Commentary
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Some time ago I wrote a post on human evolution and civilisation. It was one of my first contributions to my general reading blog. But I feel it is worth thinking about this morning, as, generally, this is what I tend remind myself of at Christmas: our immaturity as a species. Instead of fanciful tales…
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[This essay is rough and unedited, and thus a work in progress. If in the future I find the motivation, I will add to the account and describe more of what it is like for me living with Asperger’s]. Some describe the experience of Asperger’s as like being an English person suddenly catapulted into Japan…
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R.C. Smith As far back as 4 million years ago and the period of Australopithecus afarensis, the standard model of hominin evolution offers valuable pieces of insight as to the importance of humanity’s great duel with nature. The current consensus, which is held by most scientists, places a significant moment in hominin evolution at the…
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New research has suggested that, for the first time on record, global farmland is in decline. Moreover, it has been estimated that, with respect to global farmland, “Every two years, an area roughly the size of the UK is abandoned”. How could this be? And what is the driving force behind this trend? The facts…