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gwydion* On Leonardo's Anatomical drawings: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17907305
* Ancient Germans adopting Egyptian style chairs: http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/a-830958.html
* They think they've figured out the mutation that allowed for bigger brains; http://esciencenews.com/articles/2012/05/03/scripps.research.institute.scientists.show.how.a.gene.duplication.helped.our.brains.become.human
* Blond Hair paralegal evolution: http://articles.latimes.com/2012/may/03/news/la-heb-blond-hair-gene-solomon-islands-20120503
* Improved carbon dating is leading to a whole lot of rethinking about early humans in Europe: http://www.nature.com/news/archaeology-date-with-history-1.10573
* They found red blood cells in Oetzi (Lots of links available so I'm just posting one): http://rsif.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/early/2012/04/26/rsif.2012.0174.full
There's also folks weighing in on the side of a lingering rather than quick death based on the blood work, and claims he had brown hair and eyes and was lactose intolerant based on DNA. I am now picturing him as a somewhat butcher prehistoric Leonard Hofstadter...
* For the record, while I think facial reconstruction has a place in helping people see people from the past as real people, it's not a science. It will not be a science until two reconstruction artists taking the same set of skulls but not seeing each other's work or communicating make the same face. Science needs to reproducible. Facial reconstruction is not. It's art. It makes for pretty museum exhibits, but it's not real forensics like DNA matching.
* Censoring Leda and the swan: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/art-news/9232512/Mythical-swan-photo-taken-down-after-bestiality-fears.html
* Civil War Medicine: http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/04/27/william-hammond-and-the-end-of-the-medical-middle-ages/
* A Slice of gender Presentation history: http://lettersfromtitan.tumblr.com/post/22453480589/calumet412-evelyn-jackie-bross-and-catherine
* Watching Mythbusters tonight, I kept thinking about the steam cannons on Riverworld. It's nice to know they are kind of plausible, given the different engineering set up. (The fictional Riverworlders are mounting theirs on a Riverboat with a steam engine, so they have water close to temperature. There is still delay.)
* "Roman Emperors, Up To AD 476 And Not Including Usurpers, In Order Of How Hardcore Their Deaths Were:" http://www.theawl.com/2012/05/roman-emperor-deaths
* Clever Middle Schooler corrects the Met: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/04/teen-points-out-inaccurat_n_1477094.html
* Mostly Movie cakes: http://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2012/5/6/sunday-sweets-take-it-away-movie-guy.html
* Ancient Germans adopting Egyptian style chairs: http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/a-830958.html
* They think they've figured out the mutation that allowed for bigger brains; http://esciencenews.com/articles/2012/05/03/scripps.research.institute.scientists.show.how.a.gene.duplication.helped.our.brains.become.human
* Blond Hair paralegal evolution: http://articles.latimes.com/2012/may/03/news/la-heb-blond-hair-gene-solomon-islands-20120503
* Improved carbon dating is leading to a whole lot of rethinking about early humans in Europe: http://www.nature.com/news/archaeology-date-with-history-1.10573
* They found red blood cells in Oetzi (Lots of links available so I'm just posting one): http://rsif.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/early/2012/04/26/rsif.2012.0174.full
There's also folks weighing in on the side of a lingering rather than quick death based on the blood work, and claims he had brown hair and eyes and was lactose intolerant based on DNA. I am now picturing him as a somewhat butcher prehistoric Leonard Hofstadter...
* For the record, while I think facial reconstruction has a place in helping people see people from the past as real people, it's not a science. It will not be a science until two reconstruction artists taking the same set of skulls but not seeing each other's work or communicating make the same face. Science needs to reproducible. Facial reconstruction is not. It's art. It makes for pretty museum exhibits, but it's not real forensics like DNA matching.
* Censoring Leda and the swan: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/art-news/9232512/Mythical-swan-photo-taken-down-after-bestiality-fears.html
* Civil War Medicine: http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/04/27/william-hammond-and-the-end-of-the-medical-middle-ages/
* A Slice of gender Presentation history: http://lettersfromtitan.tumblr.com/post/22453480589/calumet412-evelyn-jackie-bross-and-catherine
* Watching Mythbusters tonight, I kept thinking about the steam cannons on Riverworld. It's nice to know they are kind of plausible, given the different engineering set up. (The fictional Riverworlders are mounting theirs on a Riverboat with a steam engine, so they have water close to temperature. There is still delay.)
* "Roman Emperors, Up To AD 476 And Not Including Usurpers, In Order Of How Hardcore Their Deaths Were:" http://www.theawl.com/2012/05/roman-emperor-deaths
* Clever Middle Schooler corrects the Met: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/04/teen-points-out-inaccurat_n_1477094.html
* Mostly Movie cakes: http://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2012/5/6/sunday-sweets-take-it-away-movie-guy.html