2018 22:04:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[There is some recent evidence that they did, but when you put it in context, the question becomes both more complicated (and unanswerable) and interesting. As is true of most things in Archaeology, once you add context. Here is the public summary of the work in question: It has been suggested that Neandertals, as well &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2018/02/28/early-european-neanderthals-make-art/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Did Early European Neanderthals Make Art?</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>About that 130,000 y.o. Human Occupation in California</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/05/02/about-that-130000-human-occupation-in-california/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 May 2017 21:53:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A claim is being made, in a recent issue of Nature Magazine, that humans were active in the vicinity of San Diego well over 100,000 years before archaeologists think humans were even in the New World. Most commentary on this claim dismisses it out of hand, but out of hand rejections are no better than &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/05/02/about-that-130000-human-occupation-in-california/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">About that 130,000 y.o. Human Occupation in California</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>The archaeology of some Polish vampires</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2014/12/03/the-archaeology-of-some-polish-vampires/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2014 16:21:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Apotropaic magic is designed to ward off or control evil. In vampire fiction, as well as in real life in cultures that include a belief in vampires, apotropaic objects might be crucifixes, cloves of garlic, etc. Apotropaic methods are known to have been used in burials. In the photograph above, a sickle blade has been &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2014/12/03/the-archaeology-of-some-polish-vampires/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">The archaeology of some Polish vampires</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>A true ghost story: The Slide Show</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/10/31/a-true-ghost-story-the-slide-show/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2012 23:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The McGregor Museum is a complex building with several wings surrounding an inner court yard, a multi-layered roof, balconies everywhere, and numerous trees in the court yard close in to the building. So, a cat can spend the heat of the day in the shaded crown of a tree, and the cool of the evening &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/10/31/a-true-ghost-story-the-slide-show/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">A true ghost story: The Slide Show</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>A True Ghost Story Part 3: Who is that kilted man with the big gun?</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/10/30/a-true-ghost-story-part-3-who-is-that-kilted-man-with-the-big-gun/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2012 23:54:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#8230; Continued &#8230; Well, we were living with this ghost who would walk up and down the hall in the middle of the night, invisibly leaving behind only the sound of its footsteps. But before I tell you how this all came out, I want to tell you a related side story. As I had &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/10/30/a-true-ghost-story-part-3-who-is-that-kilted-man-with-the-big-gun/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">A True Ghost Story Part 3: Who is that kilted man with the big gun?</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>King Tut&#8217;s Tomb Discovered!!!</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/11/26/king-tuts-tomb-discovered-1/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Nov 2011 20:20:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A frail elderly woman would have a hard time walking a few blocks, from her apartment to the subway, then from the subway to the MET, with winds gusting to near hurricane strength. So, the patron of the arts and of archaeology, who happened to be a cousin of my first wife, called around to &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/11/26/king-tuts-tomb-discovered-1/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">King Tut&#8217;s Tomb Discovered!!!</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Pre-Clovis Debra L. Friedkin site</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/07/26/the-pre-clovis-debra-l-friedki/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 22:14:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Butter Milk Creek is a Texas archaeological site and an archaeological complex located rather symbolically a couple of hundred miles downstream from the famous Clovis site in New Mexico. It is the most recently reported alleged manifestation of a &#8220;pre-Clovis&#8221; archaeological presence. The most important thing about this site is probably this: It is well &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/07/26/the-pre-clovis-debra-l-friedki/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">The Pre-Clovis Debra L. Friedkin site</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Lew Binford is Dead</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/04/23/lew-binford-is-dead/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2011 15:26:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Archaeologist Lew Binford has died at the age of 79 at his home in Kirksville, Mo. He died of a a heart attack. I knew Lew a little, having spent some time with him while I was in graduate school, and having met him at the occassional conference (he was famous for NOT going to &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/04/23/lew-binford-is-dead/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Lew Binford is Dead</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>A true ghost story: The Slide Show</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/07/20/a-true-ghost-story-the-slide-s/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 18:13:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The McGregor Museum is a complex building with several wings surrounding an inner court yard, a multi-layered roof, balconies everywhere, and numerous trees in the court yard close in to the building. So, a cat can spend the heat of the day in the shaded crown of a tree, and the cool of the evening &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/07/20/a-true-ghost-story-the-slide-s/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">A true ghost story: The Slide Show</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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