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Category: Archaeology

Posted on November 30, 2008November 30, 2008

Catch a fire, China-style

The 18 researchers, most of them based in China, subjected the cannabis to a battery of tests, including carbon dating and genetic analysis. Scientists also tried to germinate 100 of the seeds found in the cache, without success.

Bummer, man. Via.

Posted on November 20, 2008November 21, 2008

The Lost Cities of the Amazon

That’s the cheesy title of what should be a fascinating National Geographic documentary on a subject that we’ve covered here a number of times: the idea that the Amazon was once thickly settled. If anyone sees it, do let us know what it’s like.

Posted on November 8, 2008November 8, 2008

Nibbles: Origins, Fungi, Animal welfare, Climate & history, Salmon, Butter

  • A shaman’s grave from the verge of agriculture.
  • Mushroom improves violin’s sound.
  • Good news for California’s livestock.
  • Linking climate and the rise and fall of China’s dynasties.
  • I love pictures of gigantic fish, don’t you? Not farmed, thankfully.
  • Making butter.
Posted on October 28, 2008October 28, 2008

Nibbles: Nibbles, Nibbles, Nibbles

  1. Terra Madre day 4: Fast Nibbles.
  2. Biggest Chinese nibble in the world.
  3. Martin Luther’s nibbles.
Posted on October 25, 2008October 25, 2008

Nibbles: Cereal, Bushmeat, Aquaculture, Olive oil

  • Neolithic parboiled bulgur wheat.
  • Applying “catch shares” to bushmeat.
  • The pros and cons of fish farming in Latin America.
  • “It’s a masochistic business. Masochistic.”

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