All Things Human

An anthropologist explores the science of anomalous occurrences, death and dying, grief, and societal beliefs.

Carole Travis-Henikoff is the author of Dinner With A Cannibal: the Complete History of Mankind's Oldest Taboo, and Death, Dying and Unexplained Phenomena (spring 2010). See full bio

October 19, 2009

Recovery

The fire of July 18, 2009 changed my life in many ways. Read More

September 15, 2009

If, after opening the back side door and seeing the wall of flames, I hadn't grabbed a phone and raced through the old part of the house and out the front door in order to get a hose, I wouldn't be here. If I'd stopped to get my purse and car keys, I wouldn't be here. To quote fire inspector Rusty Palmer, when I lamented to him that I hadn't even grabbed my purse, "If you had, you would have died." Read More

August 31, 2009

FIRE

A 40-foot wall of fire burned my house to the ground and I lost everything. But I'm still here. Read More

July 1, 2009

Anomalous Occurrences

"Nothing happens without a cause
And nothing happens unless it can happen
When that which can happen, does in fact happen
It cannot be considered a miracle
Hence there are no miracles."
Cicero 106 - 43 BC

Anomaly - Oxford English Dictionary: something that differs from what is standard or normal.
Normal: Usual, typical, or expected. Read More

June 19, 2009

UNMENTIONABLES

I was asked to write this blog because of my soon to be published book, Passings; Death, Dying and Unexplained Phenomena. In this blog I will concern myself mostly with unexplained phenomena - "anomalous occurrences" - that do not fit into test tubes, cannot be prepared for the microscope, replicated or proven. Read More

Books by Carole A. Travis-Henikoff

Passings: Death, Dying, and Unexplained Phenomena

Dinner with a Cannibal: The Complete History of Mankind's Oldest Taboo

Evolutionary Psychology Basics

Our bodies evolved over eons, slowly calibrating to the African savanna on which 98 percent of our ancestors lived and died. So, too, did our brains. Evolutionary psychology postulates that the mind is shaped by pressure to survive and reproduce. We jealously guard romantic partners and cherish our closest relatives above all others, lest we fail to pass on our genes.

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