Quote of the day
The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the vanity of love, greed, lust, power).
Brian M. Fagan

Born: August 1, 1936 (age 88)
Bio: Brian Murray Fagan is a British prolific author of popular archaeology books and a professor emeritus of Anthropology at the University of California, Santa Barbara, California, USA.
Known for:
- The long summer (2004)
- The Little Ice Age (2000)
- World prehistory (1979)
- Elixir: A History of Water and Humankind (2011)