Tag: invertebrates
Microbes as “Moral Agents”? Bioethicist Says Yes
Only a philosopher could claim seriously that humans owe significant moral duties to microbes.
Who (or What) First Used Tools?
It’s not stone tool use that is exclusive to humans; vultures can do that too. It’s the ability to form abstract ideas.
Being a Bat: Some Scientists Push Animal Consciousness
A group of scientists and philosophers have published a declaration that there is evidence that a wide range of animals exhibit signs of consciousness.
Were Neanderthals Religious?
We can’t poll long-dead Neanderthals on life, death, and the hereafter but the evidence we’ve dug up suggests they were thinking about that kind of thing.
Fossil Friday: Cambrian Bryozoa Come and Go
This is a field that often has more in common with the interpretation of inkblots in Rorschach tests than with hard science.