The maybe-much-older-than-we-thought origins of fairy tales.

From the Telegraph:

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.

The researchers adopted techniques used by biologists to create the taxonomic tree of life, which shows how every species comes from a common ancestor.

Cool, right?

Speaking of Red Riding Hood, how awesome are these German stamps from 1960?

I have the blue one, but it's used.  Love the series, want 'em all.

(Yes, I've been buying stamps.  I blame Keller.)

Comments

[tanita]

Wow. I would have become an sociologist to study that kind of stuff. I love it. And the stamps are TOO CUTE.

[Ms Avery]

Best stamps ever.