The basics of biogeography
2025-03-14 12:38 At the time of the extinction of the dinosaurs the world was already divided into continents.  Antarctica and Australia were still connected.  However, we don’t know much about the organisms of the time in Antarctica.
Everything can’t grow everywhere
2025-02-26 13:04 My paleomaps have a legend linking to different images.  I wanted to make it clear what vegetation these refers to.  The differences between different forests and woods I think is clearest.
The differences between wild and cultivated plants
2025-02-12 12:37 Plants we grow to eat have not arisen completely naturally.  Instead they have been bred over thousands of years.  Shrubs and trees with nuts have been bred for larger seeds.
Only some animals are suitable for domestication
2025-01-28 19:57 There are dozens of large mammals which are herbivores or omnivores.  However, there are only 15 suitable to domesticate.  Some are too picky eaters.  Others grow too slowly, are too aggressive or to easily frightened.
On the origin of the cat
2025-01-22 13:46 I have read of people thinking the cats we have as pets would descend from large felids.  Or at least be closely related to them.  People might not know that smaller felids exist.
On wolves and dogs
2025-01-17 17:05 Many people have misunderstood how grey wolves are and look.  Apart from the myth of the predator threat they are imagined as monstrous.  People think they are much larger than average humans.
On myths and fairytales
2024-12-31 15:03 Ancient peoples tried to explain what was outside of human control. They were used to think in terms of human interactions. Phenomena were anthropomorphised into gods to be more easily thought about.
On mythological figures
2024-12-21 14:21 I just want to remind about me being a non-believer.  This does not mean I am hostile to religion.  If God exist or not each may decide for him- or herself.  In contrast I deny the existence of divine intervention.
How demographics works
2024-12-12 15:58 Demographics is about the size of a population and how it is composed.
The myth of the uninhabited habitable area
2024-11-28 17:09 Many seem to have trouble grasping how populated the world is.  Areas not built up or clearly fenced in are mistaken for unpopulated.  At worst parts of countries are believed to be entirely uninhabited.