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Rice basket study rethinks roots of human culture

2015-11-26 13:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld

[NEWS] A new study from the University of Exeter has found that teaching is not essential for people to learn to make effective tools. The results counter established views about how human tools and technologies come to improve from generation to generation and point to an explanation for the extraordinary success of humans as a species. The study reveals that although teaching is useful, it is not essential for cultural progress because people can use reasoning and reverse engineering of …

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AkzoNobel Launches Flagship Human Cities Project in Singapore

2015-11-24 06:00:00| Coatings World Breaking News

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Tuvalu says climate change is a human rights issue

2015-11-22 21:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Radio New Zealand: Tuvalu's prime minister says the international community must recognise that inclusive human right principles are key to achieving a solution on climate change. Enele Sopoaga says climate change threatens the very core principles at the heart of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights -- including the right to life, liberty and security. But he says human rights have been largely ignored in the climate change discourse so far, when they should be an integral part of discussions. Mr Sopoaga...

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Human Ponzi scheme of population growth cant go on for ever

2015-11-22 20:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: George Monbiot (Theres a population crisis all right. But probably not the one youre thinking of, 20 November) is right to point out the devastating impacts of expanding livestock operations around the world. Yet, in dismissing the relationship between human population and climate, he contravenes the IPCCs November 2014 report for policymakers, which states Anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions have increased since the pre-industrial era, driven largely by economic and population growth, and...

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