12 NOV 2015 by ideonexus
Attributes of Domesticated Animals
The study of domesticated animals since Darwin’s influential
work (1868) has culminated in the formation
of a set of changes that are claimed to distinguish domestic
populations from wild species (for recent outlines
of these see Price 1984, 1999; Hemmer 1990; Tchernov
and Horwitz 1991; Hall 1993; Teichert 1993; Smith 1995;
Zohary, Tchernov, and Horwitz 1998; Clutton-Brock
1999; Trut 1999). Although not uniformly present in all
domesticated species, those affecting the skeleton may
include ...Folksonomies: evolution domestication
Folksonomies: evolution domestication
09 NOV 2015 by ideonexus
Closed-Information Circle of Far-Right Media
In her coming history of conservative media, Hemmer writes, “In the 1950s, conservative media outlets were neither numerous nor powerful enough to create an entirely alternate media ecosystem” for like-minded Americans.[125] Sixty years later, apparently they are. And the Republican Party is grappling with the implications.
In 2010, libertarian scholar Julian Sanchez at the Cato Institute provoked a lively debate among conservative intellectuals when he wrote that the expansion and succe...Folksonomies: rhetoric cognitive bias
Folksonomies: rhetoric cognitive bias