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• Commented on Elongated skulls discovered in Russia
  Dculberson – This, and lots of the comments on here, is pretty much why I usually don't post on comments. I didn't say the "Flathead Salish tribe" (in Montana) did this. The Interior Salish groups are actually quite different from the...
• Commented on Elongated skulls discovered in Russia
  The Salish tribes on the NW coast of North America did this, too. That's why the people I work with (The Cree) call them napakistikwânak "flatheads" to this very day.. I imagine bumping into people with their heads shaped like...
• Commented on Pinhole Camera Fashioned From 150 Year-Old Skull
  I think it's amusing that the same people who go on and on about the sanctity of "Choice" in the context of issues like abortion or birth control, and of "Freedom" in the context of religious laws, are here completely...
• Commented on Talking doll establishes "direct connection with Jesus" says commercial
  For those of us that grew up having Teddy Ruxbin pushed at us, this kind of thing could lead to some significant theological confusion, I think! A Delphic Oracle with a tape in his back: An Introduction to the Holy...
• Commented on Brain scans of porn viewers
  According to the article, the men were shown videos of other men engaged in sex acts. Because we already think there's an association between these parts of the brain and watching someone else perform an action, I'm not sure that...
• Commented on Dyslexia in alphabetical languages "evaporates" when learning Chinese for some people
  The article is a bit confused on the relation between writing and speaking a language. It's not a one-to-one relation; if you speak English you don't de facto read English, and if you speak "chinese" (i.e. Mandarin, Cantonese, Hokkien, etc.)...
• Commented on Endangered languages and gadgets that record them
  Something else - The late Dale Kinkade once showed me a very old photograph of Melville Jacobs doing fieldwork on the Northwest Coast in the 1930s. He had this 1920s Ford pickup truck with a GIGANTIC contraption on the back,...
• Commented on Endangered languages and gadgets that record them
  Yes, you're absolutely right about the Olympus and compatibility and losses! The .wma format is for sure a braindead decision on their part. I use a Mac to work with the files, and you can get the Mac to mess...
• Commented on Endangered languages and gadgets that record them
  Wow it's nice to see some people take an interest in endangered languages! Despite the flashy talk you sometimes see in newspapers or glossy magazines, there's really very little interest in what we do. Most people feel that these languages...
• Commented on Endangered languages and gadgets that record them
  I'm a linguist that works on a North American aboriginal language (Cree) & language family (Algonquian). Happened to see your article, and the article in the New York times. First of all, be aware that the numbers they're quoting for...