92 000 years ago, humans significantly altered ecology and landscapes using fire.
Archaeologists believe the humans who arrived in the Karonga district started burning down the forest to open the landscape for hunting. Photo: Og Mpango/Unsplash.
As far as we know, humans as a species have been around for at least 300 000 years. Recently, we have come to realize that our impact on the climate and earth’s ecology is unsustainable. Landscape change driven by humans is nothing new, however.
In a new study, archaeologists suggest that we have always altered the ecology and landscape to our benefit. At least they can now prove that we did so, almost 100 000 years ago.
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Norway is strengthening position of minority languages
Many European minority languages are being elevated within legislation and research. Linguistic Minorities in Europe aims to make the research available.
There are up to 100 minority languages in Europe. Norway have six, including Kven and Sami. Photo: UiO.
Speaking more than one language is far more common than speaking just one.. But although many people learn foreign languages to traverse the world and get to know other people, most of the languages we speak are small.
“It is a myth that Norwegian is a small language. In fact, it belongs to the ten percent of languages spoken by the most people,” says Pia Lane, professor of multilingualism at the University of Oslo.
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Reading fiction can change your life
The power of reading fiction has been scientifically proven. Art can change your perception of yourself and others.
Reading fiction can have an impact on creativity, language awareness and empathy. Photo: Callum Shaw/Unsplash.
Have you ever experienced that reading a book can change your perception of someone you know? Or that it leads you to see your own experiences in a different light?
Whether this sounds familiar or not, the potential is there.
“We have empirical evidence to support the claim that reading fiction can really change your life,” says Olivia Da Costa Fialho.