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		<title>An excellent study of human psychology, evolution, modes of thinking.  Read this book.</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2019/01/18/an-excellent-study-of-human-psychology-evolution-modes-of-thinking-read-this-book/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2019 15:17:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It is possible to view the human experience, and the evolution of Homo sapiens, and the development over time of human society and culture, from a number of different perspectives, all of which are, of course, wrong. That is what scholars of Homo sapiens do. They produce misleading, biased, or otherwise poor descriptions or explanations pertaining &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2019/01/18/an-excellent-study-of-human-psychology-evolution-modes-of-thinking-read-this-book/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">An excellent study of human psychology, evolution, modes of thinking.  Read this book.</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Story of Ollie and his Flashlights</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2018/07/07/the-story-of-ollie-and-his-flashlights/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jul 2018 04:20:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bear Attack]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Minnesota]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Ollie Andersen and his wife lived much of the summer in a cabin in northern Minnesota,where Ollie fished, watched birds, and spent considerable effort keeping his boat in repair, while his wife made canned goods and embroidery to bring to the market a few times a year down in Walker, not to make money, but &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2018/07/07/the-story-of-ollie-and-his-flashlights/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">The Story of Ollie and his Flashlights</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>A Thanksgiving Day Story: Fear, Loathing, Feasting, Family</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/11/22/thanksgiving-day-story-fear-loathing-feasting-family/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2017 16:03:37 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Anthropology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Palaeoanthropology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[feast]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Feasting]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[What is Thanksgiving? Thanksgiving is a feast. But what is a feast? Anthropology is all about examining ourselves through the lens of other cultures. Or, at least, that&#8217;s what we used to do back in the good old days. Let&#8217;s have a look at this great American holiday from this perspective and see what we &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/11/22/thanksgiving-day-story-fear-loathing-feasting-family/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">A Thanksgiving Day Story: Fear, Loathing, Feasting, Family</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>ALERT: Two very good deals on two very good books</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/05/16/alert-two-very-good-deals-on-two-very-good-books/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 May 2017 13:47:14 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Other]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Children of God]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Evolution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mary Doria Russell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Panda's thumb]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stephen Jay Gould]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Sparrow]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Every single regular reader of this blog has read or intends to read Stephen Jay Gould&#8217;s The Panda&#8217;s Thumb: More Reflections in Natural History. I just noticed that the Kindle version of it is available for $1.99, and I assume this is temporary. I already had the book on dead-tree matter, but I picked this &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/05/16/alert-two-very-good-deals-on-two-very-good-books/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">ALERT: Two very good deals on two very good books</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Odd Ancient South African Human &#8220;Ancestor&#8221; Is Young</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/05/09/odd-ancient-south-african-human-ancestor-is-young/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 May 2017 16:07:48 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Anthropology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Evolution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Human Evolution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Naledi]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[You&#8217;ve heard of Homo naledi, the strange &#8220;human ancestor&#8221; (really, a cousin) found a while back in South Africa. There were many skeletal remains in a cave, in the kind of shape you&#8217;d expect if they had crawled into the cave and died there, not much disturbed. They look enough like other members of our &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/05/09/odd-ancient-south-african-human-ancestor-is-young/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Odd Ancient South African Human &#8220;Ancestor&#8221; Is Young</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Why I ate a Pangolin</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/04/28/why-i-ate-a-pangolin/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Apr 2017 14:17:46 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[African Ethnography]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Efe Ethnoarchaeology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Efe Foragers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hunter-gatherers]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Lese people practice swidden horticulture in the Ituri Forest, Congo (formerly Zaire). Living in the same area are the Efe people, sometimes known as Pygmies (but that may be an inappropriate term). The Efe and Lese share a culture, in a sense, but are distinct entities within that culture, as distinct as any people &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/04/28/why-i-ate-a-pangolin/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Why I ate a Pangolin</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>The problem with the White Power symbol</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/03/24/the-problem-with-the-white-power-symbol/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Mar 2017 15:10:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Anthropology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Language]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OK Symbol]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Race and Racism]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Update (6/21/2011): The OK symbol is now a white power symbol or, when it is not, the person making it should know better, especially if the other fingers are flapping around in any manner whatsoever. -gtl Added: You all know about this: It is being said that the OK sign is used to indicated &#8220;White &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/03/24/the-problem-with-the-white-power-symbol/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">The problem with the White Power symbol</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>America is part Mexican</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/02/02/america-is-part-mexican/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2017 21:51:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Authentic Mexican Food]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cowboy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[History]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Dogs Still Bark in Dutch I grew up in the old Dutch colony of New Amsterdam, now known to you as the State of New York. There, I carried out extensive archaeological and historic research, and along the way, came across that phrase, “the dogs still bark in Dutch.” It is an idea that &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/02/02/america-is-part-mexican/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">America is part Mexican</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Should I eat my placenta?</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/02/01/should-i-eat-my-placenta/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2017 16:35:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Well, not my placenta exactly, but &#8230; well, someone&#8217;s? Did you now that the placenta that is born out of a female primate&#8217;s body is an organ of the infant also being born? It is the first body part you lose. I use the term &#8220;primate&#8221; here because, even though all the &#8220;placental mammals&#8221; as &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/02/01/should-i-eat-my-placenta/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Should I eat my placenta?</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Norms of Society and Presidential Executive Orders UPDATE</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/01/30/the-norms-of-society-and-presidential-executive-orders/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2017 15:19:23 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Race and Racism]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Holocaust]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[President Donald Trump]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[A brief update: This morning, Senate Republicans set aside the rules that say that both parties must be present, with at least one member, for a committee vote to advance a Presidential nominee for a cabinet appointment. In other words, as outlined below, our system is based not only on enforceable laws but also on &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/01/30/the-norms-of-society-and-presidential-executive-orders/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">The Norms of Society and Presidential Executive Orders UPDATE</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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