yeah i don't like marxism (grandparents were in the gulag) though i know it's popular in the democratic socialists of america / community organizing / mutual aid type of communities in the united states. i grew up in canada so i just assume they read it differently than my mom or grandparents were forced to.
"Some of these elites seem to have inherited their position through matrilineal descent, in contrast to most documented societies."
If my memories of Scottish history are accurate, the Picts allowed inheritance through the female line. I wonder what the boundaries of this practice were in the Celtic world.
"and supports the Elamite and Dravidian connection."
A very small amount of reading indicates that the majority of linguists regard Elamite (which is well attested) to be an isolate. The haplogroup is interesting, but, apparently, not dispositive.
The following is taken from Wikipedia FWIW:
Percentage R1b
Welsh 89
Basque 88
Bashkirs (Kipchak) 86
Irish 81.5
Catalan 79
Scots 79
Dutch 70
British 69
Bagvalal (Caucasian) 68
British Isles, Iberia, Pays Bas, Celtic, Germanic, sure, but how did the Basques get in there? And forget Basques. What about Kipchaks from Central Asia and Caucasian Avars? Is there a story about Varangian Guards wandering from Constantinople east?
I really liked the idea of Varangian Guards free lancing in central Asia. It would make a cool fantasy novel or computer game. Google Varangian Guards and check the images.
I am midway through Ward Farnsworth's Classical English Argument, the fourth in his Classical English series. I've also enjoyed his The Practicing Stoic, and The Socratic Method.
He's right there at the University of Texas School of Law. Have you met him?
I just finished Kim Sterenly, The Pleistocene Social Contract, on the origin of human ultrasociality - in the vein of Wrangham, The Goodness Paradox, or Henrich, The Secret of our Success. Sterenly's book is absolutely magnificent. Integrates the empirical and theoretical literature, with a very impressive command of both. Very measured judgement - takes a strong position on some issues (eg gestural origin of language) but never pushes a critique too far. This book has got to be the starting point for discussions of the evolution of cooperation in humans. I have no idea why this guy doesn't have more profile. I'd love to hear you interview him. (I'm almost done From Signal to Symbol, on the evolution of language, with Ron Planer -- also excellent.)
Actually there has been a bit of chat about reintroducing wolves in the Scottish Highlands. I don't think there has been anything officially decided, but there are some enthusiasts for the idea:
I think you would enjoy this:
"The New Science of the Enchanted Universe: An Anthropology of Most of Humanity" - Marshall Sahlins; also on Library Genesis.
https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691215921/the-new-science-of-the-enchanted-universe
i like sahlins work (yes guys i know he was a marxist or whatever)
yeah i don't like marxism (grandparents were in the gulag) though i know it's popular in the democratic socialists of america / community organizing / mutual aid type of communities in the united states. i grew up in canada so i just assume they read it differently than my mom or grandparents were forced to.
"Some of these elites seem to have inherited their position through matrilineal descent, in contrast to most documented societies."
If my memories of Scottish history are accurate, the Picts allowed inheritance through the female line. I wonder what the boundaries of this practice were in the Celtic world.
"and supports the Elamite and Dravidian connection."
A very small amount of reading indicates that the majority of linguists regard Elamite (which is well attested) to be an isolate. The haplogroup is interesting, but, apparently, not dispositive.
The following is taken from Wikipedia FWIW:
Percentage R1b
Welsh 89
Basque 88
Bashkirs (Kipchak) 86
Irish 81.5
Catalan 79
Scots 79
Dutch 70
British 69
Bagvalal (Caucasian) 68
British Isles, Iberia, Pays Bas, Celtic, Germanic, sure, but how did the Basques get in there? And forget Basques. What about Kipchaks from Central Asia and Caucasian Avars? Is there a story about Varangian Guards wandering from Constantinople east?
This seemed like wild speculation to me too.
I really liked the idea of Varangian Guards free lancing in central Asia. It would make a cool fantasy novel or computer game. Google Varangian Guards and check the images.
I am midway through Ward Farnsworth's Classical English Argument, the fourth in his Classical English series. I've also enjoyed his The Practicing Stoic, and The Socratic Method.
He's right there at the University of Texas School of Law. Have you met him?
no, thanks for the tip
Second that, Farnsworth is great.
I just finished Kim Sterenly, The Pleistocene Social Contract, on the origin of human ultrasociality - in the vein of Wrangham, The Goodness Paradox, or Henrich, The Secret of our Success. Sterenly's book is absolutely magnificent. Integrates the empirical and theoretical literature, with a very impressive command of both. Very measured judgement - takes a strong position on some issues (eg gestural origin of language) but never pushes a critique too far. This book has got to be the starting point for discussions of the evolution of cooperation in humans. I have no idea why this guy doesn't have more profile. I'd love to hear you interview him. (I'm almost done From Signal to Symbol, on the evolution of language, with Ron Planer -- also excellent.)
Actually there has been a bit of chat about reintroducing wolves in the Scottish Highlands. I don't think there has been anything officially decided, but there are some enthusiasts for the idea:
https://wilderness-society.org/wolf-pack-released-in-the-scottish-highlands/
"Wolves, once confined to fairy tales, are back in Germany, stirring debate."
If the krauts don't want them, they can come eat the deer that are feasting off of my shrubbery.
"Is Biden our midwit in chief?"
Sadly. And his understudy is just plain stupid.
The other guy has different problems.
Great book tips! Many thanks.