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This cartoon is written by me and drawn by the always-great R. E. Ryan. I’ll post a transcript in the comments. We can keep creating these cartoons because hundreds of readers are supporting us with inexpensive pledges (usually $1-$3). Join us! You can...
by Barry Deutsch
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on Mon Apr 29, 2024 at 12:23 PM PDT
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Here at Top Comments we strive to nourish community by rounding up some of the site's best, funniest, most mojo'd & most informative commentary, and we depend on your help!! If you see a comment by another Kossack that deserves wider recognition,...
by gizmo59
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on Sun Nov 26, 2023 at 07:01 PM PST
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Some millennia ago, some ape-like creature looked in a still pool of water, saw its reflection and thought, “Wait a minute – that’s me!” It showed other ape-like creatures this trick, and soon there was a whole tribe of “people,” who recognized...
by soupbone60
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on Sun Sep 17, 2023 at 06:24 AM PDT
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For most of the time that humans have existed as a species, we lived in small hunter-gatherer groups. The best available evidence, from modern-day hunter-gatherers such as those in New Guinea, from anthropological and archeological evidence, is that we...
by Bruce K
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on Fri May 12, 2023 at 04:57 PM PDT
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Here at Top Comments we strive to nourish community by rounding up some of the site's best, funniest, most mojo'd & most ...
by gizmo59
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on Sun Mar 05, 2023 at 07:01 PM PST
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Sorry, no picture so you get to look at my face. This is just a quick reply to Toward a Unified Theory of Stupidity by Yahula. I’m an Anthropology student. I find humans, and human behaviour endlessly fascinating, and I’ve been doing a lot of reading...
by Wayne Borean
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on Sun Apr 17, 2022 at 01:27 PM PDT
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Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, eeff, Magnifico, annetteboardman, Besame, jck and Rise above ...
by Rise above the swamp
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on Sat Mar 12, 2022 at 08:59 PM PST
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. ISBN 978-0-374-15735-7 David Graeber & David Wengrow Subject Human history Publisher Farrar, Straus and Giroux Publication date October 19, 2021 Pages 704 ISBN 978-0-374-15735-7 Website https://dawnofeverything.industries It isn’t every day you get...
by isafakir
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on Mon Jan 31, 2022 at 05:37 PM PST
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Two quotes from recent science stories are emblematic of 2020.
“I would really like to be wrong, but I fear mink are just the tip of the iceberg of what could be coming. If the virus keeps ...
by Besame
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on Sat Dec 26, 2020 at 08:56 PM PST
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...there may be a precedent for that. A 400,000 year old precedent, but these things may be cyclical? And think of the advantages: for 3-4 months, no covid, no trump, no trumpettes, no maskless morons, no racist police, no news… No news!...
by senorjoel
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on Wed Dec 23, 2020 at 02:17 AM PST
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For the last several months, I have been jumping through the hoops to apply to University of Louisiana at Lafayette, and been accepted. The last time I was in school was 1998, and I struggled my last semester because I was both unwell and homeless, so...
by Mortifyd
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on Mon Jul 27, 2020 at 07:53 PM PDT
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Back in the dark ages, in the era before we really understood how DNA would contribute to our understanding of human genetics and evolution, we often focused our attention on blood groups in ...
by Ojibwa
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on Thu Jul 09, 2020 at 01:33 PM PDT
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There's a famous anthropology paper by George Gmelch where he compares the magic rituals of south Pacific islanders when they go fishing with the rituals of baseball players when they hit or pitch. The islanders have elaborate rituals for when they go...
by SolarKitty
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on Sat Apr 18, 2020 at 03:55 PM PDT
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The Windover burial site, near Titusville, is one of the most significant archaeological sites in Florida. "Museum Pieces" is a diary series that explores the history behind some of the most ...
by Lenny Flank
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on Tue Jun 30, 2020 at 12:44 PM PDT
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Assuming for the moment that language refers to spoken language (and we do know that sign languages are fully developed languages), then the basic structural component of language is sound. As anyone who has attempted to learn a foreign language as an...
by Ojibwa
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on Sun Feb 09, 2020 at 07:42 AM PST
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In his 1871 book Descent of Man, Charles Darwin viewed human evolution as involving both natural selection and sexual selection. In seeking to understand sex and human evolution, there are two basic features to consider: (1) the physical aspect of sex,...
by Ojibwa
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on Sun Oct 13, 2019 at 08:13 AM PDT
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During the European Age of Exploration which began in the fifteenth century, Europeans became aware that people in different parts of the world had physical characteristics which made them look ...
by Ojibwa
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on Sun Sep 22, 2019 at 07:40 AM PDT
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Of the 6,909 languages which have been catalogued by linguists, 130 are classified as Deaf Sign Languages. While there are some who question whether or not sign languages are true languages, linguist John McWhorter, in his book The Power of Babel: A...
by Ojibwa
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on Sun Jul 21, 2019 at 08:30 AM PDT
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One of the earliest forms of art that has survived is rock art: images that have been painted (pictographs) and/or carved or etched (petroglyphs) on rocks in caves, on cliffs, and other rock surfaces.
by Ojibwa
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on Sun Jun 30, 2019 at 08:30 AM PDT
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Living in the DC area affords many privileges beyond a short commute to protest the latest Trump outrage. One of those privileges is a tremendous museum community, capped by all the free national museums. This abundance of riches can make it too easy...
by A Siegel
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on Wed Jun 19, 2019 at 08:54 AM PDT
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