Tag: if these fists could talk
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Kin and Caliber Part 1: A Kinship Primer
This is the first part of a series of kinship essays that will turn into a book called Kin & Caliber. Table of Contents Why Kinship? What Is Kinship? Blood from a Stone: The First Kinship Local Totemism Matrilineal Descent Matrilocal Marriage Patrilineal Descent Patrilocal Marriage and the City Big Man Theory of Origin Warfare…
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The Messianic Message of Planet of the Apes
The film series Planet of the Apes predicts a day when one chimpanzee (“Caesar”) finally evolves to have human-like intelligence. The reason given in the original film series is the domestication of the chimp as a pet when dogs and cats go extinct. The modern film series seem to part from this, removing humans from…
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Hollywood Heatwave
I’ll try to blog more often, and in shorter format. There’s so much happening right now that I procrastinate on blogging, then I feel like there’s too much to write about, so I don’t write anything. The book (If These Fists Could Talk) is basically done. I’ve blogged constantly about the ROBA Hypothesis; feel free…