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Afghanistan: What Obama Should Do Next and Why Your Opinion Matters...I - are "good people," and our informed voices can make a difference. In the prophetic words of renowned cultural anthropologist, Margaret Mead , "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed,... |
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The Story of Barack Obama's Mother...is possible. TIME's Amanda Ripley explains why the key to understanding Barack Obama is through the dreams of his mother, Stanley Ann Dunham "When I think about my mother," Obama told me recently, "I think that there was a certain... |
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PR Newswire | 2 days ago
Playboy Advisor Debuts on SIRIUS XM's Playboy Radio Channel
...to appear include everyone from Dr. Ruth Westheimer, to Xaviera "The Happy Hooker" Hollander , writer Gay Talese , anthropologist Helen Fisher , porn legend Vanessa del Rio , fashion designer Alan Flusser , cigar aficionado Aaron Sigmond ,...
In this article: Playboy Radio, Playboy, Playboy.com, Sirius XM, and Helen Fisher
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San Diego Union-Tribune | 4 days ago
Mexico Indian remains returned from NY for burial
...evidence of Mexico 's brutal campaign to eliminate the tribe. As if the horror of the massacre weren't enough, U.S. anthropologist Ales Hrdlicka came upon some of the bodies while they were still decaying, hacked off the heads with a...
In this article: Ales Hrdlicka, Arizona, Sonora, New York, Mexico, North America, and Tucson
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Playbill.com | 5 days ago
Broadway Cast of Hair Will Bow in London; New Tribe for New York
...Case as Crissy , Kacie Sheik as Jeanie , Bryce Ryness as Woof, Darius Nichols as Hud , Megan Lawrence as Mother and Andrew Kober as Margaret Mead /Dad. Tribe members include Steel Burkhardt , Brianna Carlson , Lauren Elder , Allison Guinn ,...
In this article: Hair, Broadway, London, Karole Armitage, New York, Michael McDonald, and Will Swenson
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AdPulp | 5 days ago
Who Has The Digital Answer? He Does! No, She Does! No, I Do!
Ad Age asks, "Does the Industry Need Big Digital Agencies Anymore?" I don't believe it's a rhetorical question. Anthropologist Margaret Mead said, "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world;...
In this article: Ad Age, Anthropologist, Agency.com, AKQA, Facebook, and Margaret Mead
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washingtonpost.com | 6 days ago
Book review: 'Hope for Animals and Their World' by Jane Goodall
How Endangered Species Are Being Rescued From the Brink By Jane Goodall with Thane Maynard and Gail Hudson Two hundred years ago, as Jane Goodall and her co-authors remind us in this survey of efforts to save endangered species , golden...
In this article: Jane Goodall, Extinction, Diclofenac, Endangered species, Culprit, Chimpanzee, Cattle, and Black Robin
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thestar.com | 7 days ago
Say arrivederci to the basimento
When a language disappears, do we lose a piece of humanity? Near the end of her life, the anthropologist Margaret Mead used to fret that the planet was drifting toward a kind of homogenized world. The glorious diversity of humankind,...
In this article: University of Toronto, John McWhorter, Italy, Toronto, Bread, Climate change, Global warming, and World War II
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The University Daily Kansan | November 04, 2009
Addicted to love
...lot like feeling high on cocaine. And when you've just had a bad breakup, it might seem as if you're going through withdrawal symptoms. Helen Fisher , a nationally acclaimed biological anthropologist and research professor at Rutgers...
In this article: Dopamine, Cocaine, Helen Fisher, Sioux City, Iowa, and Rutgers University
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washingtonpost.com | November 04, 2009
Renowned anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss dies at 100
...World on the Wane," follows Mr. Levi-Strauss 's travels through Brazil in the 1930s. It was praised by eminent American anthropologist Clifford Geertz as "surely one of the finest books ever written by an anthropologist." "Tristes" and...
In this article: Claude Levi-Strauss, Anthropology, Roman Jakobson, Philippe Descola, Tristes Tropiques, Paris, and World War II
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CNN | November 04, 2009
Anthropologist recalled as 'poet's soul'
...and philosophical than other anthropologists -- and for this level of removal from his informants' way of life, he was criticized by Clifford Geertz , who also helped shape modern anthropological theory. Still, Levi-Strauss remains...
In this article: Claude Levi-Strauss, Anthropology, Marshall Sahlins, Philosophy, Tanya Luhrmann, U.S., Brazil, and E mail
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Kansas City Star | October 29, 2009
Free films, special screenings Oct. 30–Nov. 5
...Library. </p><p><strong>“GORILLAS IN THE MIST”</strong> Sigourney Weaver got an Oscar nom for portraying gorilla advocate Dian Fossey. 6 p.m. Monday, Linda Hall Library. </p><p><strong>“M*A*S*H”</strong> Robert Altman...
In this article: Oscar, Dian Fossey, Jack Skellington, Sigourney Weaver, Laurel & Hardy, Johnny Depp, Tor Johnson, and Robert Altman
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Daily Mail | October 21, 2009
Wanted man gets a job in U.S. prison - despite Google search linking his name to Interpol fugitives list
...Richard McGuire, but rescinded the offer after it was reported that he had been convicted in absentia in Rwanda of the 1985 murder of Dian Fossey , whose research was the subject of the movie ' Gorillas in the Mist.' Preclik arrived in...
In this article: Interpol, Google search, Google, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Nebraska, and U.S.
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Kansas City Star | October 20, 2009
Man wanted in Europe found working at Neb. prison
...the offer after The Associated Press reported that he had been convicted in absentia in Rwanda of the 1985 murder of Dian Fossey, whose research was the subject of the movie " Gorillas in the Mist." </p><p>Preclik (pronounced PRESS'-lik)...
In this article: Interpol, Nebraska, Dian Fossey, Google, and Czech Republic
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National Public Radio | October 15, 2009
Explaining Science With Substance ... And Style
...in trying to help them communicate better, "Don't be such a scientist!" From Don't Be Such A Scientist by Randy Olson. Copyright 2009 Randy Olson. Reproduced by permission of Island Press, Washington, D.C. More information at...
In this article: Hollywood, Randy Olson, University of New Hampshire, Washington, Phobia, Leopard Seal, Hyena, University of Southern California, Venom, and Richard Gere
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Science News Online | October 14, 2009
FOR KIDS: Meet your mysterious relative
...and this is just the first wave. Ardi's skeleton is so surprising that "no one could have imagined it without direct fossil evidence," says Tim White , an anthropologist at the University of California, Berkeley , who has studied Ardi. (An...
In this article: Tim White, Chimpanzee, University of California, Berkeley, Pennsylvania State University, Kent State University, Alan Walker, and Ethiopia
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TIME | October 08, 2009
Ardi Fossil Discovery: New Human-Evolution Puzzle Piece
...skeleton that is 1.2 million years older than the celebrated Lucy (Australopithecus afarensis) and by far the oldest one ever found. Tim White of the University of California, Berkeley , a co-leader of the Middle Awash research team that...
In this article: Tim White, Chimpanzee, University of California, Berkeley, Penn State, and Kent State University
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The Daily Orange | October 06, 2009
Science Uncovered: scientists discover a partialy fossilized skeleton in Ethiopia that predates Lucy
...predates Lucy Posted: 10/7/09, 2:37 AM EST Section: News The work has required piecing together clues for over 16 years. And now Tim White , a scientist at the University of California, Berkeley , has finished the puzzle. White led the...
In this article: Tim White, Literature, Ethiopia, IP Address, Chimpanzee, University of California, Berkeley, MTV Networks, MtvU, and College Publisher
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Cleveland Plain Dealer | October 04, 2009
'Ardi' fossil the latest of many discoveries where Northeast Ohio scientists played vital role
...3.2 million-year-old early human ancestor found in Ethiopia in 1974 by then-anthropology curator and CWRU anthropology professor Donald Johanson. At the time, Lucy was the oldest hominid yet discovered. But Chicago , not Cleveland , might...
In this article: Tim White, Donald Johanson, Cleveland, and Case Western Reserve University
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Centre Daily Times | October 01, 2009
Scientists discover pre-human ancestor who lived 4.4 million years ago
...team of scientists announced Thursday. "Ardi is not a chimp. It's not a human. It's what we used to be," said paleontologist Tim White , an authority on human evolution at the University of California, Berkeley. White and his...
In this article: Tim White, Chimpanzee, Africa, Washington, Fruit, University of California, Berkeley, Kent State University, and Arabian Peninsula



