African Origin Myths, Twin Motifs, Nommo, Ka-Snakes & Lebe Seru
Sweep through Yoruba clay-people, Dogon fish-twins, Egyptian ka-snakes, and Lebe’s bullroarer to see how Africa narrates human beginnings.
How Humans Evolved
Research Articles
World Mythology Does Not Support The Out of Africa Migration
Two more for the annals of lies, damned lies, and statistics
May Subscriber Post
Platonic Representation Hypothesis, gender wars, and VoM in the wild
Moments of Awakening (Survey)
When did the lights come on for you?
LLMs as Antichrist
Mammon’s Simulacrum of Logos
Weaving Humanity: Women as Civilizers in World Mythology
A phylogenetic exploration of myths where women introduce clothing and weaving, symbolizing humanity’s separation from nature.
She Who Brings Death: Female Agents of Mortality in World Myth
A source-checked world survey of tales in which a woman’s act unleashes mortality. Includes a brief note on the (thin) quantitative literature.
Old Woman ≘ Death Motif Across World Myth
A source-heavy world survey of tales where a crone decides that humans must die.
Who Was Here First? Indigenous American Myths of Earlier Peoples
Across the Americas, Indigenous traditions recall ant-folk, giants, and shadow-people who occupied the land before humans arrived.
Men From the Sea: Myths, Skepticism, and the Return of Trans-Pacific Contact
Why colonial tales of giants, 20th-c. positivism, and new genome data all matter for the debate over pre-Columbian Polynesian–American contact.