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- The Drawings on the Wall
The image is an example of the sort of shape they’re talking about. You can see it bigger at Flickr.
Well yes that may be true, but it’s not just Palaeolithic men who’d want to venerate them. Slightly more seriously art is ambiguous. The Minoans are known for their bull symbolism, but it’s unlikely any of [...] - Alexander von Humboldt
Humboldt’s painting of Chimborazo
I missed the start of In Our Time last week. Fortunately for me Juice picked it up, so I’ve been listening to a discussion about Alexander von Humboldt. It’s very interesting. Humboldt was an astonishing man, and possibly the last all-round scientist rather than a specialist in a field. Yet he isn’t [...]
- The Drawings on the Wall
- Men Suffer for Too Much Small Talk
- Mirror Neurons - The unfalsifiable theory
- Calorie Restriction Reduces Lipofuscin Buildup, is Good for Nerves
- Voracious damsels, helpless midges, facilitative shredders…life in a Costa Rican bromeliad:
- Your Friday Dose of Weird: Male pipefish show the dark side of male pregnancy
