Were Panamanian islanders dolphin hunters?
By heritagedaily
Precolombian seafarers left what is now mainland Panama to settle on Pedro González Island in the Perlas archipelago about 6,000 years ago, crossing 50-70 kilometers (31-44 miles) of choppy seas — probably in dugout canoes.
Dolphins were an important part of the diet of island residents according to Smithsonian archeologist Richard Cooke and colleagues from the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA and Colombia’s Universidad del Norte.
“This raises intriguing questions”, said Cooke, staff scientist at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. “Were the island’s first known inhabitants dolphin hunters or did they merely scavenge beached animals?” …
HeritageDaily – Posted on January 7, 2016
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Court Rules Macaque Cannot Own Copyright to Selfies
by CNN Wire
Monkeys can do a lot of things. Communicate. Make tools. Fling poo.
One thing they can’t do, according to a judge in San Francisco?
Claim copyright over selfies.
In a case that one legal reform organization skewered as the most ridiculous lawsuit of 2015, U.S. District Judge William Orrick has offered a provisional opinion that Naruto the macaque cannot claim copyright over a selfie he snapped in 2011 …
KTLA – Posted 9:01 AM, January 7, 2016
Court Rules Macaque Cannot Own Copyright to Selfies
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