What affects us affects cats
This research totally debunks the often quoted cliché that Neanderthals were thick brutes. They were not if one compares brain shape and volume of Neanderthals with our brain shape and size. Brain shape and volume varies with different races across the planet. And the variation in brain shape and volume of the Neanderthals falls …
There is an interesting article in The Times today, Friday, September 1, 2023 which I would like to discuss briefly. The title is “Early humans were on brink of extinction”. Remarkably the research that Kaya Burgess reports on found that the population of Homo sapiens’ ancestors dwindled to less than 1300 adults about 900,000 …
Scientists have been discussing how humans became bipedal (walk on two legs) for ages. It’s been a mystery but it is at the root of our uniqueness as a species. There are several theories and perhaps the most recent one which is reported in The Times newspaper today Thursday, December 15, 2022, maybe the …
Without seeing a survey, I have an impression that the majority of people would like to see laws which allow humans to end their lives in a compassionate and dignified manner when the circumstances demand it. There are many chronic diseases which kill people slowly in an unpleasant way. A person suffering from such …
If you have the time please view the video below. The presenter is Gary Yourofsky. He gives a one hour speech at a university. There are slightly shorter versions on YouTube and I don’t want to explain everything he says in the written word – what’s the point? Anyway he says it better than …
Why should cats be treated with the same respect as humans? Why should all animals be treated with the same respect as humans? It almost seems that the world is divided into two equal parts on this debate: whether to treat animals as creatures to be used by humans or whether to treat them …
