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Demographics as a tool in war in Gaza
Our world does seem to be unwinding. Climate breakdown, wars, mass killings, pestilence, poverty and malnutrition are all related. From a planetary perspective, this is nothing new; as David Attenborough points out, our planet has seen this, and much worse, … Continue reading
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Tagged children, climate change, contraception, demographics, Gaza, Religion, War
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Children taught adults the beginning of language, not the other way around
I am never sure why scientists of all disciplines, anthropologists especially, say that the most distinctive thing about humans compared with all other primates is the fact that we walk upright. All right, it frees our hands to do all … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropology, aquatic Ape Hypothesis, Elaine Morgan, Food, healthy food, language, linguistics, Medicine, Physiology
Tagged babies, children, fat, hominids
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Vital stuff not to waste your money on
Vitamin. Its derivation is VITal AMINe or Vital amine – an amine essential to life. An amine is a biochemical substance and not all vitamins are in fact amines. But that doesn’t matter – the dictionary definition is “an organic … Continue reading
Fat Children
The saddest thing about the world’s obesity epidemic is that so many children, some very young, are getting fat, and this is a new development over the last twenty years. I said in my last blog that we don’t know … Continue reading
Elen Samuel, doctor and writer 