Regardless of whether you are a miner or a missionary, you can’t just turn up unannounced and expect a friendly reception. One false move and there is the likelihood of being attacked or killed. Presuming you are without the backing of troops, that means arriving somewhere, not knowing the local language, and needing to show…
Month: June 2023
MCPH1, APSM, and Hallucinogenic Drugs
This is just a note. The research is unlikely to ever happen. According to Peter Watson in The Great Divide, there are two brain mutations which scientists figure gave people an evolutionary advantage, but they don’t know what. And because these different genes somehow never made much progress in Sub-Saharan Africa, scientists are very wary…
Hiccups and Random Interruptions
Or, in Australia, hiccoughs. The central idea behind this website/book is that a rather cosy hunter/gatherer life in the east of the Mediterranean was dramatically interrupted by a meteor storm. This triggered new ways of living (survivalism) and religion. In an attempt to come up with a plausible rewriting of human history, there is a…
Boring, But It Was Rituals
I hate to say this – considering I am striving for new ideas and insights – but these all seem to revolve around commemorating and memorialising ritual spaces. Now, given that rooms and actual homes could just be where someone lived, and the person therefore could be the key – you then have to ask…