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...nice find again, Beagle 8) - Looks like I have some solutrean-flavoured words to eat! That site, Kostenki, looks really cool too: http://archaeology.about.com/od/earlymansites/a/kostenki.htm At the moment, the assemblages in the lowest levels at Kostenki do not have a parallel--they are generical...

Yeah, Min - Sadly, that's where the money is ;) I used the term 'cured hides' in preference to tanned as there are of course other methods. Absolutely, I take your point - but I'm referring to one specific method here, the tanning (changing from flesh to leather, as opposed to curing, preserving fle...

I agree, It's definitely stretching the credibility a bit, the way it's spun in the article. The authors' quote about there being many other factors in H.N extinction sounds like an acknowledgment of this being an unlikely scenario, I have some hope the actual paper concludes more along your lines, ...

This pushes the curtain back quite a bit. 8) Yup, pushes it back much closer to the time when apes had their heyday: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miocene#Fauna Approximately 100 species of apes lived during this time. They occupied much of the Old World and ranged in size, diet, and anatomy. Due to...

I don’t remember on the Caribbean side, but I remember the Spaniards were impressed with the size and seaworthiness of what they called “rafts” on the Pacific side. They probably would have been pretty impressed with the Caribbean side too, it seems: http://www.timespub.tc/index.php?id=403 The Tain...