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Since Charles Darwin published The Descent of Man, his second major book about evolution, in 1871, researchers have made many discoveries that flesh out Darwin’s little-known ideas about the evolution of morality. Recent papers in Free Inquiry by Ronald Lindsay and James Hughes have touched brie ...
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Meet the Other Social Influencers of the Animal Kingdom Culture, once considered exclusive to humans, turns out to be widespread in nature. A chimpanzee in the Chimfunshi wildlife sanctuary in Zambia, where one chimp began a tradition of wearing a blade of grass in the ear, which carried on after her death.Credit...David Pike/Alamy May 7, 2021 Julia, her friends and family agreed, had style. When, out of the blue, the 18-year-old chimpanzee began inserting long, stiff blades of grass into one or both ears and then went about her day with her new statement accessories clearly visible to the wo...
Why this year's Folsom Lake super bloom is so amazingly rare - and troubling FacebookTwitterEmail A spectacular super bloom of lupine flowers has exploded in and around Folsom Lake. Lupine flowers, which are native to California and commonly found around the state, tend to crop up every year. But this spring, experts say the super bloom that’s sprouted in the Sierra foothills reservoir 25 miles east of Sacramento is like nothing they’ve ever seen — and says a lot about the dire state of California’s deepening drought. Just last weekend the state park saw thousands of people, some from...
Geographical Magazine A STORY OF US: A New Look at Human Evolution by Lesley Newson & Peter Richerson book review A STORY OF US: A New Look at Human Evolution by Lesley Newson & Peter Richerson book review Written by Kit Gillet by Lesley Newson & Peter Richerson • Oxford University Press The journey of the human race has been as much about changes in communities and culture as it has been about our physical evolution. That’s perhaps the key takeaway from the fittingly titled A Story of Us, which charts humankind’s journey back to seven...