BAD TOURISTS: Hanging with Reynard in the Anthropocene
I have some questions about animal misery, which means I also have some questions about animal happiness.
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How Humans Hijacked Language — from Themselves
New research at the cutting-edge intersections of evolutionary biology, archaeology, neuroscience, and linguistics is driven by a very old question: Where did language come from?
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Kids, Go Catch a Raccoon
No one today could get away with publishing The Golden Book of Wild-Animal Pets.
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The Value of our Produce
I was raised by leftist labor organizers in Kentucky, Detroit, and Queens, and it's fair to say that the plight of the Big Boss Man was not a frequent topic of conversation around our breakfast table.
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Time On The Farm
I didn’t notice the marks on the John Deere until I’d had the tractor for maybe a month.
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