by Christine Kenneally BH | May 8, 2013 | Ancient DNA, Ancient genomics, Australopithecus afarensis, Brain, Complexity, Consciousness, Evolution, Extinction, Fire, First human..., Genes, History, Homo erectus, Homo floresiensis, Homo habilis, Humans, Mitochondrial DNA, Neandertals, Prehistoric humans, Science, Social complexity/connection, Soul/Free Will, Walking
I reviewed four new science books for The New York Times. They span millions of years, beginning with the birth of humanity and ending with a serious look at...
by Christine Kenneally BH | Jul 8, 2010 | Co-operation, Common sense, Complexity, Demographics, First human..., Food and Drink, Genes, Populations
Since 2004, I’ve spent a lot of time staring at the ceiling thinking about tsunamis and earthquakes. The monster wave that hit Indonesia that year was caused by a earthquake so violent it shifted the axis of the earth a few centimeters. Now I can’t get this out of my...
by Christine Kenneally BH | Jun 4, 2010 | Brain, Consciousness, First human..., Languages
Is a "wine-dark sea" incredibly poetic or just odd? Did the ancients see in black and white? New Scientist.
by Christine Kenneally BH | Jun 21, 2009 | Evolution, First human..., Food and Drink, Men, women & language, Prehistoric humans
I Cook, Therefore I Am. How dropping food in fire made us human. Slate
by Christine Kenneally BH | Jun 21, 2009 | Co-operation, Evolution, First human..., Men, women & language, Motherese, Prehistoric humans
WHY is it that 20th-century physicists could ask some of the most grandiose questions in science, but if a researcher wondered aloud where language came from, the response was derisive at best. Not only can you not answer the question, they were told, you...
by Christine Kenneally BH | Oct 14, 2008 | First human..., Music, Whales
Songs that travel for thousand of miles. Songs that replicate over thousands of years.
