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De-Extinction: A History
John Hammond: “None of these attractions are ready yet, of course, but the park will open with the basic tour that you’re about to take, and then other rides will come online six to twelve months after that. Absolutely spectacular… Continue reading
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Slaughter Before the Walls of Troy
In Homer’s Iliad, the following lines appear from Book 20, line 455 until the end of the book. The Greek hero Achilles is raging in battle against the Trojans following the death of his beloved Patroclus. Finding Hector, the Trojan… Continue reading
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Extraterrestrial Impactors
The mother Quetzalcoatlus leaps from the nesting ground to take to the air. She is a pterosaur, a flying reptile related to dinosaurs, and specifically one of the largest examples of one that will ever live, her 11-meter wingspan capable… Continue reading
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Buddha, Alexander, and the Intertwining of Eurasia
The following is what is titled by historians Major Rock Edict XIII of Ashoka, which was issued in 256 BC and inscribed in large stone inscriptions along with others in several places throughout the ancient Maurya Empire of India (traditionally… Continue reading
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The Wealth of Mali on the Ground
The following is a quotation from the Arab historian Ibn Fadlallah al-Umari (1301-1349) in his great work on the administrative history of the Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt (1250-1517). He wrote it in either 1337 or 1338 concerning an event that… Continue reading
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Göbekli Tepe and the Neolithic Process
You and your clan have been walking for days through the warm chapparal of the Konya Basin, the occasional hunting of small game and a collection of edible plants keeping you sustained. You’re a bit hungry though and your thoughts… Continue reading
Living in the Longue Durée 