Denisovan Origins and Ancient DNA
Here’s a brief look at the discussion of aDNA in Denisovan Origins and what Collins and Little got wrong.
Pseudoarchaeology
A Review of The Missing Lands: Uncovering Earth’s Pre-Flood Civilization
A book review of Missing Lands by Freddy Silva. This self-published book on Amazon has a very appealing cover but is lacking some reality.
Pre-Columbian Explorers in the Americas: The Flaccid Evidence.
The “hard evidence” of pre-Columbian but non-indigenous explorers is examined in detail.
Squashing Pseudoarchaeology and Ancient Origins
A story of 800-year old squash seeds being revived is making its rounds on Facebook again, linked to none other than that pseudoarchaeological website Ancient […]
Fake-Archaeology On the Internet
Here’s a couple articles on the interwebs the last week or so that are fake-archaeology (farkaeology?) Ancient-Batman? This one was being passed around the webs […]
New World Drugs in Old World Mummies?
Is there evidence of tobacco and cocaine use among ancient Egyptian mummies that suggests pre-Columbian, trans-Atlantic trade?
Pseudoarchaeology: I have seen the enemy, and it is us
When it comes to fighting pseudoarchaeology or junk-archaeology, it’s easy to find a target to assail. Turn on the television, open a Facebook group, visit […]
Pre-Review of ‘America Before’-Graham Hancock’s New Pseudoscience
Graham Hancock’s new book ‘America Before’ is due out. Here’s a pre-review based on promised content via his website.
How the Discovery of ‘Atlantis’ Made Big News Then Faded Away
This article is about the big discovery of Atlantis and why the story is now faded from the limelight in the news media just two months later.
When Pseudoarchaeology Causes Harm
In pseudoarchaeology, as with other pseudosciences (i.e. astrology, naturopathy, etc.) there are often those that will ask, “what’s the harm?”