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The Descent of Man "got right and wrong about human evolution." From natural selection to sexual selection Originally published in two volumes, The Descent of Man covered diverse aspects of animal and human animal life, ranging from comparative anatomy to mental faculties, the ability to use reason, morality, memory and imagination, or how animals choose to have sex and with whom or what. "Darwin proposed that sexual selection was instrumental in explaining the origin of what he called human 'races' and cultural progress," writes Browne. He argued that sexual selection explained why humans h...

Milton Chamber of Commerce will hold a virtual candidates forum at 10 a.m., Saturday, Feb. 27. The candidates and the moderator will meet in person, with social distancing guidelines applying. Candidates John Collier, Lee Revis-Plank, Allen Sangree...

At the Scene, Spring Issue #167 Hello Everyone! Look who we found hiding out with the crockery at a Connecticut estate sale! Because the sale included items from many sources, there’s no easy way to establish ownership. But, of course, there are only a few people that it could have belonged to. Was it Jack Webb’s Edgar for the radio drama Dragnet? It would be fitting if it once belonged to John Collier. For this issue, Art Taylor assigned himself the task of reading all the Edgar short story winners from the founding of Mystery Writers of America to the present. In 1952, Collier’s “o...

The Messed Up History Of Native American Boarding Schools By Marina Manoukian/Feb. 5, 2021 3:15 pm EDT/Updated: March 8, 2021 9:43 am EDT Although boarding schools for Native American children in the United States still exist, they're a far cry from their original iteration. The first native boarding school was opened in 1879, and for almost 100 years, they became another arena of forced assimilation and genocide. Parents were coerced and intimidated into allowing their children to attend boarding schools, and if parents continued to refuse, children were often kidnapped. Children were "ho...

Death notices and funeral announcements from the Hull Daily Mail this week Many have placed death and funeral notices for loved ones in the paper this week Every week, dozens of funeral notices and birth announcements are made in the Hull Daily Mail. Announcing the death of a family member has been a time-honoured tradition for family and loved ones, a tradition which should continue as a life should be celebrated and never forgotten. There have been many different ways to announce a death, with regional newspapers being the main choice for a long time. We have compiled a list of the death an...