Carl Zimmer, an elegant peacock among science writers, delivers this lesson on where bird feathers came from. The shared anatomy between dinosaurs and birds extends beyond the wishbone to their equally functional and extravagant plumage. Recent fossil finds give us hints about the colors and forms that adorned some prehistoric reptiles, from frilly crests to fuzzy proto-wings.
Dinosaurs didn’t take to the air for tens of millions of years after the first feathers showed up, and we don’t yet know exactly how that happened. But we know that the evolution of these delicate, beautiful and functional forms carried some dinosaurs aloft to a higher branch on the tree of life, and from that branch lept the first bird.
(view the full lesson at TED-Ed)
Typically, humans will only eat meat when it is cooked, seasoned, dressed, and served between buns. This has the delightful effect of making meat look nothing like the bloody hairy carcass that makes a true carnivores mouth water.
Because in some cases, we need to remove possible bacteria. Sort of how you’d wash a fruit or vegetable before eating it. Also some people are able to eat raw meat without any negative side effects.
I’m not surprised that information like that is frequently left out by vegans.
P.S. We’re omnivores you idiot. Lol vegan logic. If you’re not A you must be C. There is no B.
-Sgt XIII
I like how this person conveniently ignores dishes made with cooked, seasoned and dressed fruits and vegetables.
If humans are naturally herbivorous, why do so many vegans and vegetarians like to create recipes intended to replicate the experience of eating meat?
and lol sushi
Also there are non-cooked meat dishes..Steak tartare comes to mind but I am sure there are others
There’s a reason that the invention of fire and the shift from nuts and shrubs to hunting and consuming meat helped pull man out of the cave and propel it into modern-day prosperity of both body and technology.
The fact is that in order to power our bodies and our minds, meat is a much better and more efficient source of energy than vegetation.
If it weren’t for humans becoming meat consumers, we’d have never advanced to the point were vegetarians could get on the internet and complain about meat consumption. You’re welcome.
http://articles.businessinsider.com/2012-04-23/news/31385621_1_humans-meat-brains
http://www.livescience.com/23671-eating-meat-made-us-human.html
http://www.livescience.com/7968-human-evolution-origin-tool.html
http://www.livescience.com/17441-neanderthal-brains-modern-humans.html
Joe Rogan and The Momentum of Ideas (by MischiefMaker37)
‘Joe Rogan talks about The War on Drugs, The Singularity, and Corruption in Politics. From his podcast The Joe Rogan Experience, featuring Duncan Trussell and Bryan Callen.’
This was excellent.
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Matt Ridley, Adam Darwin
Watched this last night. It’s one of the best speeches on the all-encompassing application of greatness of decentralization. Everything from evolution and human interaction to economics and government.
It’s only 30 minutes long, watch it while you eat lunch at your desk.
Reblogging this because not enough of you watched this.
WATCH THIS!!!
Matt Ridley, Adam Darwin
Watched this last night. It’s one of the best speeches on the all-encompassing application of greatness of decentralization. Everything from evolution and human interaction to economics and government.
It’s only 30 minutes long, watch it while you eat lunch at your desk.
Scientists predict humans will be extinct within 100 years
Eminent Australian scientist Professor Frank Fenner, who helped to wipe out smallpox, predicts humans will probably be extinct within 100 years, because of overpopulation, environmental destruction and climate change.
Ignore Darwin! He was an atheistic crackpot! Maintain the Status Quo! (sacrasm alert!)
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Evolution: “Go Back, We Fucked Up Everything.”


