Why do humans walk upright?
The humans use 75 percent less energy walking upright than the chimps use walking on all fours. Walking upright seemed to be beneficial because it saved energy.
Having two limbs free to use tools constituted a key element of advanced intelligence.
Continue reading “Why do humans walk upright? Quick Facts”Scientists have recently renamed fossils of certain hominids and created a new type of hominid called Homo Bodoensis.
The name comes from the Bodo skull discovered in 1976 in Bodo D’ar, Ethiopia, on the Awash River in Africa.
Continue reading “Are the stories about hominids wrong or deceitful?”Did you know that we share approximately 50% of our DNA with bananas? Humans and pumpkins share 70% of DNA.
Human DNA begins to degenerate at the age of 55.
Continue reading “Quick facts about the amazing DNA part 2 and 3”DNA was discovered by Friedrich Miescher in 1869, In 1940s Oswald Avery realized DNA contains humans’ genetic blueprint. DNA’s double-helix structure was discovered in 1953 by James Watson and Francis Crick. A helical weird thing occurred to both in a dream before starting their research.
Continue reading “Quick facts about the amazing DNA part 1”Did you know that Leonardo Da Vinci had strabismus?
Did you know that Leonardo Da Vinci had a form of strabismus that could have facilitated his artistic work?
Examination of 6 likely portraits and self-portraits of da Vinci shows that most paintings exhibit a consistent exotropic strabismus angle of −10.3°.
Continue reading “Did you know Leonardo Da Vinci had strabismus?”Did you know that difficulty in quitting smoking is coming from Neanderthals?
They passed on genes involved in type 2 diabetes, Crohn’s disease, depression, and smoking addiction.
Continue reading “Diseases humans inherited from Neanderthals”Recent evidence suggests Neanderthals had sophisticated burial habits.
Shanidar cave archeological site in Iraq revealed amazing things on our cousins. They buried intentionally their dead.
Continue reading “Amazing Neanderthals sophisticated burial habits. Quick Facts”It’s dedicated to a Greek goddess Athena.
It’s not the first temple on this space and Acropolis was inhabited since Neolithic Prehistory.
For a time, it was used as a mosque while Greece was under Ottoman rule and before that was a Christian church.
Continue reading “Quick Facts about Elgin Marbles part 2”By what standards should we judge Elgins action?
The Elgin Marbles are a collection of Classical Greek marble sculptures from the Parthenon made under the supervision of the architect and sculptor Phidias.
The Acropolis Museum in Athens is keeping a space empty for the Elgin Marbles to be displayed.
Continue reading “By what standards should we judge Elgins action? Quick facts”Is the Earth a Living Organism?
Gaia hypothesis suggest that organisms co-evolve with their environment.
It was formulated by the chemist Jame Lovelock and the microbiologist Lynn Margulis.
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