What does ‘race’ mean today, to a biologist? The ‘candelabra’ model of racial development is now rejected in favour of a ‘trellis’ model. . Nigel Pocock . Even with Neanderthals, cross-species mating was occurring. Modern Europeans consequently have between 2%-5% Neanderthal DNA. The trellis model allows for constant movement of […]
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The Beijing Opera, two centuries in the Chinese soul
It is a multidimensional art, which expresses the hopes and dreams of the Chinese people, a showcase of their culture and a particular form of transmitting ancient or contemporary stories. . Ilsa Rodriguez . It all started 200 years ago when a group of artists from the Anhui opera came […]
Bolivian Foreign Minister in London and the indigenous people
David Choquehuanca is giving a talk “Indigenous Peoples Cultural Rights” on the 15th of October. During the talk the minister will defend the rights of his country’s natives and argue in favour of the decriminalisation of chewing the coco leaf in its natural state. – – Since ancient times the […]
Killer seeds
The 30 minute documentary “Seeds of Freedom”, narrated by Jeremy Irons, condemns the impact caused by large scale farming and by genetically modified seeds in the world’s agricultural tradition. _ Industrial farming and genetically modified seeds in particular are having a devastating impact on the biodiversity developed by the world’s […]
Female circumcision: violating women, stealing their rights
Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is still a common practice in parts of Africa and some countries in Asia and the Middle East, where five million girls suffer it every year. _ Juan Carlos Díaz Guerrero Its practice extends to immigrant populations in North America and Europe, according to the World […]