Hobbits: Our tiny cousins
Skeletal remains of ancient human relatives found in Indonesia are challenging some long-accepted “truths” about human evolution
Anthropologist Peter Brown examines the Hobbit fossils. Credit: Peter Brown
This story starts with a tooth. [...]
DNA tracks ancient Mediterranean farmers to Scandinavia
DIGGING FARMERS Hunter-gatherer skeletons excavated in Sweden, including these remains of a young woman, have provided genetic evidence that these groups mated with nearby farmers who arrived from southern Europe around 5,000 years ago.Goran [...]
Farming ‘spread by migrant wave’
The researchers extracted DNA from 5,000-year-old remains found in southern Sweden
A new study of DNA from ancient remains provides further evidence that farming was first spread to Europe by migrants.
It casts doubt on the alternative theory [...]
For the Love of God and His Prophet: Religion, Literature, and the Arts in Muslim Cultures
Culture and Belief 12. For the Love of God and His Prophet: Religion, Literature, and the Arts in Muslim Cultures — Ali Asani (Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations)
Changes in the Air: Levi Strauss Tries to Minimize Water Use
From the cotton field in rural India to the local rag bin, a typical pair of blue jeans consumes 919 gallons of water during its life cycle, Levi Strauss & Company says, or enough to fill about 15 spa-size bathtubs. That includes the water [...]
Indian publishers should learn from young authors
The camaraderie is infectious. Their zest and spirit will put the top rugby team to shame. They back one another like there is no tomorrow. The world though labels them and their writing as irreverent. Irreverent they are, but only about the [...]
Fairness Products And The Unusual Racism In India
(By Sanika Natu) Every time I turn on that idiot box they call Television, apart from those daily soaps or cranked up reality shows, I stumble upon innumerable commercials. From cold drinks to toilet cleaners and automobiles to cell phones, [...]
iTunes great for Apple, but was it for music biz?
NEW YORK (AP) — When Apple rolled out iTunes for the masses in the spring of 2003, the music industry was at a point of transition — and chaos.
Entering the new millennium, albums were enjoying blockbuster sales of several million units [...]
Green Column: Airlines Weigh the Advantages of Using More Biofuel
The world’s airlines will carry 2.8 billion passengers and 46 million tons of freight this year. They will burn somewhere between 210 million and 220 million tons of fuel and generate 650 million tons of carbon emissions in the process.
Strong [...]
Funeral for Nobel winner Maathai
Mrs Maathai was cremated in a casket made of bamboo, water hyacinth and papyrus so that no trees would be cut down
A state funeral for Nobel Peace Prize winner and environmentalist Wangari Maathai has taken place at a Kenyan national park [...]
