Daily Archives: January 9, 2011

A Look At Memorable Characters

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Frodo. Robin Hood. Jane Eyre. D’Artagnan and his compatriots. Lizzie Bennet and Mr. Darcy. King Arthur, Lancelot, and Guinevere. Part of the unique shared memory that is created by our reading of books is the character who we love dearly, … Continue reading →


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Speculations on Human Evolution

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(Picture from here.) There have been a number of exciting human evolution discoveries in the past year. I’m going to highlight a few and speculate a whole bunch. The current model has hominids evolving in Africa. Archaic forms of modern … Continue reading →


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