The biggest migration in human history. The entire flow of African slaves was less than 15m, spread over decades. This is 100m in less than a generation and many more to come.
Month: July 2007
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1 ma west Europe tooth
Scientists in Spain have found a tooth from a distant human ancestor that is more than 1 ma old.
Fiji water
50% of the wholesale cost of Fiji Water is transportation
the bottled water scam is bad enough, but fiji water consumers take asshole to a whole new level
Beautiful Code
jeff dean, brian kernighan, douglas crockford, tim bray, elliotte rusty harold, etc
Was Lucy a Brutal Brawler?
Australopithecus may have spent time in trees, but a more likely explanation for why short legs persisted is that Lucy and her ilk were particularly prone to fighting.
Railways battle airlines
Railway companies from Austria, Belgium, Britain, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland formed a grouping, dubbed Railteam, that will aim to imitate airline alliances by providing seamless international travel on one ticket.
Gregor J. Rothfuss 