” During the birth event, which occurred at the Luikotale Bonobo Project field site, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the researchers discovered that wild bonobos do not give birth alone. The new mother, a female called Luna, was surrounded by two other female bonobos offering companionship and support.” From here. I asked a friend […]
Did better mothering defeat the Neanderthals?
More and more research shows that Neanderthals were as inferior in cognition as originally thought. A five-year project out of Kochi University of Technology in Japan examines factors that contributed to the extinction of the Neanderthals, and posits that the differences in learning was the key factor. Although invention and tool use is normally associated […]
Interviews with American mothers living abroad
Here is a fascinating collection of stories about parenting in other parts of the world.
The Kennewick Man Finally Freed to Share His Secrets
He’s the most important human skeleton ever found in North America—and here, for the first time, is his story.
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