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About borderslynn

Retired, living in the Scottish Borders after living most of my life in cities in England. I can now indulge my interest in all aspects of living close to nature in a wild landscape. I live on what was once the Iapetus Ocean which took millions of years to travel from the Southern Hemisphere to here in the Northern Hemisphere. That set me thinking and questioning and seeking answers. In 1998 I co-wrote Millennium Countdown (US)/ A Business Guide to the Year 2000 (UK) see https://www.abebooks.co.uk/products/isbn/9780749427917

Brazil: the Rainforest is dying. It is the heart of the Earth. Ecocide is the cause.

Posted on June 2, 2020 by borderslynn

Please watch this video Home Images from the programme:

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged brazil, climate change, coronavirus epidemic, criminal loggers, ecocide, fires, indigenous peoples need support, rainforest | 1 Comment

Religious Deception in the New World

Posted on May 23, 2020 by borderslynn

The ride of the fourth horseman Revelation 6:7-8 tells us this about the fourth seal: “When He opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, ‘Come and see.’ So I looked, and behold, a pale … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged Amerindians, ancestry, Caribbean, catholicism, conquistadores, disease, invasion, land ownership, pestilence, smallpox, Spanish Empire, West Africa | Leave a comment

Terror dogs arrival in the New World

Posted on May 18, 2020 by borderslynn

Conquistadors, the never to be forgotten military cultivated under the rule of a fanatical Portuguese Queen, Isabella, and her less fanatical Spanish husband, Ferdinand, had developed fighting skills empassioned by the Monarchs’ religious fervour to ‘cleanse’ the Iberian Peninsula of … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged catholicism, Colombus, comversion, conquistadores, Molossian dogs, New World, portugal, slaughter of indigenous peoples., spain, war, war dogs | Leave a comment

First split hooved pigs in the Americas

Posted on May 16, 2020 by borderslynn

Image of wild boar in present day Hong Kong The species that make up the family Suidae are known as the pigs. All species in this family originated in Old World Europe, Africa, and Asia. Almost all of these pigs … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged animal welfare, christianity, Colombus, consumption of pigs, disease, domestication of pigs, jew, Latin America, muslim, palearctic, suidae | Leave a comment

The Americas: the origin of wild turkey

Posted on May 15, 2020 by borderslynn

Birds descend from a group of dinosaurs called theropods (from Greek meaning “beast feet”). The Turkey and chicken have the closest overall chromosome pattern to their dinosaur ancestor, possibly Tyrannosaurus Rex! After the dinosaurs were gone, mammals and birds were … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged 15 and 16th century, Americas, ancestors, avian, Bahamas, birds, Colombus, dinosaurs, italy, Latin America, Mexico, Mongolia, spain | Leave a comment

Significance of horses and humankind

Posted on May 11, 2020 by borderslynn

Horses, of the family Equidae, evolved over a geologic timescale of 50 million years. The horse belongs to the order Perissodactyla (odd-toed ungulates), the members of which all share hooved feet and an odd number of toes on each foot, … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged american zebra, arab stallion, brontotheres, domestication of, donkey, equine, equus, horses, iberian peninsula, Moors, New World, the andalusian | Leave a comment

Camels of Asia originated in North America

Posted on April 22, 2020 by borderslynn

The landmass, which is now known as North America, evolved to something like its current “incarnation less than 200 million years ago. Before then, the continent was called Laurentia on its journey back and forth across the equator, as it … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged alpaca, asia, camel, camelidae, Chile, inca, llama, Mexico, North America, Peru, South America, spanish conquest | Leave a comment

Iridium and Outer Space: harnessing the elements for the advantaged

Posted on February 21, 2020 by borderslynn

The element iridium is more likely to be found in Solar System asteroids than in the Earth’s crust. Yet a Yorkshire, England, chemist identified the element in 1803. He found it in the residues from the solution of platinum ores. … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged asterioids, cheap labour, iridium, mining, palladium, platinum, rhodium, ruthenium and osmium, South Africa, South America, technology | Leave a comment

The 19th century European Curse across Africa: Part Two

Posted on December 26, 2019 by borderslynn

To understand the influence of a little country (Belgium) over another 80 times as big as it, (the Congo in Africa) I had to read the history. Coming from Britain, I knew too well of our tiny size but the … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged Alice Seeley Harris, Belgium, Britain, Congo, european colonisation of africa, germany, land grabs, Leopold II, oppression, slavery, white supremacy | Leave a comment

The 19th century European Curse across Africa: Part One

Posted on December 26, 2019 by borderslynn

Image of Tutsi with long horned cattle In my earlier blog tracing the descendants of Aurochs, I came across the above intriguing photograph. This theme of this and the next blog is due my educating myself about the people with … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged Africa, ancient people, Belgium, Central Africa, genetics, Great Rift Valley, Kenya, Maasai, Rubber, Rwanda, Tutsi, Watusi | Leave a comment

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About borderslynn

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