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The Jaguar of the Americas and implications for its origins: Part one
Panthera onca is a genus within the Felidae family that was named and first described by the German naturalist Lorenz Oken in 1816. The British taxonomist Pocock revised the classification of this genus in 1916 as comprising the species lion, … Continue reading
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Tagged early life origins, endangered species, genome, jaguar, North America, oceans, panthera onca, South America, wildlife
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The Sacred Condor
The magnificent Condor is a familiar and respected scavenger bird which flies over the Americas. Condors are part of the family Cathartidae which contains the New World vultures. The Andean Condor (Vultur gryphus), is thought to possibly be the most … Continue reading
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Tagged a.magificens, Americas, andes, aves, california, condor, endangered species, extinction, incas, miocene, p.sandersi, religion, triassic
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The cult of Kukulkan/Quetzalcoatl and the feathered pterosaur reptiles
Looking to the skies, the Mesoamerican peoples all revered the power of the great birds which flew above them, such as the eagle and condor. They also had respect and wonder for the many snakes which inhabited the land. It … Continue reading
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Tagged belief systems, birds, chichen itza, christianity, guatemala, kukulkan, Mexico, pterosaurs, quetzal, quetzalcoatlus, reptiles, snakes, teotihuacan, yucatan
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Migration from colder climates to tropical areas
Costa Rica is one of the countries in Central America, first inhabited around 10000 years ago by tribes who had travelled across the world to this spot, and they found it covered with rainforest. Central American rainforests are environmentally sensitive … Continue reading
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Tagged Africa, asia, costa rica, endangered species, Europe, indigenous peoples, migration, rainforests, reserves, seismic tourism, skin protection from sun, spain
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Cowed by climate change
Image of map of Peru In March 2017, Reuters reported ‘Abnormal El Nino in Peru unleashes deadly downpours; more flooding seen’ https://www.reuters.com/article/us-peru-floods-idUSKBN16O2V5 In the article it also says,”While precipitation in Peru has not exceeded the powerful El Nino of 1998, … Continue reading
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Tagged chavin, climate, el niño, Farming, flood plains, floods, genocide, melting glaciers, Peru, poverty, preventable deaths, rising sea levels
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Salts: global trade and mining
Salts are mined to meet the need of humans, and these needs are many. Phosphates, for example, are needed by present day intensive farming for fertiliser for quality crops and animal feeds which contain minerals ‘essential’ for the development of … Continue reading
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Tagged corruption, food industry, indigenous people, lack of human rights, land degradation, mining, phosphates, refugees, salts, theft
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Salt and economic/human management: China compared to Mexico
The evolution of humans who had a nomadic life prior to the settling of China, as we know it today, can be noted in landmark prehistoric fossil discoveries: ‘Yuanmou Man’ who lived 1.7 million years ago in today’s Yunnan Province, … Continue reading
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Tagged China, cradle of civilisation, dams, ecocide, floods, geology, Mexico, neolithic, paleolithic, seismic activity, tectonic plates
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