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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>The Untermassfeld Controversy</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/11/14/the-untermassfeld-controversy/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Nov 2017 21:05:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Ancient European humans and their near relatives such as late Homo erectus, &#8220;archaic&#8221; Homo sapiens, Neanderthals, and Denisovans all come from an African stock. While some of the variation we see in these late members of the genus Homo certainly arose in Eurasia, these groups all represent either African populations or stems coming off an &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/11/14/the-untermassfeld-controversy/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">The Untermassfeld Controversy</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Oldest Human Bones, Jebel Irhoud, Morocco</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/06/07/the-oldest-human-bones-jebel-irhoud-morocco/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jun 2017 21:33:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[You&#8217;ve heard to story. I&#8217;m here to give you a little context. But in case you haven&#8217;t heard the story, this is from the press release which is, so far, the only information generally available: New finds of fossils and stone tools from the archaeological site of Jebel Irhoud, Morocco, push back the origins of &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/06/07/the-oldest-human-bones-jebel-irhoud-morocco/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">The Oldest Human Bones, Jebel Irhoud, Morocco</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>End of Nature, First Americans</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/03/07/end-of-nature-first-americans/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Mar 2017 15:33:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Book note: There are two books you may want to check out because, for the moment (Tuesday, March 7th is the moment), they are deeply discounted at Amazon: Kindle version for two bucks: The End of Nature Kindle version for three bucks: The First Americans I also want to note that Shawn Otto&#8217;s book, &#8220;The &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/03/07/end-of-nature-first-americans/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">End of Nature, First Americans</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>Being a Voyeur of Religion, Politely</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2014/04/10/being-a-voyeur-of-religion-politely/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2014 03:05:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This is a post I wrote elsewhere, a while ago, and just realized was never put on this blog, so here it is. I thought of this post and the topic because of the recent data of the Ms Jesus Scroll, which does indeed appear to be old. But they are still arguing about it, &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2014/04/10/being-a-voyeur-of-religion-politely/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Being a Voyeur of Religion, Politely</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Climate Science Deniers Are Annoying Because</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2014/03/25/climate-science-deniers-are-annoying-because/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2014 16:43:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It is very hard for me to view the world without my Anthropological glasses, since I’ve been one kind of Anthropologist or another since I was 13 years old. Thinking about climate science deniers, I realized what makes them annoying to me. Let me tell you what I mean. When Archaeologists (a kind of Anthropologist, &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2014/03/25/climate-science-deniers-are-annoying-because/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Climate Science Deniers Are Annoying Because</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>When Are Nomads Not Really Nomads? (Efe Pygmy Ethnoarchaeology)</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2013/05/16/efe-pygmy-land-use-nomadism/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 14:06:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[“First, we’re going to collect our data,” Jack, the archaeologist, was telling me as we slogged down the narrow overgrown path. He seemed annoyed. “Then, we’ll leave. Until we leave, they won’t leave. They think it would be rude. After they leave, we’ll go back and map in the abandoned camp.” I had just arrived &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2013/05/16/efe-pygmy-land-use-nomadism/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">When Are Nomads Not Really Nomads? (Efe Pygmy Ethnoarchaeology)</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Across Atlantic Ice: Clovis Origins</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/11/11/across-atlantic-ice-clovis-origins/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Nov 2012 18:01:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I want to talk about the book Across Atlantic Ice: The Origin of America&#8217;s Clovis Culture. It was written by Dennis Stanford and Bruce Bradley, both highly respected archaeologists. The point they make in the book is very simple: An important archaeological culture known as the &#8220;Clovis&#8221; is actually a European culture that traveled east &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/11/11/across-atlantic-ice-clovis-origins/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Across Atlantic Ice: Clovis Origins</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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