Neanderthals and the digital deluge

by K.M.Krebs

neanderthal skulls
Creative Commons License photo credit: leted

The CBC Ideas Pod­cast (RSS Feed) is one of the most engag­ing pod­casts I sub­scribe to. The lat­est episodes explore another type of (now extinct) human: Nean­derthals.   It’s a sur­pris­ingly com­plex and com­pelling story, with far more con­tro­versy and mys­tery than I expected.  Voices from a num­ber of thinkers and researchers cov­er­ing anthro­pol­ogy, biol­ogy, cre­ation myths and the Nean­derthal in con­tem­po­rary cul­ture evoke the spec­tre of our ancient cousins.

Direct mp3 links: Homo (Sapi­ens) Nean­derthalen­sis — Part 1, Part 2

Also, A friend shared this arti­cle on Google Reader recently that I empathized witha lot: Warn­ing: The Inter­net Is Almost Full.  It is slightly reas­sur­ing to know I’m not the only one who feels caught in a dig­i­tal deluge!