Word: speciesism
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Experts in evolution determined decades ago that the human species arose in Africa. Fossil bones found there are far more ancient than human remains found anywhere else. But when and why our ancestors first ventured away from the mother continent to take up residence in other parts of the world...
Instead, suggests Carl Swisher, a dating expert from the Berkeley (Calif.) Geochronology Center and co-author of the Science paper, wanderlust may simply have been part of H. erectus' personality. The species evolved some 2 million years ago, and armed with a larger brain and body than its predecessor, H...
The results of our "heinous interference" are demonstrated by more than a simple fluctuation in daily temperature. Chunks of ice are breaking off the poles, leading to a rise in sea level. The burning of fossil fuels spews great pollution, making the air in some cities almost unbreathable. The current...
It isn't fair. It isn't natural. Kids are not supposed to be indebted to us, they're supposed to get loose of us. That's why nature created those powerful hormones that make them glare at us and slam doors. Nature isn't interested in privacy or diversity...
Absent from Kabala's account the possible devastating consequences should warming theory be true: floods, disease, famine, severe economic dislocation and rapid species loss. Even most fossil fuel companies understand the necessity of moving toward alternative fuels and renewable energies. Clearly they, unlike Kabala, understand the risk is not worth...