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Brain Usage Myth
The Question: What percentage of our brain do we use? The Answer: We use 100% of our brain. The idea that we only use a small percentage of our brain is a…The Olduvai Gorge
The Question: Which canyon, located in Tanzania, is famous for its fossil beds? The Answer: The site you are thinking of is not quite big enough to be labeled a canyon-it's more of a gorge.…matriarchy
(Encyclopedia) matriarchy, familial and political rule by women. Many contemporary anthropologists reject the claims of J. J. Bachofen and Lewis Morgan that early societies were matriarchal, although…incest
(Encyclopedia) incest, sexual relations between persons to whom marriage is prohibited by custom or law because of their close kinship. Ideas of kinship, however, vary widely from group to group,…social science
(Encyclopedia) social science, term for any or all of the branches of study that deal with humans in their social relations. Often these studies are referred to in the plural as the social sciences.…Martin Kamen 2002 Deaths
Martin KamenAge: 89 biochemist who discovered carbon-14, which is used to date archeological and anthropological artifacts and led to the understanding of chemical processes in plants and…Halsey Minor Biography
Halsey MinorInternet entrepreneurBorn: 1965Birthplace: Charlottesville, Va. You wouldn't think that Minor's training had prepared him for founding one of the Internet's first services to…Oldest Human Remains in North America Found
In 1959, the partial skeletal remains of an ancient woman estimated to be 10,000 years old were unearthed in Arlington Springs on Santa Rosa Island, one of the eight Channel Islands off the…Ishi Biography
IshiLast of the Yahi tribeBorn: 1860? In August 1911, a silent “wild man” was found walking down from the northeastern California hills. He was brought to the local sheriff, and a member of…Krippendorf's Tribe
Director:Todd HollandWriter:Charlie PetersDirector of Photography:Dean CundeyEditor:John PollMusic:Bruce BroughtonProduction Designer:Scott ChamblissProducer:Larry BreznerTouchstone; PG-13;…Trending
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