Tag Archives: Stone Age

The Paleo delusion, and a delusion about that delusion

Posted on June 24, 2014 by

Today at lunch I listened to the latest Point of Inquiry podcast, which was an interview of Marlene Zuk about her new book on common delusions about evolution and the paleolithic life style.  These misconceptions usually run along the lines of … Continue reading →

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Perspectives on deep time

Posted on December 12, 2013 by

The universe is roughly 13.8 billions years old. The universe was 66% of its current age by the time the Sun and Earth formed. Life appears to have begun on Earth when it was around 10% of its current age … Continue reading →

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