The portal node here to a project called Ancient Human Occupation of Britain is a quintessential example of how the freshest, most authoritative knowledge self-forms on the Internet. The purpose of the GoldenSwamp.com blog is to bring notice to websites like this one and to celebrate their profound value for education.
This AHOB website is a mirror of the collaboration of archaeologists, palaeontologists, and geologists at a number of different British Institutes, including the Natural History Museum and the British Museum — and we can all watch as they work to understand the earliest people of Britain. This AHOB homepage is also the center node of an interactive network among scientists, institutions, and resources that have interest and materials on the subject. The project is a better roadmap to the study of the ancient human occupation of Britain than could be found anywhere else online or off line.
How I found the AHOB website is of interest. The journal Nature is offering a “free” Flash exhibit of interviews with scientists about a recent related discovery. The “free” exhibit leads directly to a closed door to a Nature article about it — closed unless you are a paid subscriber. What makes the future very different from the past is that the closed off article is an isolated piece of partial information. The free and open project website can interconnect all the partial ideas toward the emergence of whole concepts.
