The Holy Land

Michael Balter 11/05/2009 06:18:00 PM Science
National Geographic has just published a special issue on The Holy Land, with a lead off essay by yours truly, entitled "In the Beginning." You can read it at this link, although to see the spectacular photographs you will have to buy the hard copy at a newstand near you.

No worries, though, I haven't fallen under the spell of religion. The "beginning" refers to the migrations of early humans who traversed the Levant on their way out of Africa.

On the origin of religion. While we're on the subject, my Science colleague Elizabeth Culotta has an essay in the current issue about how religion may have gotten started and what it might mean in evolutionary terms. She blogs about it here, and provides a link to the original article. (Update: She blogs about it again! Good stuff.)
Michael Balter

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I have been a working journalist for more than 40 years, beginning in Los Angeles as an investigative reporter and then in Paris as a travel, food, and science writer. For more than 20 years I have covered anthropology and archaeology writer for Science, Audubon, Scientific American, SAPIENS, and other publications. I have also covered sexual misconduct for The Verge, Scientific American, and others; I write about mental health, especially schizophrenia; and I engage in occasional media criticism. I returned to the USA in October 2017 after 30 years in Paris, and now live in the New York City area, where I currently teach journalism at City College of New York (I previously taught journalism at Boston University and New York University.) For more about me and what I do, copies of my articles, information about my book, and other goodies, please visit MY WEB SITE

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