The YIN MIND _______________________________________________________________________________ Provisional Elegance [please see yesterday's posting for a related article] Why does nature exhibit elegance, promote diversity and unfold complementary order? Because of the nature of oneness, wholeness or unity. First, remember how we view elegance: maximum diversity with minimum inventory. The promotion of diversity isn't the promotion of any and all diversity. The promotion of … [Read more...]
‘Mitochondrial Eve’ ~ To be or not to be?
July 20, 2012 by
Mitochondrial Eve is estimated to have lived around 200,000 years ago, most likely in East Africa, when Homo sapiens sapiens (anatomically modern humans) were developing as a population distinct from other human sub-species. On the first day of 1987, a scientific “discovery” seized the attention of the popular press. The original scientific article that caused all the commotion — “Mitochondrial DNA and Human Evolution”— appeared in the January 1, 1987 issue of Nature, and was authored by … [Read more...]
