Had a stimulating lunch meeting talking about foraging theory and the origins of agriculture. Reminded me of this from xkcd: That’s just funny…
Entries from February 2010
Foraging Theory
February 26th, 2010 · No Comments
Tags: Anthropology · Diet & Nutrition · Human Ecology
Most Cited Papers in Current Anthropology
February 22nd, 2010 · No Comments
A friend sent me a link the other day to the top 20 most cited articles in the journal, Current Anthropology. Much to my delight, I found that a paper that I co-authored is the #7 all-time citation leader and a paper co-authored by my Stanford colleague Rebecca Bird is the #19. As I walked [...]
Tags: Anthropology · Diet & Nutrition · Evolution
You'd Think There'd Be More Snow
February 7th, 2010 · No Comments
We here in near-coastal California have been getting more than what seems like our fair share of rain recently. Perhaps my perceptions of the local weather patterns have simply been conditioned on the very dry weather we’ve experienced over the last several years. When I checked on the snow water content in the Sierra, I [...]
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