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Evidence of earlier humans in Madagascar is unconvincing but interesting

10,000 Birds

It was always thought that humans first inhabited the island of Madagascar about four or five thousand years ago or so. It was after that date that many of the great and strange animals of that island went extinct, presumably because of human hunting. Actual cut marks made by actual stone tools are in fact never unequivocal.

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Which would be better for a human to fight/survive? A Bear or a Lion? No tools

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VERY URGENT BIG CHOICE TO MAKE submitted by /u/WitnessSure3562 [link] [comments]

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Vultures, Human Evolution, Global Warming, and Windmills

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The topic was the concept of humans as predators, or hunters, or really, eaters of meat, and I was discussing the many ways in which people misconceived this notion. Any buffalo bones from prior to that transition were obviously scavenged.

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Do we do enough language experiments?

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I guess most of us fail to consider that we as humans used to ugh and grunt too, and we as babies could only cry so many different ways: why do we seem to fail to apply this logic to animals? I think we take language for granted and forget how useful of a tool it would be to provide to other animals. (If universally mind blowing?

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A Pocket Guide to Pigeon Watching: Getting to Know the World’s Most Misunderstood Bird: A Book Review by a Pigeon Cynic

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Mosco understands that there’s a wall of reasons why people hate Rock Pigeons and proceeds to dismantle them one by one using a powerful tool–information. Watcha looking at, human?” “Pigeons have lost their usefulness. This is an arguable statement, especially when you think about cats.

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Galápagos: A Natural History, Second Edition–A Book Review

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Galápagos: A Natural History, Second Edition by John Kricher and Kevin Loughlin gives the traveling naturalist the tools needed to fully appreciate and experience the Galápagos Islands. Still, I wish I had prepared. I wish I had read this book. They complement Kricher’s text.,

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Firebirds and the Future

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When you receive a link to an article in the Daily Mail , for instance, your thoughts do not immediately leap to “my god, a ground-breaking, perhaps even mind-blowing advance in the study of avian tool use!”

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