Author Archives: John Pullen

In 1507 a map of the world was published. It was by the German cartographer Martin Waldseemuller. It was called the Waldseemuller Map (no surprise there) or the Universalis Cosmography. It is known for a couple of interesting aspects to it. The first is that it was the first map to write the word AmericaContinue reading “The Man Who Knew the Pacific Ocean Existed Before it was Discovered”

I am not pointing out anyone in particular as this appears to concern all of us. We are part of the genus Homo which has been around for about two million years. We split off from our common ancestor about 200,000 years ago when we became a species named Homo sapiens. From this point andContinue reading “Why Are Our Brains Getting Smaller?”

Stonehenge in the county of Wiltshire in England is perhaps the most famous henge in the world. It attracts thousands of tourists every year and at the summer and winter solstice, the area is filled with people of differing beliefs from druids to New Age followers who gather before dawn to watch the Sun riseContinue reading “What is the True Purpose of Stonehenge?”

The idea of using the upturned cranium of a human skull to either drink out of or eat from may sound not only horrible but fictitious. Indeed, many historians believed that this was a fictional metaphor or just a spicy legend. But, we now have evidence to say that not only did this happen butContinue reading “A Head for Food and Drink”

This is not only a difficult subject to define correctly, it is also a contentious one. For a start, how do we define race? In addition, is it different to ethnicity and if so, how do we define it? Throughout most of our history, race and ethnicity have been the reason for prejudice and inContinue reading “The Human Race Ends in a Draw”