There’s a pivotal scene in the 2012 film The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey when Gandalf, Bilbo Baggins, and a company of dwarves are chased by orcs through…… Read more “How the geometry of ancient habitats may have influenced human brain evolution | Ars Technica”
Tag: Enviroment
The Kerguelen Islands in the Indian Ocean • Earth.com
Image of the Day from NASA Earth Observatory features an astronaut view of the Kerguelen Islands in the southern Indian Ocean. On the western side of the…… Read more “The Kerguelen Islands in the Indian Ocean • Earth.com”
Humans coexisted with three-tonne marsupials and lizards as long as cars in ancient Australia
When people first arrived in what is now Queensland, they would have found the land inhabited by massive animals including goannas six metres long and kangaroos twice…… Read more “Humans coexisted with three-tonne marsupials and lizards as long as cars in ancient Australia”
COVID-19 Environment – Are Pandemics Good for the Environment?
COVID-19 environment – An anthropologist looks at past disease outbreaks to consider how the COVID-19 crisis may—or may not—benefit the environment. — Read on http://www.sapiens.org/archaeology/covid-19-environment/
Rise and Fall of the Indus Valley Civilisation: a perspective
The Indus Valley Civilisation lasted from the late fifth to the second millennium BC, developed a vast network of well planned settlements and engaged in…… Read more “Rise and Fall of the Indus Valley Civilisation: a perspective”
Rain may soon be an effective source of renewable energy | Engadget
Researchers have developed a generator that uses a field-effect transistor-style structure to instantly produce a surprisingly high voltage from water drops — a single drop can muster…… Read more “Rain may soon be an effective source of renewable energy | Engadget”
Belt and Road Initiative: Geopolitical Analysis
http://www.youtube.com/watch The Belt and Road initiative is a convergence of China’s New Silk Road project to create land routes through Central Asia, linking Eurasia and Europe, with…… Read more “Belt and Road Initiative: Geopolitical Analysis”
Can plants help us avoid a climate catastrophe? | OUPblog
The amount of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere by burning of fossil fuels is at a staggering all time high of 34 billion tonnes, having risen…… Read more “Can plants help us avoid a climate catastrophe? | OUPblog”
How the US Can Win Its Trade War With China | The Diplomat
History provides the blueprint for a winning deal. — Read on thediplomat.com/2019/04/how-the-us-can-win-its-trade-war-with-china/
Geopolitics of Early Human Migrations: Land, Terrain and Territory
http://www.youtube.com/watch The presentation takes a Big History approach to understanding Early Human Migrations and dispersal out of Africa across all continents of the world. We begin by…… Read more “Geopolitics of Early Human Migrations: Land, Terrain and Territory”
