Category Archives: Anthropology

Anthropology, Archaeology, human development way, way in the past, Evolution, stuff Creationists and Intelligent Designers can’t comprehend.

An iMac on Mars!

Posted on March 2, 2021 by Steve

Not exactly. The recent probe Perseverance utilizes what was state-0f-the-art in the first iMac in 1998, the G3 processor with its blazing speed of 233 MHz (most processors are in the single-digit GHz range or at least a thousand times faster). No … Continue reading →

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Updated genetic stuff from 23 and Me

Posted on August 9, 2018 by Steve

The updates just keep rolling in from 23andme.com and these were finally worth sharing. The past ones aren’t awful, they’ve been more along the lines of surveys to add to their collection of data. The four icons above represent three … Continue reading →

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A decent explanation on why gene-mapping results vary

Posted on February 6, 2018 by Steve

Hopefully you may remember the story about my two different DNA results back in 2016. The outcomes between the two companies “disagreed” so much I could be two people in my opinion. I doubt I could get my brother to … Continue reading →

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A real ET…that’s a rock

Posted on December 17, 2017 by Steve

Sorry I wasn’t very timely on Oumuamua’s passing by the earth but I was excited about our Astronomers finally discovering and confirming an object passing through our solar system that didn’t originate “here.” According NPR stories, Oumuamua on now hurtling on its … Continue reading →

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Science prevailed over Big Jesus, Chapter ???

Posted on April 21, 2017 by Steve

The State Board of Education, which has a noisy contingent of Factually-Challenged types (aka, Willfully Ignorant “Christians”), have taken a step forward on future Science books for Texas high schools. For over 30 years the creationists have demanded unnecessary skeptical … Continue reading →

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A good naming essay from GQ

Posted on July 6, 2014 by Steve

Great suggestion from Cindy and we’re both shocked it came from GQ. However, the author forgot one thing…stupid people tend not to read, they’ll be waiting for the miniseries or film of his advice. Naming a child is something Somara and … Continue reading →

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Happy 205th Birthday Abe Lincoln and Charles Darwin

Posted on February 12, 2014 by Steve

Two very reviled figures by the Far Right, Teabaggers and segments of the Deep South. They weren’t perfect people but both helped human progress and did what they could to make the world a better place. Lincoln resided in my … Continue reading →

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Antikythera Mechanism made of Legos

Posted on December 12, 2010 by Steve

Two thousand years before Wayne Babbage’s difference engine, the Greeks built a mechanical computer to predict eclipses. Through the X-rays and other observations, a Lego replica was made to demonstrate. I wonder if there is some variation in its accuracy … Continue reading →

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Beware of a population myth making the rounds, again

Posted on March 5, 2007 by Steve

While I was surfing over my friends’ ‘blogs on my day off, trying to see if there was anything I could post to add to their conversations, I saw this cool rebuttal being researched, courtesy of my friend Mark M. Seems … Continue reading →

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