Walking back the cat: Unsupervised classification as an aid in "remote" fossil prospecting. Issue 5 (10th September 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Conroy, Glenn C.
• Is Part Of: Evolutionary anthropology. Volume 23:Issue 5(2014:Sep./Oct.)
• Page Start: 172
• Page End: 176
• Publication Date: 2014-09-10
• Subjects: Human evolution -- Periodicals; Anthropology -- Periodicals; Physical anthropology -- Periodicals; Human ecology -- Periodicals; Homme -- Évolution -- Périodiques; Anthropologie -- Périodiques; Écologie humaine -- Périodiques; 599.905
• DOI: 10.1002/evan.21422
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1060-1538

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main"> <title> <x xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <p>Counterintelligence analysts use a technique called "walking back the cat'' to reveal "moles" or others passing on disinformation in which they compare what they now know as fact against what their agents or informers had told them to expect about certain persons or events.<xref ref-type="link" rid="evan21422-bib-0001">1</xref> Thus, "walking back the cat" is a perfect metaphor for working backwards; that is, retracing the complex development of an event and examining the "run up" to it in order to gain useful insights about how that event unfolded. Perhaps paleoanthropology can profit from such an approach.</p> </abstract>