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5 days ago |
haaretz.com | Ruth Schuster
From time immemorial, drumming has been the heartbeat of ecstatic ritual. Peoples in remote corners of the world drum, whether to communicate from afar or stir up a frenzy up close. Our predilection for the beat makes the discovery that two distinct subspecies of chimpanzee in West Africa drum with rhythm, often while calling out as well, all the more intriguing. Moreover, the different subspecies exhibit different drumming patterns.
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6 days ago |
haaretz.com | Ruth Schuster
How female bonobos manage to achieve and maintain dominance, when they do, has been a mystery. They are significantly smaller than the males. The female averages 31 kilograms (68 pounds) in weight while the male averages about 40 kilo – and she's a foot shorter, too. One-on-one against an average female, an average male bonobo (Pan paniscus) will take the fight. But in the fluid world of their social dynamics, females often achieve dominance.
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1 week ago |
haaretz.com | Ruth Schuster
Jesus Christ walked the streets of Chorazin, we are told in the New Testament. Yet the villagers on the Korazim Plateau, a few miles northwest of the Sea of Galilee, were unimpressed. They observed but failed to acknowledge Jesus' miracles and eschew their evil ways. "Woe to you Chorazin! Woe to you Bethsaida! For if the miracles having taken place in you had taken place in Tyre and Sidon, then they would have repented long ago" – Jesus addressing the unmoved villagers, Matthew 11:21.
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2 weeks ago |
haaretz.com | Ruth Schuster
On the floor of a room in a Byzantine village in the Jerusalem foothills sat a stone artifact. It had once been the capital of a pillar, meaning the ornate Corinthian-style top, but was not atop a column any more. It was upside down on the floor of a home in the early Christian village, and its décor would spark years of argument over what we see on it and what it was doing there because the pillar seems to show a menorah where one had no business being.
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2 weeks ago |
haaretz.com | Ruth Schuster
A beleaguered bunch of bee-eaters nesting in a faux crater created by soil thieves in Pardes Hannah could find salvation from weekend dirt bikers and hikers with dogs, thanks to a grassroots effort to protect their tiny corner. On Sunday afternoon, a group of concerned citizens and local council members, including the former Knesset member Yael Cohen Paran, visited the site with nature guide Boaz Franklin to observe the animals in action. Their goal: to better protect the birds from us.
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An unusual find: African figurines made of Asian wood found in early Christian graves in Israel https://t.co/rwxakIys30 #Archaeology #Christians #Africa #Asia #Israel
Chimpanzees got rhythm, a massive study on their drumming proves https://t.co/NcxaQNluQM #Music #animals #chimpanzee #drummer #Evolution
Dig-it-yourself: Tourists and child archaeologists break new ground at biblical Chorazin, near the synagogue where Jesus preached https://t.co/duSWJjLcXy #Archaeology #Christianity #Bible #Israel #tourist