Left-handed monkeys refutes Darwinian story of the evolution of right-handednes

 

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Joel Kontinen

”Primates living on the ground with a tendency for right-handedness, but findings from urban langurs in India cast doubt on the idea.”

“Monkeys that adopted an urban lifestyle in India are mostly left-handed – in contrast to humans and other primates that live on the ground.

The findings clash with long-standing claims that primates that come down from the trees generally evolve a tendency to be right-handed, raising questions about what really drives this trait.”

This is based on evolution, as many people think that animals are our ancestors. But this study refutes it.

Source:  

Christa Lesté-Lasserre. 2024. Left-handed monkeys prompt rethink about evolution of right-handedness | New Scientist 5 April.

Animals that are social outliners can sove problems

 

Image courtesy of Caicoya AL et al. (2023). 

 Joel Kontinen

A study shows that sheep, camels, goats, gazelles and other hoofed animals are better at figuring out solutions to puzzles when they are less integrated into social groups.

These animals can find food, shelter and other needs on their own without group help, This could fuel innovation,   This what Federica Amici at the University of Leipzig in Germany says. 

Source:

Lesté-Lasserre, Christa. 2023. Animals that are social outliers seem to be better at solving problems. New Scientist 5 April.

Why The Triassic Dragons Had Such Great Heads

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Joel Kontinen

These reptiles had enormous heeds. It seemed that they were made of the head and something else. – that is, if the fossils correctly spells out what the specimens looked like.

They looked like the Komodo dragon with their oversized head. they are known as erythrosuchids, and evolutionists believe that they got their head by becoming erythrosuchids, that is, by becoming eaters, a way a new study suggests.

Evolutionist believe that “Burly, big-headed erythrosuchids lived between 250 million and 238 million years ago, during the early part of the Triassic period (251 million to 199 million years ago)."

This probably refers to the time that they become carnivorous, after the Fall in Genesis 3.


Source:

Weisberger, Mindy. 2019,.Weird Triassic 'Dragons' Had Massive Heads. Here's Why.Live Science (22 November).

A Majority Of Pet Owners Prefer Their Animals To Their Children

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Joel Kontinen

The findings of a new survey may be great news for pets… and bad news for kids. A survey in which 2,000 pet owners voiced their support for their pets.

In an American study, the survey showed that a majority of pet owners favoured their pets more than their children. According to it, “78 percent of pet owners consider their animal to be part of the family, while 68 percent consider them to be people.”

Moreover, over a half of the respondents thought that their pet seems to understand them better than their best friend.

As the Bible says, it is not good for man to be alone. However, the study shows that they took an evolutionary task to it. And sometimes human rights can become human wrongs.




Source:

Hollan, Michael, 2019. a third of pet owners prefer their animals to their children, survey finds. Fox News (15 September).