Fairy Tales Have Ancient Origin

Photo: Dr Jamie Tehrani, a cultural anthropologist at Durham University, studied 35 versions of Little Red Riding Hood from around the world Photo: GETTY

From The Telegraph:

Popular fairy tales and folk stories are more ancient than was previously thought, according research by biologists.

They have been told as bedtime stories by generations of parents, but fairy tales such as Little Red Riding Hood may be even older than was previously thought.

A study by anthropologists has explored the origins of folk tales and traced the relationship between varients of the stories recounted by cultures around the world.

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Ten Myths In America

(CSN Editor): One of my favorite sites is "The Futurist". He does not blog much, but each post is always a delight to read. His latest post is a list that analysis the "Ten Myths in America". I agree with his ten myths .... for those who do not, I recommend that you contribute in his comments section.

The 10 Myths that he lists are the following:

1) School Teachers are Underpaid in America
2) Women Earn Less than Men in America
3) Whites Prevent 'Minorities' from Achieving Economic Parity
4) Healthy Foods are Expensive, and Unhealthy Foods are Cheap
5) America's Foreign Policy is the Reason for the 9/11 Attacks
6) Leftists are 'Liberal' and 'Progressive'
7) Republicans are Less Intelligent than Democrats
8) Democrats Have a Better Record on Racism than Republicans
9) Houses Always Rise in Value
10) High Oil Prices Will Create Permanent Long-Term Poverty

The link to these ten myths and an explanation for each is here.