How did humans get out of Africa? This interactive Web site shows the journey of humanity from its origins in Africa to the rest of the world. Scientists trace humankind through mutations in mitochondrial DNA as populations spread. Very neat site.
Wow. Just wow. Obama will have lots of work to do but right now, it just feels good.
The FACT reading group just had their discussion and critique of Gordath Wood and kindly invited me to dinner after they discussed the book. To my relief and delight, they mostly liked it. Yay! There were a few folks for whom the book didn’t work, and their reasons were valid and I am not crushed whatsoever, Kurt. (Just teasing!) I felt like people mostly got what I was going for and even the criticism was Read more…