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		<title>Calling All Book Reviewers</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:02:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa A. Shiel</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Evolution Conspiracy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From Slipdown Mountain Publications:
Are you a book blogger reviewer or reviewer who’s not afraid to tackle controversial subjects in a fair and balanced (apologies to Fox News) manner?
Well, we’ve got the book made for you.
A lot of hoopla and even misinformation has run rampant through the airwaves and Internet this year in celebration of the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=backyardphenomena.wordpress.com&blog=5284333&post=761&subd=backyardphenomena&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>When Science Meets Fortune and Glory</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 16:03:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa A. Shiel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Anthropology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Evolution / Human Origins]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ida fossil]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[the missing link]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unscientific science]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ida [the newest primate fossil]  is not the missing link. She is a product of hype, promoted by the History Channel and the BBC as something other than what the evidence suggests. Politics and, as Indiana Jones would put it, fortune and glory play a bigger role in the naming of new species than science [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=backyardphenomena.wordpress.com&blog=5284333&post=688&subd=backyardphenomena&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What Is Human?</title>
		<link>http://backyardphenomena.wordpress.com/2009/06/19/what-is-human-controversies-in-anthropology/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 19:14:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa A. Shiel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Anthropology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Controversies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Evolution / Human Origins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hominids / Apes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[defining human]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[evolution's unanswered questions]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Does anyone know what a human is? Read on for the answer...<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=backyardphenomena.wordpress.com&blog=5284333&post=98&subd=backyardphenomena&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>DNA Evidence: All Hype and No Substance?</title>
		<link>http://backyardphenomena.wordpress.com/2009/06/15/dna-evidence-all-hype-and-no-substance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 19:10:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa A. Shiel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ancient History]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anthropology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Archaeology]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Caucasian mummies in China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DNA evidence]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[How accurate is DNA evidence? Read on to find out the surprising truth...<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=backyardphenomena.wordpress.com&blog=5284333&post=680&subd=backyardphenomena&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What Bigfoot Really Looks Like, Part 3</title>
		<link>http://backyardphenomena.wordpress.com/2009/06/04/what-bigfoot-really-looks-like-part-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 12:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa A. Shiel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Anthropology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bigfoot / Sasquatch]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Connections]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[anatomy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[diversity within species]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oliver the chimpanzee]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Are all Bigfoot one species, or many different species? The answer depends on the boundaries of your comfort zone.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=backyardphenomena.wordpress.com&blog=5284333&post=77&subd=backyardphenomena&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mystery of the First Europeans</title>
		<link>http://backyardphenomena.wordpress.com/2009/04/02/the-first-europeans-controversies-in-anthropology/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 20:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa A. Shiel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ancient Enigmas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anthropology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Controversies]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Homo heidelbergensis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[peopling of Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stone Age handaxes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Who were the first Europeans? Read on to explore the mystery...<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=backyardphenomena.wordpress.com&blog=5284333&post=108&subd=backyardphenomena&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Homo heidelbergensis: Bigfoot Man?</title>
		<link>http://backyardphenomena.wordpress.com/2009/03/18/homo-heidelbergensis-bigfoot-man/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 15:47:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa A. Shiel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Anthropology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bigfoot / Sasquatch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Connections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Evolution / Human Origins]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[ape-men]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hairy hominids]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Homo heidelbergensis]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Who was Heidelberg Man? Perhaps not who you think. Read on to learn more...<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=backyardphenomena.wordpress.com&blog=5284333&post=112&subd=backyardphenomena&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Weirdness of Human DNA</title>
		<link>http://backyardphenomena.wordpress.com/2009/03/16/the-weirdness-of-human-dna/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2009 16:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa A. Shiel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Anthropology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Evolution / Human Origins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hominids / Apes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[genetic variation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why does so little of our DNA perform an active function? Read on to find out...<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=backyardphenomena.wordpress.com&blog=5284333&post=79&subd=backyardphenomena&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Controversy of the Hominid-Ape Split</title>
		<link>http://backyardphenomena.wordpress.com/2009/02/25/the-hominid-ape-split-controversy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 15:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa A. Shiel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Anthropology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Controversies]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hominids / Apes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[apes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hominids]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[species divergence]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Evolutionary theories say that humans and apes share a common ancestor. When did hominids and apes first diverge from that common ancestor, forming separate lineages? Anthropologists can&#8217;t agree. The contradictory evidence from fossils and DNA has only fanned the flames of controversy.
By analyzing modern DNA from apes and humans, scientists placed the hominid-gorilla split at [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=backyardphenomena.wordpress.com&blog=5284333&post=53&subd=backyardphenomena&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Forget Bigfoot: How Many PEOPLE Are in the Woods?</title>
		<link>http://backyardphenomena.wordpress.com/2009/01/29/forget-bigfoot-how-many-people-are-in-the-woods/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2009 00:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa A. Shiel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Anthropology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bigfoot / Sasquatch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Evolution / Human Origins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hidden tribes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human populations]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[     Skeptics often deride the existence of Bigfoot because, they claim, we have explored the woods thoroughly and found no Sasquatches living there.
 Yet, as an article from last fall made clear, we still don&#8217;t know how many people live in the world&#8217;s backcountry.
 The article, in the UK newspaper the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=backyardphenomena.wordpress.com&blog=5284333&post=70&subd=backyardphenomena&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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