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Unfortunately, we cannot take the title too literally. What this article is about is whether animals and non-human primates in particular can ask us questions. Can we teach, say, language skills to chimpanzees? This may not sound too incredulous if we consider that for over 50 years some chimps have been taught how to useContinue reading “Come On. Answer the Chimp’s Question!”

No, it is not April Fools Day. There is plenty of evidence after research, that cats can be left-handed or right-handed. I know, it should be left or right-pawed. There is a term for this and it is called pawedness! I kid you not. Not only do felines apparently have a favourite or dominant paw,Continue reading “Is Your Cat Left or Right-Handed or Pawed?”

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”

Any fan of the American West of the nineteenth century will know something about Billy the Kid, Jesse James as well as other characters. But there were also battles against the native Americans who for many years were unfortunately called “Red Indians.” Their foe was the US Army or US Cavalry. And one of theContinue reading “What Really Happened at the Battle of the Little Big Horn?”

You can be forgiven if you have never heard of the Khazars. I admit they were new to me before researching them for this article. They were a people who lived in Eurasia. This was an area from the Black Sea in the west along the southern steppes of Russia until it reached the AralContinue reading “Why Did the Khazars Disappear?”

There have been many archaeological discoveries which have surprised those who found them. But, in a remote part of the country of Laos, in the Far East, a discovery was made that still has many historians scratching their heads. In 1923, an archaeologist by the name of Henri Parmentier visited a plain containing thousands ofContinue reading “Mystery of the Plain of Jars”