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Entries from February 2010

Foraging Theory

February 26th, 2010 · No Comments

Had a stimulating lunch meeting talking about foraging theory and the origins of agriculture.  Reminded me of this from xkcd: That’s just funny…

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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 [...]

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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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