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Tag Archives: primate
Two Feet on the Ground
I just finished Nora Ephron‘s book, I Feel Bad About My Neck, a.k.a. “I Hate My Neck”. Omg, I hate my neck too: “You have to cut open a redwood tree to see how old it is, but you wouldn’t … Continue reading
Can Grandmas Have It All?
There’s been no avoiding the latest mothers-who-also-have-paid-work debate, a.k.a. the mommy wars. Does anyone else out there think there’s something missing in this latest salvo? & no, I don’t mean the daddy’s, although one has to wonder what’s going through … Continue reading
Bats in Portland
Don’t worry, this isn’t about the Dark Knight. Well, maybe it is about the dark night & the bats that may come with it. Have you ever really thought about bats?? I hadn’t. I took a much-needed 4-day mini-vacation in … Continue reading
Next Movie: Disney-fied Bonobos?
A few weeks ago, I talked my 8 year-old niece into seeing “Chimpanzee“, again. She’d already seen it & even though the reviews were so-so, I felt it was my duty as the everyday primate to see Disney’s take on … Continue reading
Posted in Our Primate Nature
Tagged bonobo, chimpanzee, chimpanzee movie, pan paniscus, pan troglodytes, primate
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What Would Samwise Do?
So I’ve been doing alot of musing these days about loyalty, struggling with it, really. The loyalty stuff on my mind isn’t at all equivalent to the drama of trueheart Sam’s famous loyalty to Frodo & the Quest-To-Deliver-Middle-Earth-From-Evil…no, nothing like … Continue reading
Posted in Just an Everyday Life, Our Primate Nature
Tagged E.O. Wilson, Frodo, human primate, Kuumbwa, loyalty, Middle Earth, Mount Doom, primate, Samwise Gamgee, science
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Gay Marriage, Cousins, & Bonobos
About a year ago I took a trip to San Diego to visit cousins – both the human & non-human primate kind. First stop with cousin Roy after he met me at the airport: San Diego Zoo to visit the … Continue reading
Posted in Our Primate Nature
Tagged bonobo, chimpanzee, cousin, dominant female, Franz de Waal, gay marriage, pan-sexual, primate, primate sexuality
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What Is It About Meat??
Husband Rock is in the kitchen cooking three pounds of pork for a stew to deliver to a co-worker who lost her husband unexpectedly. Sigh. I suggest that he turn on the stove fan, though, because the delicious smell is … Continue reading
Posted in Humans Love Food!, Just an Everyday Life, Our Primate Nature
Tagged eating meat, hominin, meat, omnivore, pork, pork stew, primate
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Don’t Wait ’til Mother’s Day!
The ads are starting to appear. You may be becoming a little anxious about what you’re going to do to appreciate this woman – this female primate – who birthed you. Some of us must honor her in absentia…gone from … Continue reading
Can We Please Rename Homo Erectus?
I hope this won’t be too much of a rant, because I really appreciate the role that those homo erectus folks played in our evolution. They not only migrated from Africa all the way to eastern Asia and parts of the Middle East … Continue reading