[NEWS] Ten links, from human evolution through cultural diversity to the Toronto Islands

[rfmcdonald]

• The Atlantic's Ed Yong notes the discovery of dated Homo sapiens fossils 300k years old in Morocco. (!)


• The Atlantic reports on Twitter-driven science that has highlighted the remarkable visual acuity of the spider.


• The Economist notes that multilingual societies can encounter more difficulties prospering than unilingual ones.


• Torontoist notes a Thunder Bay park devoted to the idea of First Nations reconciliation.


• The Inter Press Service reports on how gardens grown under solar tents in Bolivia can improve nutrition in poor highland villages.


• The Toronto Star's Christopher Hume trolls Rob Ford's supporters over the new, well-designed, Etobicoke Civic Centre.Metro Toronto calculates just how many avocado toasts would go into a mortgage in the GTA.


• MacLean's hosts a collection of twenty photos from gritty Niagara Falls, New York.


• The National Post shows remarkable, heartbreaking photos from the flooded Toronto Islands.


• Edward Keenan argues that the Toronto Islands' flooding should help prompt a local discussion on climate change.

Comments

[tavella]

Huh. Wonder how reliable the dating is. The other scientists quoted don't seem skeptical of it, at least.