This chart appeared in “Mental Evolution in Animals” “Mental Evolution in Man”, both published in the 1880s; Romanes depicts the emotional and cognitive development starting with unicellular. On the left, at level 21, Romanes lists “Jealousy. Anger and Play.” On the right side, at level 28 we see “Anthropoid apes and dogs” at the same…
Nothing in Biology Makes Sense Except in the Light of Evolution”- Theodosius Dobzhansky The recent debate between Bill Nye and creationist Ken Ham has renewed my disdain for those who reject evolution or those who present a corrupted version of evolution. Obviously one of my interests is dogs but like every biologist I also have a…
This study shows that even humans can smell disease in other people; is that why some people hate hospital smell? Maybe it’s just selective memory at work making me think the dogs know when I’m about to get sick. The Scent of Disease Human Body Odor Contains an Early Chemosensory Cue of Sickness Observational studies…
I was 10 years old when I poisoned the family dogs. By that age I had decided my older brothers were doing it wrong; they never kept to a fixed schedule. I figured since mom always fed the family at the same time, the dogs deserved the same treatment and I took over the responsibility.…
This blog post elicited an absurd number of responses from Behan and each was just as nonsensical as the next. Like I noted in the original, not one of them is sourced. ONE The problem is that these folks think they know what I’m saying because they think they know what they’re saying and they…
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