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		<title>Masters of the Planet</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2012 15:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Yesterday I wrote about Chris Stringer&#8217;s modified version of human evolution. Today, let&#8217;s have a look at Ian Tattersall&#8217;s new book, Masters of the Planet: The Search for Our Human Origins (Macsci). Tatersall&#8217;s boo, like Sringer&#8217;s, is a good overview of the newer evidence in the constantly changing field, but he goes back earlier and &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/12/11/masters-of-the-planet/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Masters of the Planet</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Human Brain Size:  Does it matter?  And has it decreased?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 13:07:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Sometimes people walk around with only half a brain, or a large portion of their brain disconnected, or simply having never developed, or an extra large brain, and we usually take little notice. But when there is a five or ten or twenty percent difference between two groups of people we are quickly willing to &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/09/23/human-brain-size-does-it-matte/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Human Brain Size:  Does it matter?  And has it decreased?</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Framing the Language Gene: FOXP2</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2007 11:09:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[You can now read the Krause et al (2007) paper from Current Biology regarding the FOXP2 variant found in Neanderthals in an open-access on-line form at Current Biology Online. Here is the summary of the article: Although many animals communicate vocally, no extant creature rivals modern humans in language ability. Therefore, knowing when and under &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2007/11/12/the-language-gene-foxp2/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Framing the Language Gene: FOXP2</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>British Colonialist Archaeology:  More of the same?</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2007/11/07/british-colonialist-archaeolog/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2007 09:38:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Origin of Language]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Origin of Modern Humans]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[[A repost from gregladen.com, unmodified]There is a ceremonial burial in Britain .. ceremonial because it has some red stuff smeared on bone &#8230; that has now bee dated to a few thousand years earlier than previously thought (to ca 25,000 years old). Age of earliest human burial in Britain pinpointed from PhysOrg.com The oldest known &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2007/11/07/british-colonialist-archaeolog/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">British Colonialist Archaeology:  More of the same?</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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