Cats domesticated themselves? 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. in Anthropology > Articleswith articlecatevolutionpaleozoology
Does God want women to stay home? 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. in Anthropology > Articleswith articlebachelors-degreeeducationhomemaking-b.a.opinionreligionsouthern-baptistusa-today
StumbleUpon The Antithesis of Google? With over 3.5 million registered users (up from 600,000 two years ago), StumbleUpon has left the techie niche and has become mainstream. But unlike Google which makes its billions from helping you find what you're looking for, StumbleUpon helps you discover content that you may not be looking for but will probably find interesting. in Articleswith articleblog-postbusiness-modelgooglestumbleuponweb