The more strongly we identify with a particular group, the more vehemently we defend its members and ideals — a trait that experts think evolved along
with early human society.
Not exact matches
The central issue in the
early debates between Fundamentalists and Modernists was on the question whether the gospel should emphasize as the essence of the gospel, deliverance of the
humans from sinfulness or affirmation of the
human vocation to creativity and cooperation
with God in recreating nature and
society according to the purpose of God.
Does dominance itself, a concept first put forward
early in the twentieth century by a Norwegian researcher studying chickens, have anything to do
with human society?
The paper identifies four major phases when
humans shaped the world around them
with broad effects on natural ecosystems: global
human expansion during the Late Pleistocene; the Neolithic spread of agriculture; the era of
humans colonising islands; and the emergence of
early urbanised
societies and trade.
A new article identifies four major phases when
humans shaped the world around them
with broad effects on natural ecosystems: global
human expansion during the Late Pleistocene; the Neolithic spread of agriculture; the era of
humans colonising islands; and the emergence of
early urbanised
societies and trade.
The trait most likely developed 4800 to 6600 years ago from an
earlier variant differing at just two base pairs that these groups got from intermixing
with tribes migrating from the Asian Steppes, the team reported here last week at the annual meeting of the American
Society of
Human Genetics.
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With additional research on
early - time restricted feeding on
humans, we can create a more complete picture of whether this innovative method can best help prevent and treat obesity,» said Schoeller, who is a spokesperson for the Obesity
Society and was not involved in the study.
In fact,
early human populations
with much less advanced technologies had far larger individual land footprints than
societies have today.
Healthy child development is the foundation for
human capital and the basis for future community and economic development.1 A significant body of convergent research emphasises the importance of the prenatal and
early years for health and developmental outcomes throughout the life course.2 For a growing number of children, suboptimal developmental trajectories are well established by the time they start school, and become increasingly difficult and costly to modify
with the passage of time.3 Thus, investing in young children is important for the prevention of disease later in life and contributes to their full participation in
society as healthy and productive adults.4, 5