A human being can never completely isolate from society. Even on a desolate island, Robinson Crusoe had the company of Friday with him. So, no matter how self-centered a person is, how much he/she hates human association, he/she will forever need the company of at least one person to thrive in this world. Even an unborn embryo is constantly connected to its mother, isn’t it? That’s the most basic reason why people look out...
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Albert Einstein once talked about how experience is knowledge, meaning the more you experience in life, the more knowledge you retain. While humans have been on the earth for a couple hundred million years, some organisms have been residing here since long before. What has allowed them to adapt over the years and sustain themselves for millions of years? Surely, these organisms may have some good amount of experience and obviously, knowledge. So the...
Albert Einstein once talked about how experience is knowledge, meaning the more you experience in life, the more knowledge you retain. While humans have been on the earth for a couple hundred million years, some organisms have been residing here since long before. What has allowed them to adapt over the years and sustain themselves for millions of years? Surely, these organisms may have some good amount of experience and obviously, knowledge. So the...
In 2003, researchers excavating a limestone cave on the remote Indonesian island of Flores made an extraordinary discovery: the 18,000-year-old bones of a woman whose skull was less than one-third the size of our own. These were given the name of Hobbit, also called “Flores Man” and Homo floresiensis, species of small arhaic human that inhabited the island. Researchers found the remains of an individual who would have stood about 1.1m in height. Along...
Don't you ever look at some of the relics of the past and think, "wow, there's no way this wasn't built by an extraterrestrial"? It's hard to believe our forefathers managed to accomplish so much with so little technological advancement. However, while we can discuss the intelligence and admire the architecture of civilizations before us, handing the credit to aliens would be a bit much, don’t you think? Memories of the Past In all...
England is steeped in ancient history and with so much mystery hidden around every corner, some things are bound to be overlooked. And so, a monumental site has recently been discovered close in both proximity and nature to the Stonehenge. This newly found site is much, much bigger and is essentially a vast arc of pits. The Stonehenge Hidden Landscapes Project Though the Stonehenge is located in one of the world’s richest archaeological landscapes,...
Albert Einstein once talked about how experience is knowledge, meaning the more you experience in life, the more knowledge you retain. While humans have been on the earth for a couple hundred million years, some organisms have been residing here since long before. What has allowed them to adapt over the years and sustain themselves for millions of years? Surely, these organisms may have some good amount of experience and obviously, knowledge. So the...
