SAND18 US — Are We Just Another Primate?

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In this talk from SAND 2018, Robert Sapolsky considers the unlikely realms where humans are merely on a continuum with other species…until you look closely. With a host of surprising and fascinating examples and illustrations he spells out the case that humans are a type of ape, operating on the same basic types of neurons found throughout the animal kingdom. So is there any behavior that we can say for certain is unique to humans?

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#101 Apian Wisdom

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A discussion at the intersection of cultural, spiritual, and ecological dimensions of natural honeybee life.

The Ontology of Ofrenda (Part I)

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Ritual offerings represent portals that bridge the material with the metaphysical, breaching linear ideas of space-time by creating a dialogue with manifold unseen, more-than-human sentiences

Humanity’s Place in the Heavens: Islamic Cosmology

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Since the dawn of Islam, Muslims have studied cosmology

Living Language of Water: Veda Austin

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Book Review: The Living Language of Water by Veda Austin Veda Austin’s The Living Language of Water offers a captivating exploration into the hidden properties of one of Earth’s most abundant resources

#23 The Songs of Gaia (Encore)

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Listening to/with/as the whole planet is listening and sining, a conversation with world renoun bioacoustic researcher

Small Island Nations & Climate Change Models

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An international team of climate change experts says global models which are used to help nations prepare for the impact of climate change are overlooking small island nations

The Light Eaters: Zoë Schlanger

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At the edges of plant consciousness and the more-than-human in Schlanger new book

New Paradigm of Animal Consciousness

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Far more animals than previously thought likely have consciousness, top scientists say in a new declaration — including fish, lobsters and octopus

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