Tag: Ice Age
Science Writing Tries to Smash Human Exceptionalism
Stone tool use among animals versus the Stone Age provides a useful illustration of the tendency.
Childhood in the Ice Age — What Was It Like?
Having reached a point now known as the “Sala dei Misteri,” they left signatures of their time there.
Monkeys, Not Humans, Likely Made Ancient Brazilian Tools
The stone objects, dated from 50,000 years ago, look like the ones made by capuchin monkeys today.
Possible Cave “Proto-Writing” Challenges Slow Evolution of Human Consciousness
London-based wood carving conservator Ben Bacon has, with academic colleagues, shaken up Ice Age paleontology.
Apocalypse Now — More Things Scientists Would Like You to Forget
We must never confuse scientific consensus with science. Science is inquiry. Consensus is cloture of inquiry.