http://netvouz.com/Kiri/folder/8496151325540396954/Anthropology+Articles?feed=rss Kiri's bookmarks in folder Articles on Netvouz http://johnhawks.net/weblog/reviews/archaeology/middle/giant_camel_kowm_2006.w Swiss researchers have discovered the 100,000-year-old remains of a previously unknown giant camel species in central Syria. Anthropology > Articles Kiri Sat, 20 Oct 2007 22:58:12 GMT http://www.physorg.com/news102689043.html All domestic cats are descended from at least five common ancestors from the Near East, Oxford University scientists and their collaborators have discovered. The new research, published in this week’s Science, also suggests that the domestic cat’s ancestors diverged from the ancestors of other populations of today’s wildcats around 130,000 years ago, far earlier than previously suspected. Anthropology > Articles Kiri Sun, 21 Oct 2007 18:34:37 GMT http://dienekes.blogspot.com/2006/09/decorated-skulls-in-syria.html Decorated skulls have been found in Syria. The picture on the left is from the BBC. AFP reports: DAMASCUS (AFP) - Archaeologists said they had uncovered decorated human skulls dating back as long as 9,500 years ago from a burial site near the Syrian capital Damascus. Anthropology > Articles Kiri Sat, 20 Oct 2007 19:31:14 GMT http://blogs.usatoday.com/oped/2007/09/does-god-want-w.html Opinion - USATODAY.com: Southern Baptist seminary offers B.A. concentrating on homemaking, stirring a pot of theological questions. Professor of women's studies and religion Mary Zeiss Stange reminds us that last spring, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas announced it was offering a new concentration to accompany its Bachelor of Arts degree in humanities: homemaking. The concentration is open only to women. Anthropology > Articles Kiri Sun, 21 Oct 2007 00:43:56 GMT http://www.metimes.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20070927-043523-2129r Culture - Middle East Times by Ines Bel Aiba 27 Sept 2007 Some 200 couples had gathered in a Cairo stadium to tie the knot in a mass wedding organized by an Islamic charity whose main goal is to promote lawful unions between men and women in a bid to save them from sin. Anthropology > Articles Kiri Mon, 22 Oct 2007 21:32:14 GMT