On a small island in the Pacific called Pingelap, a high percentage of the population sees the world in only black and white. A startling
Tag: anthropology
The Only Animals With Chins
Pigs don’t have chins. Nor do any animals, except for us. The lower jaw of a chimpanzee or gorilla slopes backwards from the front teeth.
Unearthing music
We all knew that Stone Age humans were hunters and gatherers. But sculptors and flutists? Archeologists announced today that they had unearthed the oldest musical
▶ Is Facebook Changing Our Identity? | Idea Channel | PBS Digital Studios – YouTube
For me, the most interesting issue here is my Facebook, my Twitter, my Youtube and my blogging alter the people who would be in the 100-200
Spellbinding experiences
Most everyday experiences are lessons in the inevitable pull of the future: books are replaced with e-books, laptops are replaced with tablet computers, billions of
Human Nature May Not Be So Warlike After All | Wired Science
Given the long, awful history of violence between groups of people, it’s easy to think that humans are predisposed to war. But a new study
