We think this attack on understanding #humanorigins by Stefanos #Geroulanos is junk. Almost everything about it is wrong.
The idea that our bodies, minds and emotions are only affected by the last 5000 years is profoundly stupid -- once again social scientists trying to pretend #evolution doesn't exist (Am looking at #Graeber/Wengrow there).
Take this bit 🤦:
'But in reality, our bodies, our economic systems, our social relations, our family relations, and our politics have very little to do with this longer history [=species life] and a great deal to do with the much shorter one [=farming/patriarchy]'
This is a real mashup: our bodies, minds, hearts and souls have been shaped through thousands on thousands of generations of egalitarian nomadic lifestyle -- we need to know about that to challenge the constraints of heinous inequality in emerging class societies. Yes these shifted gender, economic and social relations of the past 5000 years. But we don't lose the cognitive and emotional skill set of being human overnight, or even in a few thousand years of warfare and patriarchy..
Making Eden: How Plants Transformed a Barren Planet by David Beerling
Over 7 billion people depend on plants for healthy, productive, secure lives, but few of us stop to consider the origin of the plant kingdom that turned the world green and made our lives possible.
He notado que los sistemas de autenticación de muchas plataformas de correo en navegador terminan generando altos niveles de angustia y frustración a personas de edad avanzada.
Si esa persona #TeImporta, sientes con ellos esa angustia 😢
Ayudemos, con su consentimiento, a incrementar su acervo digital evitando experimentar esa frustración.
Two Cuban Anoles, left, the Cuban Knight Anole (Anolis equestris) and right, the Western Giant Anole (Anolis luteogularis). Both are considered giant anoles (~19 cm in snout-vent length, with a tail longer than that). Males slightly larger than females. Both are Cuban endemics, although A. equestris has been introduced into Florida, while A. luteogularis is only found on the western end of the island. The Anolis radiation provides a classic case of adaptive radiation with convergent evolution on the many Caribbean islands. Unrelated species (not sharing common ancestors possessing their traits) have evolved with very similar body forms to fill similar ecological niches on each island. These are categorized as "ecomorphs." Both A. equestris and A. luteogularis are "Crown-giant ecomorphs," since they prefer the higher limbs of tall trees.The A. luteogularis, which is noticeably moulting, was basking on a ladder at a tourist bar near a mojote , and allowed me to approach quite closely before extending its gular pouch (last photo), whereupon I backed up a bit to give it some space. #Cuba#Naturephotography#wildlifephotography#birds#reptiles#reptilephotography#ecology#evolution#Anolis#Cubanwildlife#fauna
Figments of Reality: The Evolution of the Curious Mind by Ian Stewart & Jack Cohen, 1997
Peppered with wit and controversial topics, this is a refreshing new look at the co-evolution of mind and culture. Bestselling authors Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen (The Collapse of Chaos, 1994) eloquently argue that our minds evolved within an inextricable link with culture and language.
Switched from @thunderbird to #Evolution because of inconsistencies in the reply buttons in TB. Some reply buttons in TB insert signatures and others do not. For the record my signature is two short lines of plain text.