I heard yesterday that my friend and former advisor Irven DeVore died. He was important, amazing, charming, difficult, harsh, brilliant, fun, annoying. My relationship to him as an advisee and a friend was complex, important to me for many years, and formative. For those who don't know he was instrumental in developing several subfields of anthropology, including behavioral biology, primate behavioral studies, hunter-gatherer research, and even ethnoarchaeology.
From his SUV in Kenya’s Nairobi National Park, 52-year-old safari guide Siraj Khamis Miraj looks on as four lionesses slowly stretch and reluctantly get up to find shelter from the falling rain, as Mp. Nairobi National Park turns 75 mired in challenges | Outstanding | English edition | Agencia EFE
By Pablo Moraga Nairobi, Dec 15 (EFE).- From his SUV in Kenya’s Nairobi National Park, 52-year-old safari guide Siraj Khamis Miraj looks on as four lionesses slowly stretch and reluctantly get up to find shelter from the falling rain, as Mpakasi, one of the oldest male lions in the park, wakes up. “There is no …