Cannibalism Normal For Early Humans?

Cannibalism Normal For Early Humans?:

"Scientists from England, Australia, and Papua New Guinea say that cannibalism is the most likely explanation for their discovery that genes protecting against brain diseases that can be contracted by eating contaminated flesh have long been spread throughout the world.

A growing body of evidence, such as piles of human bones with clear signs of human butchery, suggests cannibalism was widespread among ancient cultures. The discovery of this genetic resistance, which shows signs of having spread as a result of natural selection, supports the physical evidence for cannibalism, say the scientists

The brain diseases, called prion diseases, are characterized by loss of coordination, dementia, paralysis, and eventually death. Modern examples include Creutzfeld Jacob disease and kuru in humans and mad cow disease, or bovine spongiform encephalopathy, in animals."

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/04/0410_030410_cannibal.html

Languages on Papua vanish without a whisper

Languages on Papua vanish without a whisper | Entertainment | DAWN.COM:
"New Guinea is home to more than 1,000 languages — around 800 in Papua New Guinea and 200 in Indonesian Papua — but most have fewer than 1,000 speakers, often centred around a village or cluster of hamlets.
Some 80 per cent of New Guinea’s people live in rural areas and many tribes, especially in the isolated mountains, have little contact with one another, let alone with the outside world.
The most widely-spoken language is Enga, with around 200,000 speakers in the highlands of central PNG, followed by Melpa and Huli.
“Every time someone dies, a little part of the language dies too because only the oldest people still use it,” said Nico, the curator of Cendrawasih University’s museum.
“In towns but also eventually in the forest, Indonesian has become the main language for people under 40"

from http://www.dawn.com/2011/07/21/languages-on-papua-vanish-without-a-whisper.html

A Bird's Song

When I would play my song
You used to sing along.
I always seem to forget
How fragile are the very strong.
I'm sorry I can't steal you
I'm sorry I can't stay
So I put band-aids on your knees
And watch you fly away

I'm sending you away tonight
I'll put you on a bird's strong wing
I'm saving you the best way I know how
I hope again one day to hear you sing

You know we're not so far away
Get on a boat, get on a train
And if you ever think you're drowning
I'll try to slow the rain
In two years or so
Drop me a line
Write me a letter
I hope to find you're doing better, better than today, better everyday

I'm sending you away tonight
I'll put you on a bird's strong wing
I'm saving you the best way I know how
I hope again one day to hear you sing
I'm saving you the only way that I know how
I hope again one day to hear you sing
I hope again one day to see you bring your smile back around again

The Saudi Arabia of Potash

The Saudi Arabia of Potash

This is the new name for the much sought after grey dust province in canada.
Saskatchawan province of canada is much in news due to the presence of huge deposits of Grey dust --Potash, lying at a depth of 1000mts.Potash is an important fertilizers , infact one among the three most needed fertilizers in the world.In proportions with nitrogen and phosphate it increases the crops yield.

In 1940's it was first discovered in Saskatchewan.

Potash is the common name for various mined and manufactured salts that contain potassium in water-soluble form(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/potash).Apat from fertilizers it is used in chemical and manufactured products.

India to overtake China in 2014: Ernst & Young

India to overtake China in 2014: Ernst & Young: -
India will overtake China in 2014, according to a forecast by the Ernst & Young's report on Rapid Growth Markets (RGMs). In 2014, India is expected to grow at 9 per cent while China is expected to grow at 8.6 per cent.
India and China would probably be less impacted among the 25 Rapid Growth Markets (RGMs) in case of a deterioration of the Eurozone debt crisis.

The 7 billion mark

We are 7 billion today
..............what is happening ..................


increasing life span,
better medical facilities,
fertility rates dropping,
increasing aging population