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As a final installment in my comprehensive prehistoric world maps, I present the world of the end-Permian, right before the most terrible extinction the world has ever seen. The configuration of continents during the Permian period was much the same...
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Synapsida
The last time I discussed pregnancy on the blog, I focused almost entirely on various strange phenomena that occur in non-human animals who give live birth. This time, I’m focusing on the way one phenomenon occurs in humans: “pregnancy brain”....
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Biology
I’d been avoiding reading Yuval Noah Harari’s Sapiens for many years, ever since it appeared on the shelves of every bookstore. I’d read on the internet that it had an agenda, that it romanticized the hunter-gatherer lifestyle and was full...
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Humans
Short answer: you don’t.
Humans
Miscellaneous
If you’ve ever taken an elementary-school art class, you’ve probably seen a “color wheel”:
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