O filósofo muçulmano que formulou teoria da evolução mil anos antes de Darwin
A teoria da evolução, do cientista britânico Charles Darwin, é uma das pedras angulares da ciência moderna.
DID EATING FAT OUT OF BONES GIVE US OUR BIG BRAINS?
Long before human ancestors began hunting large mammals for meat, a fatty diet provided them with the nutrition to develop bigger brains, a new paper argues.
The paper suggests that our early ancestors acquired a taste for fat by eating marrow scavenged from the skeletal remains of large animals that other predators killed and ate. The argument challenges the widely held view among anthropologists that eating meat was the critical factor in setting the stage for the evolution of humans.
The evolution of conflict resolution
Recently published in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface, Assistant Professor Christoph Riedl’s latest research examines a model that might explain how humans resolve conflict, and what these actions say about biological and social behavior, both now and into the future.
Why Do We Scratch? It’s A Social Signal In Times Of Stress
Stress causes us to do a lot of weird things, like scratching somewhere on our body that isn’t itchy. But scientists may have solved the mystery of this one stress-induced behavior, after watching a bunch of monkeys.
These Muslim scholars wrote about evolution 900 years before Darwin was born
When you hear about the theory of evolution, English scientist Charles Darwin is probably the first person who comes to mind. ‘Muslim scholar’, on the other hand, is the last thing to be associated with the theory.
Hayatın gayesi insan şuurunun tekamülüdür – Dr. Kilisli Rıfat
(The purpose of life is the evolution of human consciousness.)
The purpose of life
Science and Buddhism Agree: There Is No “You” There
Evan Thompson of the University of British Columbia has verified the Buddhist belief of anatta, or not-self.
The Evolution of Anxiety: Why We Worry and What to Do About It
Let’s pretend for a moment that you are a giraffe.
You live on the grasslands of the African savannah. You have a neck that is 7 feet long (2.1 meters). Every now and then, you spot a group of humans driving around on a safari taking pictures of you.
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But it’s not just your neck and their cameras that separate you from the humans. Perhaps the biggest difference between you and your giraffe friends and the humans taking your picture is that nearly every decision you make provides an immediate benefit to your life.
- When you are hungry, you walk over and munch on a tree.
- When a storm rolls across the plains, you take shelter under the brush.
- When you spot a lion stalking you and your friends, you run away.
On any given day, most of your choices as a giraffe—like what to eat or where to sleep or when to avoid a predator—make an immediate impact on your life. You live in what researchers call an “immediate-return environment,” because your actions deliver immediate benefits. Your life is strongly oriented toward the present moment.
