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The excerpt was from a report on a ongoing 5 day conference. It's the state of art thinking--that's why I posted it. But I liked your response--tee hee! Cx On 16 September 2012 03:52, Andy Blunden <ablunden@mira.net> wrote: > Who is dismissing "recent research"? What I am dismissing is a blatant > journalistic effort to discover the causes of the human condition in the > Nature - the modern name given to God. Of course the article was littered > with bits of science, but bits of science cobbled together to fit an > ideological template. > > Andy > > John Cripps Clark wrote: > >> Andy >> >> Although Tattersall's speculation may not be a shining example, recent >> research in human evolution is far too interesting and important to dismiss >> as social darwinism. See for example: >> >> Yong, E. Our hybrid origins. New Scientist, 211(2823), 34-38. >> http://www.abc.net.au/**radionational/programs/** >> scienceshow/georgian-bones-**rewrite-story-of-human-**evolution/3056682<http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/scienceshow/georgian-bones-rewrite-story-of-human-evolution/3056682> >> http://theconversation.edu.au/**new-fossils-confirm-diversity-** >> was-the-rule-for-human-**evolution-8760<http://theconversation.edu.au/new-fossils-confirm-diversity-was-the-rule-for-human-evolution-8760> >> http://theconversation.edu.au/**sex-with-our-evolutionary-** >> ancestors-proceed-with-**caution-8923<http://theconversation.edu.au/sex-with-our-evolutionary-ancestors-proceed-with-caution-8923> >> >> Trying to apply this to our present condition is another matter. >> >> John Cripps Clark >> >> >> ______________________________**__________ >> From: xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu [xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu] on >> behalf of Andy Blunden [ablunden@mira.net] >> Sent: Sunday, 16 September 2012 11:36 AM >> To: eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity >> Subject: Re: [xmca] Thoughts on this >> >> >> Social Darwinism rides again. Take an ideological belief about human >> society, transfer it to Nature and then declare that since Nature is >> like this then so must human society, so stop wingeing and get in the >> bread line. >> >> I prefer old Kropotkin: >> http://www.marxists.org/**reference/archive/kropotkin-** >> peter/1902/mutual-aid/index.**htm<http://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/kropotkin-peter/1902/mutual-aid/index.htm> >> >> Andy >> >> Carol Macdonald wrote: >> >> >>> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/**science-environment-19598980<http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19598980> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> -- >> ------------------------------**------------------------------** >> ------------ >> *Andy Blunden* >> Home Page: http://home.mira.net/~andy/ >> Book: http://www.brill.nl/concepts >> >> ______________________________**____________ >> _____ >> xmca mailing list >> xmca@weber.ucsd.edu >> http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/**listinfo/xmca<http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca> >> >> Important Notice: The contents of this email are intended solely for the >> named addressee and are confidential; any unauthorised use, reproduction or >> storage of the contents is expressly prohibited. If you have received this >> email in error, please delete it and any attachments immediately and advise >> the sender by return email or telephone. >> >> Deakin University does not warrant that this email and any attachments >> are error or virus free. >> >> >> >> >> > > -- > ------------------------------**------------------------------** > ------------ > *Andy Blunden* > Home Page: http://home.mira.net/~andy/ > Book: http://www.brill.nl/concepts > > ______________________________**____________ > _____ > xmca mailing list > xmca@weber.ucsd.edu > http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/**listinfo/xmca<http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca> > -- Sessional teacher: Wits School of Languages Honorary Research Fellow: Department of Linguistics, Unisa __________________________________________ _____ xmca mailing list xmca@weber.ucsd.edu http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca