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Michael Laxer
Apr 14, 20242 min read
Radish and Egg Salad, Borsh a la Poltava and Yabchanka
Recipes of Soviet Ukraine #3 In 1980 a terrific little cookbook was published in the USSR looking at Soviet Ukrainian cookery and...
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Michael Laxer
Apr 12, 20247 min read
Why Culture Is Not the Only Tool for Defining Homo sapiens in Relation to Other Hominins
We need a broad comparative lens to produce useful explanations and narratives of our origins across time. An ancient skull excavated...
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Michael Laxer
Apr 10, 20242 min read
David Bowie in the USSR
While the photos of singer David Bowie in the capital of the Soviet Union are cool enough, the story of how Bowie got to Moscow is really...
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Michael Laxer
Apr 4, 20242 min read
In Memoriam of SCTV Satire Icon, Joe Flaherty
Flaherty parodying William F Buckley -- image via screenshot By Gabriel Haythornthwaite Joe Flaherty died appropriately enough this past...
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Michael Laxer
Mar 20, 20241 min read
To the Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade
To the Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Say of them They knew no Spanish At first, and nothing of the arts of war At first: how to...
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Michael Laxer
Mar 14, 20246 min read
Animal-Free Agriculture Is Key to Restoring Biodiversity
We all have a moral obligation to do the least possible harm to our planet, and that ethos has a name: veganics. Rene Cortin, CC BY-SA...
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Michael Laxer
Mar 11, 20248 min read
Debt Forgiveness in the Bronze Age
Whether in the realms of trade or agriculture, the operative principle was that debtors should not lose their economic liberty by being...
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Michael Laxer
Mar 9, 20247 min read
The Great Archaeological Discovery of Our Time
An interview with renowned archaeologist Gary M. Feinman on the emergence of a global data set from our past that humanity can use to...
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Michael Laxer
Mar 6, 20246 min read
Discarding Old Theories on the Path to Finding the First Humans Outside Africa
Spectacular archeological finds reveal the true past of the first Europeans. Atapuerca, Gran Dolina excavation -- Malopez 21, CC BY-SA...
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Michael Laxer
Mar 5, 20242 min read
Carrot and Green Pea Salad, Scalloped Fish w. Vegetables and Prunes w. Nut Stuffing
Recipes of Soviet Ukraine #2 Scalloped Fish In 1980 a terrific little cookbook was published in the USSR looking at Soviet Ukrainian...
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Michael Laxer
Feb 28, 202412 min read
The Inspiring Movement to Build for Climate Resiliency
Architects and everyday people are teaching each other to build spaces for community and climate resilience using local, natural...
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Michael Laxer
Feb 26, 20247 min read
Outdated Narratives Have Humanity in a Downward Spiral—It’s Time to Tell ‘Stories for Life’
A short film and narratives project “Stories for Life” seeks to bring about the shift in culture that humanity needs to survive....
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Michael Laxer
Feb 25, 20242 min read
Ukrainian Borsch, Cabbage Carrot Apple and Green Pepper Salad & Apples with Cottage Cheese Stuffing
Recipes of Soviet Ukraine #1 In 1980 a terrific little cookbook was published in the USSR looking at Soviet Ukrainian cookery and...
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Michael Laxer
Feb 23, 20242 min read
Advances in Archaeology Allow Us to Understand Political Evolution and Social Change in Deep Time
Archaeological Zone of Yaxchilan -- ZoRrO0880, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons By...
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Michael Laxer
Feb 22, 20246 min read
The Evolution of the Human Pair Bond
Young couple enjoying each other's company -- John Brighenti from Rockville, MD, United States, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/li...
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Michael Laxer
Feb 21, 20244 min read
Growing Clues That India’s Central Narmada Valley Was a Key Hub in the Human Story
India's Central Narmada Valley -- via Wikimedia Commons By Saurav Sarkar In December 1982, a geologist digging in India’s Central Narmada...
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Michael Laxer
Feb 15, 202415 min read
How Three New Museums Are Teaching the World About a Paradigm Shift in Our Understanding of Human Origins
New findings and significant advances in research have scientists rethinking our origins, and museums around the world are working to...
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Michael Laxer
Feb 14, 20243 min read
We Can Interpret How Cooperative or Autocratic Mesoamerican Societies Were From Their Systems of Communication
View of the Avenue of the Dead and the Pyramid of the Sun, from Pyramid of the Moon, Teotihuacán -- Jackhynes, Public domain, via...
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Michael Laxer
Feb 12, 20244 min read
Sperm Whales Have Culture Too: Strong Evidence That Clans, Culture, and Dialects Are Not Unique to Humans
Mother sperm whale and her baby -- Gabriel Barathieu, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia...
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Michael Laxer
Feb 11, 20246 min read
Prepared Learning: What Are Humans Hard-Wired for at Birth?
By Marjorie Hecht Do living beings learn and pass on to future generations some behaviors or predispositions more easily than others––and...
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