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Why We Believe in Gods: Afterthoughts After a Discussion With Andy Thomson

Tony Sobrado | Posted 19.02.2013 | Home
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Tony Sobrado

The other night I was fortunate enough to talk with Dr. Andy Thomson, Author of the ground breaking Why We Believe in Gods: A Concise Guide to the Sci...

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Female Genital Mutilation: Why Does This 'Holiday' Horror Endure?

Hilary Burrage | Posted 16.11.2012 | UK
Read More: Fgm, Cutting Season, Girls, Safe-Guarding, Forced Marriage, Female Genital Mutilation, Health, Oppression, Anthropology, Violence Against Women, UK News
Hilary Burrage

'Summer Holidays are for Fun not Pain' declared the (London) Metropolitan Police Force as school broke up for the Summer 2012 break... A strange but necessary message because, horrifically, thousands, of young British girls are forced to undergo female genital mutilation (FGM) whilst school is out; and some will have died.

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Out Of Africa

PA | Posted 20.08.2012 | UK
Read More: History, UK News, Ancestors, Africa, Anthropology, Science, Asia, Human Origins, UK News

An ancient skull unearthed in Laos has reset the clock of human migration to southern Asia back 20,000 years. The discovery suggests that the first...

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Anthropology and the Modern Mummy

Helena Gillespie | Posted 16.05.2012 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: Working Mothers, Impact of Mothers, Anthropology, Modern Mother, Mother's Day, Earth Mummy, Mothering Sunday, UK Lifestyle, UK Lifestyle News
Helena Gillespie

Happy Mother's Day to all you Modern Mummies out there. Here, for Mother's Day weekend, and is general celebrations of mums, is my affectionate spotters' guide to Modern Mummies.

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High Latitude Humans Have Bigger Brains

The Huffington Post | Rob Smith | Posted 25.09.2011 | UK
Read More: Eyesight, Anthropology, Science, Migration, Evolution, Human Evolution, Brain Size, UK News

Human populations living further away from the equator have, on average, larger brains and larger eyes than equatorial populations, according to a new...

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