Tahattawan’s World

 

Tahattawan’s World
Thursday, May 14, 7 pm at Acton Memorial Library

Who were the Indians who lived in the Acton area before the English arrived? It is widely understood that this band, led by their sachem Tahattawan, transferred Musketaquid/Concord to the English in the 1630s, adopted Christianity, settled down nearby at Nashobah/Littleton, endured rough handling during King Philip’s War in the 1670s, and then merged into the general diaspora of Christian Indians in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Local historian Brent Ranalli has undertaken a fresh, close reading of the source documents from the seventeenth century for a new book project. This talk presents some of his findings, enhancing our understanding of the band and their story.
Please register at https://tinyurl.com/Ranalli-May14.

Friends of Pine Hawk

Remembering and Reconnecting: Day of Remembrance, Commemoration of 350 years after the Great Falls Massacre this Saturday, May 16

From the Nolumbeka Project:

Rocks that look like creatures

From here: Aphrodite and Eros Spotted in the Desert and Neither Fish Escaped Typhons Attack as you will See [A video I had a hard time following.]

The Seven Hills Serpent at an Entrance

 Shadow becomes an Eye On the Old Road to Woodbury CT

https://wakinguponturtleisland.blogspot.com/2026/05/shadow-becomes-eye-on-old-road-to.html

Clovis and Crystal Quartz

Some gorgeous photos:

 Why did Clovis toolmakers choose difficult quartz crystal? New study offers clues

NEARA fieldtrips

Worcester, MA - April 19

[?] CT - May 2

No doubt the details are available at www.neara.org

Found a Snappit Point, over in RI

A short video:

DNA population comparison is BALONEY

 According to my chatbot:

Percent of variable DNA examined

Humans have roughly 3–4 million common variable sites (SNPs and similar variants). Standard population‑genetics datasets examine 300,000 to 1,000,000 of those.

The proportion is:

$$\frac{3\times {10}^5\text{ to }{10}^6}{3\times {10}^6\text{ to }4\times {10}^6}\approx 10\mathrm{\%}\text{ to }30\mathrm{\%}$$

So population‑comparison studies typically use about 10–30% of the variable DNA.

That’s the number.

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Got that? Between 1/10 and 1/3 of "important" dna is compared. A vast playground for cherry picking.

Also, do not wait around for them to perform any form of reasonable sampling. I read something about using "30" individuals. Are you kidding me? If a tree has 100 branch points, you will not deduce it from a sample size of 30.