Great quote from evolutionary geneticist Eren Yüncü: “Perhaps having more female-centered practices,” Yüncü says, “as well as the fact that perhaps females had more say in social affairs, might have helped maintain more egalitarian relationships.” Yes.

Really fascinating. Packrat middens have great stashes too. They love rib cages as a “prefab” shelters.

Like so much current research into Neanderthals, this gives a whole new frame for understanding the adaptability of our cousins.

Certainly environmental influences, such as xenoestrogens, play a part in this shift to earlier onset of puberty.

Great shot. I'm thinking maybe the water's warmer than the air, but you have to get out at some point!

Nice!

Hey, how you like it there?

Vegas

No – my husband and I traveled there. The culture is enticing, but for us, the humidity is intense. We live in the desert of Las Vegas

The photo I posted was a papa sloth and just a branch away, mom was holding a baby but kept her back to us. She was very shy and the father protectively kept his eye on us. Too cute 🦥

Those faces! I loved watching them hanging out.

Great insights into Mimbres society by Barbara Roth and Danielle Romero. I worked with Dr. Roth at La Gila Encantada. Amazing site.

Time to move beyond the focus solely on "three sisters" (maize, squash, beans) and include full spectrum of food strategies. Especially considering ease of tuber transport and potential ceremonial use. We saw evidence for agave cultivation in arroyos and elevated rocky hillsides in New Mexico.

Giving credit to my husband’s compelling photographs taken from his travels around the globe.

“A picture is worth a thousand words." Photographs convey complex emotions, from a moment in someone’s life story that words struggle to describe.