Primate brain size is predicted by diet but not sociality - Nature Ecology & Evolution Using updated phylogenies and the largest dataset to date, the authors find that primate brain size is better predicted by diet than any measure of sociality, suggesting a revision is needed to prevai...

Fire helped us to switch from eating raw fruits, which are low in calories, to calorie dense grasses. Less time eating and more time gathering and preparing food. As we know, burning wood emits CO2 and leads to deforestation.
#Pandora #StealingFire
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

First things first, I requested the maximum of eight fandoms this year for Yuletide.

Specifically, I requested #Gargoyles, #HomeAlone, the #Hornblower TV movies, #Peacemakers (a short-lived 2003 TV show), #StealingFire by Jo Graham, #Titanic (1997), #TheWildRobot movie, and #TheWitchWolf webcomic.

Relevant as ever

#Status #Pandora #HopeIsPunishment #StealingFire

Critical Systems Thinking and Stealing Fire

Day 92 of looking at books through the lens of #CriticalSystemsThinking

💡 #StevenKotler #StealingFire a lot of nice anecdotes, but they lost me at "...the human brain remains the most complex machine on the planet". That's not how the mind works.

#complexity

Critical Systems Thinking and Stealing Fire

Day 91 of looking at books through the lens of #CriticalSystemsThinking

💡 #StevenKotler #StealingFire flow & ecstasis emerge from systemic interactions under appropriate conditions without top-down planning or linear control, spontaneously improving individual & collective performance.

#complexity