Joe Roe

Computational archaeologist specialising in Southwest Asian prehistory.

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Edge Annual Question 2016

This years Edge Annual Question asked their assorted eminent scholars to pick the most interesting scientific news from the last few years. The result is a nice set of short posts recapping some recent discoveries. Here’s a round-up of archaeology/anthropology related responses:

Joscha Bach, Everything Is Computation
Laura Betzig, People Are Animals
Gregory Cochran, The Origin Of Europeans
Jared Diamond, The Most Important X…Y…Z…
W. Tecumseh Fitch, Paleo-DNA and De-Extinction
Michael McCullough, Religious Morality Is Mostly Below The Belt
Tor Nørretranders, High Tech Stone Age*
Gloria Origgi, How To Be Bad Together: Antisocial Punishment of Pro-Social Cooperators
Steven Pinker, Human Progress Quantified
Timothy Taylor, Weapons Technology Powered Human Evolution
Peter Turchin, Fatty Foods Are Good For Your Health

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