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The bond between humans and dogs is one of the oldest stories in anthropology. It may also be a cautionary tale for other animals, though the organic, holistic, free-range, ayurvedic, shade-tree grown dog food is probably pretty good.A new study of bones recovered from Gough’s Cave and Pınarbaşı says we may have>
Why did people think cannibalism was good for their health? The answer offers a glimpse into the zaniest crannies of European history, at a time when Europeans were obsessed with Egyptian mummies.Driven first by the belief that ground-up and tinctured human remains could cure anything from bubonic plague to a headache>
University of Minnesota Medical School researcher Iris Borowsky, M.D., Ph.D., and colleagues found that one in seven adolescents believe that it is highly likely that they will die before age 35, and this belief corresponded to more adolescents engaging in risky behaviors.Borowsky and colleagues analyzed data collected>
In most of western civilization, smoking rates have dropped. But in Spanish society cigarette use among women has gone up in the last 50 years.
A study carried out at the Department of Anthropology at the University of Granada has examined, both at a quantitative and a qualitative level, the reasons for the>
Science, history and a little detective work? Yes, please! Tony Lupo, professor and department chair of atmospheric sciences at the University of Missouri, and Mike Madden, a meteorology student, pulled together bits and pieces of global meteorological flotsam to compile a Missouri weather forecast>
Informed consent is tricky business because there are disagreements about what informed consent can mean outside the country of the company conducting the trial and people will grant a lot of consent if they believe a treatment can help them, which can lead to exploitation.One item that is not a topic of heavy debate>
