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Food Really Is the Way to a Person's Heart
A new book, Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human, argues that hot food, and not sex, is the reason human beings originally paired up in domestic relationships.
According to author and Harvard anthropologist Richard Wrangham, early marriages were really a trade off for hot food (prepared by the women) and protection (provided by the men). Evidence from primitive societies, including the fact that society tolerated women sleeping around but ostracized them if they ever cooked for men besides their husbands, is used to support the conclusion.
Scientists: Women Getting More Beautiful, Men Remain Same
A cadre of scientists has determined that evolution is driving women to become more beautiful while "men remain as aesthetically unappealing as their caveman ancestors."
Scientists claim that attractive couples (based on ”objective assessments of physical attractiveness”) tend to have more children and those children are more likely to be female. Those adult daughters may marry and mate with attractive men, have lots of daughters .
Happy Birthday Darwin — Do You Believe in Evolution?
Darwin's fit theory of evolution has managed to survive 200 years after his death. Today, it's alive and well not only in the classroom and research labs, but also in neuroscience, literature, the dating world, and even religion (haven't you heard of evolutionary evangelists?). In fact, today's Vatican admits that Darwin's theory of evolution should not have been dismissed, as it is compatible with the Christian view of creation.
The Human Climax? Expert Says Evolution Is Over
One evolutionary expert believes that the human race has stopped evolving. Modern life may have led to the extinction of natural selection. Here are some explanations for why we could be stuck with what we got:
- Technological and medical advances mean it's not just the fittest who get to pass on genes.
- World travel has helped homogenize the gene pool.
Evolution Is Just a Theory: Top 10 List of Famous Creationists
Creationism is, pardon the expression, creating quite a stir this election. With 66 percent of the US believing that the world is less than 10,000 years old, and 16 percent of biology teachers being creationists, a vice presidential candidate who's been linked to the c-word, and even Obama rolling out faith-based merchandise, the issue of belief is big. One UK preacher says of the growth, "Science does not have to be taught in conflict with faith or religion.
US Judge Upholds Separation of Church and Science
The University of California can deny credit for high school courses that emphasize religious teachings over historic or scientific explanations, according to a federal judge. Yesterday's ruling upheld UC admission standards that do not recognize curriculum that declares the Bible infallible or that rejects evolution. The losing Christian schools and students will appeal the decision.
Expelled: The Movie — Ben Stein's New Creation(ism)
I shun all things made up, my personal f-word is fiction, so imagine my delight when I found out Ben Stein, the clever-skirting-genius host of Win Ben Stein's Money that guy in that Ferris Bueller movie, and a former speech writer for Nixon and Ford has cooked up a new documentary.
It's called Expelled and looks at the teaching of science in schools. Either I'm wildly dimwitted, naive, brainwashed, or a scootch of all three, but I assumed the movie would be about how the education system is squashing scientific thought and empirical enterprise in America.
Dove Evolution
When it comes to beauty, I feel we hold ourselves up to impossible standards. This video, part of Dove's campaign for real beauty, shows us bit by bit how beauty is constructed. It is no small feat.
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New Product Alert: Evolution Surf Three-Step Travel Set
New from Evolution Surf is this tropical-colored Three-Step Travel Set ($440). If you haven't heard of the brand, Evolution Surf is an organic skin care line created by Kelise Riedel, wife of custom surfboard builder Clark Riedel. The products are derived from South Pacific kelp, coconut, mango, seawater, and ocean stimuli to promote health and treat skin through topical, non-invasive treatment.
Hilary Duff's Cell Phone Evolution
After Paris Hilton's Cell Phone Evolution slideshow, I'm sure you are all wondering if there's a celeb who can top her handheld collection over the years. Well, Hilary Duff may not have more cell phones, but she sure is a smartphone lover, as you'll see in this slideshow. She once told Switched that she made the switch from her Sidekick to the BlackBerry because the Sidekick felt big and more like a toy.
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