Why humans left their African homeland 80,000 years ago to colonize the world Christopher Henshilwood (in Blombos Cave) dug at one of the most important early human sites partly out of proximity—it’s on his grandfather’s property. (Centre for Development Studies, University of Bergen, Norway) Seventy-seven thousand years ago, a craftsman sat in a cave in […]
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Human origins: Out of Africa Ian Tattersall 5*
Biological Sciences PERSPECTIVE Article Info & Metrics PDF Abstract Our species, Homo sapiens, is highly autapomorphic (uniquely derived) among hominids in the structure of its skull and postcranial skeleton. It is also sharply distinguished from other organisms by its unique symbolic mode of cognition. The fossil and archaeological records combine to show fairly clearly that […]
New Research Confirms ‘Out Of Africa’ Theory Of Human Evolution Date: 5*
Source: University Of Cambridge Summary: New research confirms the “Out Of Africa” hypothesis that all modern humans stem from a single group of Homo sapiens who emigrated from Africa 2,000 generations ago and spread throughout Eurasia over thousands of years. These settlers replaced other early humans (such as Neanderthals), rather than interbreeding with them. Share: […]
The Adam and Eve myth – -MyNews24 5*
The story of Adam and Eve forms the basis for the Christian doctrine of original sin: “Sin came into the world through one man and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all men sinned,” said the Apostle Paul in his letter to the Romans. The concept that man is born […]
The World Is Not Your Friend – by Charles Sledge 5*
Many would like to forget. But this world is a kill or get killed world. A eat or be eaten world. Those who believe otherwise have been lulled to sleep by sweet lies in order to make them easier prey when their time is up. I say fuck that shit. Don’t be lulled to sleep. […]
Mother Nature: Friend or Foe? – Charles R. LaDow 5*
When, in his theory of natural law, John Locke suggested that a man is entitled to such land as he can “redeem from the state of nature,” our forefathers understood what he meant. Each plot which they wished to farm had to be reclaimed from the piney woods, native brush, or bogs, filled with the […]
Mother Nature is Not Our Friend – Sam Harris 5*
Like many people, I once trusted in the wisdom of Nature. I imagined that there were real boundaries between the natural and the artificial, between one species and another, and thought that, with the advent of genetic engineering, we would be tinkering with life at our peril. I now believe that this romantic view of […]
Nature Is Not Your Friend – David Filmore 5*
It’s the start of the third act and explosions tear through the city as the final battle rages with unrelenting mayhem. CGI robots and genetic monsters rampage through buildings, hunting down the short-sighted humans that dared to create them. If only the scientists had listened to those wholesome everyday folks in the first act who […]
IS THE WORLD IS A FRIENDLY PLACE ? 5*
Yet another mass shooting in Texas today. In recent months, I find myself more and more frequently worrying about the state of the world. The news these days isn’t merely bad, it’s terrible. And I’m often left to wonder if the world is, indeed, a friendly place. Since August, there have been a host of […]
The Cure for Fundamentalism Quotes – The Cure for Fundamentalism: Why the Bible Cannot be the “Word of God”The Cure for Fundamentalism: Why the Bible Cannot be the “Word of God” by Steve McRoberts 5*
Want to Read Rate this book 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars 68 ratings, 4.03 average rating, 1 review The Cure for Fundamentalism Quotes Showing 1-7 of 7 “But if Noah was perfect (as the Bible claims he was in Gen. 6:9), then he wouldn’t […]