The goats watch the goose, duck, and human parade from the pond in the front yard back to the water fowl pen.
ヤギたちは、前庭の池から水鳥小屋までガチョウ、アヒル、そして人間の行進を見守っています。 #ducks#geese#humans#goats#mastoexclusive
Millennia ago, Neanderthals and humans met, mingled and mated. And your health may depend on DNA from these long-lost ancestors. Live Science explains how "in some places in our genome, we're more Neanderthal than we are human.” https://flip.it/qiJdOD #Science#Humans#Neanderthal#Health#History
It is a mistake to think of #nature as warm and cuddly. Many, perhaps most, #violent encounters between #humans and #wildlife are the result of the former treating the latter as #Disney characters.
One reason “#birds are #dinosaurs” made immediate sense to me was a vivid childhood memory: when I was about ten, I thought some #goslings were cute and wanted to pet them. #Mother#Goose had other ideas. Yeah, don’t do that.
It is equally a mistake to assume nature is All #Killing, All The Time. Fighting takes a lot of energy, and wild animals—including our own distant ancestors—are in constant peril of #starvation. Even a minor #injury can lead to #infection and #death.
Violence is a tool of survival, to be sure, whether in #predation, self-defense, or squabbles over #territory and #mating. Unnecessary violence is a quick road to #extinction. Most animals would rather do something else, when they can.
So before you fall back on “red in tooth and claw” as a default, look for other explanations. They’re usually more interesting anyway.
Several companies are offering people in mourning a chance to chat with a “simulation” of a deceased loved one. Some say it feels like they’re speaking to them from beyond the grave, while others find it disconcerting and manipulative. Ethicists Tomasz Hollanek and Katarzyna Nowaczyk-Basińska from the University of Cambridge are the latest to voice their concerns over the risks of the "digital afterlife industry." Here’s more from Science Alert: https://flip.it/C6.06y #Science#AI#Ethics#Humans
In a donor list to an early 17thc convent, all the men (so far, only men!) are named & their titles given, & then the thing that they paid for is listed. One didn't just give money to the project; donors want their name on this window, that door, this meaningful space within the edifice.
From Instagram:
museum.of.artifacts A megalithic monument in Spain that's older than the Pyramids was recently uncovered from its watery hiding place by a drought.
The "Spanish Stonehenge" is about 7,000 years old, some 2,000 years older than Stonehenge itself.
Scientists have documented five major mass extinction events in Earth’s history. Are we entering the sixth phase? Live Science has more on this unsettling notion, including why many researchers say yes. If you’re thinking of humans “clearing habitats, exterminating species and changing the climate,” you’re on the right path. https://flip.it/847-f0 #Science#Earth#Humans#Extinction
Someone posted about how AI art seems “soulless” perhaps because it doesn’t do anything to help you connect with the person/artist who created it. I think I agree with that view. As an artist I crave that connection with people... I sold a bunch of prints last week and it was amazing having someone see something I created and having some feeling of liking it because we have some shared experience and that is the connection thing. More of that please.
We all need to vent after a bad day, right? It’s the equivalent of releasing steam from a pressure cooker, it’s long been believed. Researchers at Ohio State University, however, found “not a shred of scientific evidence” to support catharsis theory, as it’s called. In fact, venting might increase anger. Science Alert has more, including effective methods of managing your rage. https://flip.it/2GK2Gq #Science#Health#Anger#AngerManagement#Behavior#Humans
Thirty years after the first exoplanets were discovered, hundreds of additional exoplanets have been identified within the “habitable zone,” a place where liquid water and maybe even life may exist. The MIT Press Reader asks, could a self-sustaining starship carry humans to distant worlds? https://flip.it/0q093h #Science#Space#SolarSystem#Planets#Humans#SpaceExploration
When did humans start wearing clothes? The evidence used to answer this question comes from a few main sources, including bones bearing evidence of skinning, sewing needles and awls, and lice. Biologists estimated that anatomically modern #humans started regularly wearing simple #clothes around 170,000 years ago, during the second-to-last #ice age. Different human groups probably started and stopped wearing clothes many times throughout #history. https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/when-did-humans-start-wearing-clothes#science
If humans are indeed the most evolved species, why do so many of us suffer from developmental or genetic diseases? Phys.org explains why, unlike our ape ancestors, humans are still paying the price for losing our tails. https://flip.it/DX01o9 #Science#Humans#Biology#Evolution
Studies prove humans are the most frightening predators on Earth (www.infoterkiniviral.com)
A new study showed that kangaroos, whales, and other Australian crocodiles were more afraid of humans than other predators
Humans are the smartest living creatures, right? (www.infoterkiniviral.com)
When talking about intelligence in the animal world, humans are often regarded as the most intelligent living creatures on the planet.
Unraveling the Mystery of Human Taillessness: A Genetic Perspective (www.infoterkiniviral.com)
Humans, despite their numerous remarkable traits, lack a feature common to most vertebrates - a tail. The reason behind this absence has long been a