Cannibalism Found Across Ancient Peoples and Sites
Archaeologists report widespread evidence of cannibalism from 12,000 year old Cheddar Gorge remains to Four Corners in the United States. Findings include bone marrow extraction, skull and limb processing, and pot cooking, with mentions of Atapuerca and Aztec practices and modern recalls by cultural witnesses.
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Four Corners
United States
Tim White
University of California-Berkeley
Atapuerca
Spain
Yolanda Feramdex-Jalvo
Madrid
Natural History Musuem
China
Red Guards
Jont-Bedel Bokassa
Central African Republic
Papua New Guinea
Chris Stringer
London
Natural History Museum
New Guinea
Amies
Stringer
Gough's Cave
Cheddar Gorge
England
U.S
America
White
Mexico City
Reductionism in Genetics Sparks Debate on Determinism
Dr Brian Goodwin warns against a genocentric view linking a single gene to thrill seeking alcoholism sociability and homosexuali ty complex behaviors, arguing that genes do not explain all and urging wholists who insist the whole surpasses parts due to emergent interactions in biology.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brian Goodwin
Schrodinger
Schumacher College
Devon
England
Santa Fe Institute
New Mexico
Goodwin
Scott Gilbert
Swarthmore College
Pennsylvania
Erwitt
Biology debate over DNA sequence and life meaning
A look at Schrodinger's What is Life and the rise of reductionist biology. Scientists argue whether mapping genes explains life, with Goodwin warning against genetic determinism and Gilbert advocating holism. Emergent properties and multi level organization are highlighted against a strict gene focus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Wolpert
University College London
England
Reducing Biology to Networks and Emergent Life
Scientists debate reductionism in biology as they explore how genes interact within networks. Theorists like Kauffman and Gilbert emphasize emergent properties, regulatory regions, and the body as a dynamic whole, arguing for intuitive, wholes-focused understanding beyond single genes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuart Kauffman
Santa Fe Institute
Whalists
Gilbert
Goodwin
Kauffroan
Kauffman
Arctic Circulation Maintains Little Ice Age Link
Researchers say cooler Arctic and near Arctic temperatures persist due to a persistent circulation pattern that could mean the Little Ice Age ended in the 20th century thanks to greenhouse warming. Lead author Karl J. Kreutz notes this may hide further warming yet to come.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arctic
Karl J. Kreutz
Record cold grips South Pole amid unique ritual
At Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station the July average dipped to minus 86.8 F, a record since 40 years of data. The coldest daily reading reached minus 108.2 F on July 29 amid tales of the 300 Club sauna ritual.
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Rhe
South Pole
National Science Foundation
Amundsen-Scott South Pole
Russia
Vostok Station
Antarctica
Polar Plateau
Was the Little Ice Age Global and Simultaneous
New Hampshire researchers report in Science that cooling began around AD 1400 and spread globally. Ice core data show increased sea salt and stronger winds in both the North Atlantic and South Pacific, indicating synchronized atmospheric circulation shifts.
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Europe
North America
New York Harbor
Greenland
Antarctica
University of New Hampshire
Science
North Atlantic
South Pacific
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