Tag: mammals
Beating the Summer Heat — Thanks to Human Exceptionalism
It’s hot out. Be glad that you’re a human being, and not some other kind of mammal.
From Bears to Whales: A Difficult Transition
Critics laughed, and he removed it from later editions of his book, but Charles Darwin privately continued to believe that whales evolved from a “race of bears.”
Oral Cavity’s Supposedly “Lousy” Design Is a Key to Human Speech
We’re constantly told that the design of the human larynx, trachea, and oral cavity is poor because it allows for choking on food.
This Is Science — Dog Study Confirms What Everyone Already Knew
In contrast with apes, it’s a tougher sell to say that dogs share an ability to communicate with us because of being close evolutionary cousins.
Nathan Lents Doesn’t Understand…Refrigeration
Lents studies rotting corpses and household plants. He might not know much about (living) human physiology.