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Archaeological Evidence of Early Human Ritual

Posted in December 3rd, 2007

Archaeologists have discovered the earliest evidence of human ritual, with events having taken place up to 100,000 years ago. That is about 60,000 years earlier than evidence for ancient European rituals.

Evidence for Very Early Human Ritual

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The Economist Looks at Recycling

Posted in November 16th, 2007

This is a truly great and in-depth article about recycling. It covers the way Europe and the United States have changed their recycling programs over the years, mostly from the eighties, since it took a while for the whole ‘let’s not fill a million landfills’ philosophy to catch on. It’s important to remember that, although the system isn’t perfect, it has come a long way in a fairly short time scale, with respect to human civilization, and hopefully that means that it will make even more progress in the next twenty years. So, recycle!