About 66 million years ago, an asteroid comparable in size to Mt. Everest collided with the Earth near what is now the Yucatan peninsula. That collision brought the age of dinosaurs to an end and set the stage for the rise of mammals, including the super-predators known as homo sapiens. It was the fifth major … Continue reading Asteroids
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Honor
Recently a family of mountain lions killed a woman in Colorado. It was the first such attack there in 25 years. Generally, mountain lions keep their distance from humans unless provoked or unless their young are threatened. That’s the norm. But whenever one develops a taste for human blood, it must be hunted and either … Continue reading Honor
The Unthinkable
Back in college, when we discussed the influences of “nature and nurture,” genetics and upbringing, inevitably the notion of a child “raised by wolves” came up. Fictional stories like Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Tarzan or Mowgli from Kipling’s The Jungle Book made us wonder what would happen if a child was left alone in the wild. … Continue reading The Unthinkable
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