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Andy McSmith's Diary: A soapbox for the rich and obstinately opinionated
Friday 17 May 2013
If you have money to throw away and a mind bunged up with prejudices you feel you must share, all you need do these days is contact the advertising department of The Times.
Professor Tony Legge: Authority on the archaeology of animal bones
Thursday 04 April 2013
Tony Legge was an outstanding archaeologist who worked especially in zooarchaeology, the study of animal bones from archaeological excavations. He made major contributions to our understanding of prehistoric people's relationships to animals, including the beginnings of herding. His passion for the subject and deep scepticism of colleagues who only knew about animals from books enthused his students, including many adult learners, as he himself had been.
Film review: The Croods (U)
Thursday 21 March 2013
A whizzier version of The Flintstones, this DreamWorks animation concerns a Neanderthal family discovering that there is life beyond their cave.
New finding casts doubt on theory that ancestors of modern humans interbred with Neanderthals
Tuesday 05 February 2013
A new finding has cast doubt on the theory that ancestors of modern humans interbred with Neanderthals over thousands of years.
Palaeolithic Park? Harvard professor seeks 'adventurous' woman to give birth to baby Neanderthal
Monday 21 January 2013
Professor George Church plans to bring our long-extinct relative back to life using artificial DNA
The World Until Yesterday, By Jared Diamond
Saturday 05 January 2013
As the rich world suffers its crisis of excess, we can learn much from peoples who live with little.
The Calvin Report: Reality bites for cup stars Bradford
Sunday 16 December 2012
Southend United 2 Bradford City 2: Bantams get back to the routine grind with a draw against Southend in League Two
Adele's music owes a debt to Franz Schubert according to new BBC show analysing music 'from the Stone Age to the Digital Age'
Tuesday 11 December 2012
Composer Howard Goodall, who has written and presented the show, says he wants to 'show a straight line that runs through to the present day'
I said he looked like a monkey but it wasn't racist, Pc tells court
Tuesday 27 November 2012
A police officer admitted saying a black man looked like a monkey but said it had nothing to do with his race and that he was pointing him out during a discussion about evolution, a court heard today.
Prehistoric arms race started earlier than previously thought
Friday 16 November 2012
Scientists have found evidence that human ancestors used stone-tipped weapons 200,000 years earlier than once thought, findings that may change notions about the capabilities of prehistoric people.
Stone-age humans began using lethal technology 71,000 years ago to fight Neanderthals
Wednesday 07 November 2012
The date when stone-age humans first invented the lethal technology of spears and arrows has been set back many thousands of years with the discovery of small stone blades dating to 71,000 years ago.
Neanderthals vs. Humans: Who would win in a fight?
Thursday 25 October 2012
We've had Alien vs. Predator, Monsters vs. Aliens and Dracula vs. Frankenstein, but what would happen if modern man and his prehistoric ancestor were to square off?
New Culture Secretary Maria Miller faces wrath of Conservative right flank with resounding endorsement of gay marriage agenda
Wednesday 10 October 2012
The new Culture Secretary today risked incurring the wrath of the Conservative Party’s right flank with a resounding endorsement of the Government’s gay marriage agenda.
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- 4 Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
- 5 Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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