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...largest of its kind outside China. But the true bronze masterpiece is a work older by some 600 years, the so-called Tigress you (wine vessel), which the museum bought after its patron's death. The vase, from the Shang dynasty (roughly 1550 to 1050 B.C.), was used for ancestor worship, and is shaped like an open-jawed feline, with a child either resting in its chest or being devoured. The placid expression on the child's face and the steady posture of the animal suggest that the non-violent interpretation is the correct one. In fact, the piece...
...descendants of a brother of Pandey, the film's central character and a hero of a 19th century uprising against the British, filed a lawsuit in the Delhi High Court on Sept. 1 in the hope of stopping the movie from showing. They charge that it impugns their ancestor's character, and they're seeking nominal damages from the director, screenwriter, producer and two co-stars. The lawsuit came after the film had already been blasted by critics and academics, as well as by indignant politicians from Pandey's home state, Uttar Pradesh. In fact, so many people have attacked...
...there's a meaningful debate about evolution. "I'm concerned about implying that there is some sort of scientific argument going on. There's not," says noted British biologist Richard Dawkins, professor of the public understanding of science at Oxford University, whose most recent book about evolution is The Ancestor's Tale. He and other scientists say advocates of intelligent design do not play by the rules of science. They do not publish papers in peer-reviewed journals, and their hypothesis cannot be tested by research and the study of evidence. Indeed, Behe concedes, "You can't prove intelligent design...
Nearly all working biologists accept that the principles of variation and natural selection explain how multiple species evolved from a common ancestor over very long periods of time. I find no compelling examples that this process is insufficient to explain the rich variety of life forms present on this planet. While no one could claim yet to have ferreted out every detail of how evolution works, I do not see any significant "gaps" in the progressive development of life's complex structures that would require divine intervention. In any case, efforts to insert God into the gaps of contemporary human...
...Those heads, considered as the living presence of powerful ancestors, could have been used for magical purposes, in warfare in particular,'' says Garnier. When a warrior had taken a head he would now be "a respected man, able to cover his body in black paint, a sign of homicide." The victim's head was boiled in a special pot to release the flesh and tendons. Then, after it had been appropriately adorned, it would be displayed alongside the heads of ancestors. Head-hunting is no longer practiced - it was firmly discouraged by the first Christian missionaries - so the remaining skulls...