Recent interest has been Ancient North Eurasians. Their genetic relation to contemporary Europeans, Asians, and Native Americans. As well as their memetic relation to the whole world. They domesticated the dogs and Hell Hounds are a widely spread trope in myths, possibly diffusing from the ANE. Consider this a vote that you give them the Razib treatment
Substack really needs to copy more Twitter features. Need a mute/block options so I never need see any reminder that certain people exist.
I said this on another post (I think), but thanks for continuing to recommend The Horse, The Wheel, and Language. It’s great and I am glad I finally got around to reading it.
Autism did not exist until the 1930s. Any genetic markers denote susceptibility to certain kinds of environmental factors which cause a particular type of brain damage. Vaccine reactions are the most common kind.
For a wide ranging American history book, I suggest "These Truths" by Jill Lepore. She looks at American history through the lens of marginalized citizens and makes no claim that her perspective is comprehensive.
She writes beautifully and puts many of our current cultural issues in an historical context. It was the best survey history book I've read in a very long time.
Recent interest has been Ancient North Eurasians. Their genetic relation to contemporary Europeans, Asians, and Native Americans. As well as their memetic relation to the whole world. They domesticated the dogs and Hell Hounds are a widely spread trope in myths, possibly diffusing from the ANE. Consider this a vote that you give them the Razib treatment
Looks like you last wrote about dogs in 2011: https://www.razib.com/wordpress/category/dogs/
"This Post Will Not Go: Viral Elon Musk, X and the end of tweeted articles."
Ethan doesn't realize (or is pretending not to) that most virality was bot farms which have been progressively hobbled since Elon took over.
A rather critical review of Turchin's <i>End Times</i> from a humanist perspective.
https://www.chronicle.com/article/history-fast-and-slow
Is the Roberts & Westad book mentioned above the basis for the Mel Brooks movie (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082517/)?
I guess what I'm asking is this: Having seen the movie by Mel Brooks, would reading the book by Roberts and Westad be time well spent?
Substack really needs to copy more Twitter features. Need a mute/block options so I never need see any reminder that certain people exist.
I said this on another post (I think), but thanks for continuing to recommend The Horse, The Wheel, and Language. It’s great and I am glad I finally got around to reading it.
That photo is gorgeous. Where is it?
Autism did not exist until the 1930s. Any genetic markers denote susceptibility to certain kinds of environmental factors which cause a particular type of brain damage. Vaccine reactions are the most common kind.
For a wide ranging American history book, I suggest "These Truths" by Jill Lepore. She looks at American history through the lens of marginalized citizens and makes no claim that her perspective is comprehensive.
She writes beautifully and puts many of our current cultural issues in an historical context. It was the best survey history book I've read in a very long time.
Some studies suggest, human brain has shrunk